Electrification of Villupuram-Cuddalore port section completed and operationalised

The 46 km Villupuram-Cuddalore port section of the Villupuram-Thiruvarur railway electrification project was commercially operationalised on June 12, 2019. Besides, construction of the Cuddalore-Mayiladuthurai section and the Mayiladuthurai-Thanjavur section of the project is likely to be completed by 2020 and 2021 respectively. The entire project involves the electrification of the 228 km long Villupuram-Cuddalore Port-Mayiladuthurai-Thanjavur and Mayiladuthurai-Thiruvarur railway line in Tamil Nadu.