Moving to mainland

After crossing Bay of Bengal sea, Tiruchirapalli Jn bound passenger powered by PONMALAI WDG-3A moves along the beach to Mandapam

Rail and road over sea

Passenger train crossing Bay of Bengal from Pamban Island to mainland as I stand on the road bridge from Pamban Island to mainland

ALCO over the sea

An old ALCO of WDM-2 class from PONMALAI shed slowly crossing Bay of Bengal to mainland with Tiruchirapalli Jn bound passenger train

With 143 piers, spanning 2 km between the mainland and the island, it is the second longest sea bridge in India, the Pambam Rail Bridge. Come February, the Pamban bridge, commissioned in 1914, wil... (more)