The Boat Mail was one of the early trains to be given vestibuled carriages, in 1898. The train took 21 hours and 50 minutes for the journey from Madras to Tuticorin. At Tuticorin, passengers embarked on the boat mail steamer to Colombo in Ceylon. In the late 19th century, the railway portion of the route within India was from Madras ( Chennai) to Tuticorin. Finally the Mayiladuthurai to Thanjavur line is converted to broad gauge once again this train is rerouted via Thanjavur which is the present route of Boat Mail Express. Later the conversion of Tiruchirappalli–Manamadurai line, this train is rerouted via that route which skips Madurai. After the completion of broad-gauge track in Chennai–Madurai–Rameswaram line, the train is resumed via Madurai Junction. Due to the conversion of metre gauge to broad gauge, the train was stopped. Before cyclone, the train was running as a metre-gauge train from Chennai Egmore to Dhanushkodi via Chengalpattu Junction, Viluppuram Junction, Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai Junction, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur Junction, Pudukkottai, Karaikkudi Junction,ĭevakottai, Manamadurai Junction, Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram. It is one of the top most prestigious trains of Indian Railways and it has completed 100 years of service in 2014. The train's name commemorates the 19th century mail service between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). History Passengers changing their mode of journey at Dhanushkodi Now, it runs from Chennai Egmore to Rameswaram via Villuppuram, Kumbakonam, Trichy, Pudukkottai, Karaikkudi, Devakottai, Manamadurai, Paramakkudi, Ramanathapuram, Mandapam and Pamban. Passengers could buy a single ticket for the journey. Connecting Chennai and Colombo, the system initially utilised a rail-to-sea operation, but changed to a rail-to-sea-to-rail operation. During the 1900's, it was a combined train and steamer ferry service between India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The Rameswaram (Boat Mail) Express, previously known as the Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express, is an express train that connects Rameswaram with the state capital Chennai via Tambaram, Chengalpet, Melmaruvattur, Viluppuram, Cuddalore port, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore, Trichy, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Sivagangai, Manamadurai and Ramanathapuram.
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