Spanning 2.07 kilometres, the new Pamban Bridge is India's first vertical lift railway sea bridge. The lift mechanism, which allows ships to pass beneath, is completed in just 5 minutes and 30 ...

Ships will be able to pass underneath the new bridge very easily and won't require any manpower, he added. The old Pamban Bridge, which was in operation since 1914, was the only connection to the ...

Following the model of Ooty and Kodaikanal, an e-pass system will soon be introduced in Dhanushkodi to regulate vehicle entry ...

The bridge has a 73-meter navigational span for marine traffic, featuring 100 spans, with 99 of them measuring 18.3 m in length. The bridge is 2,070 m long ...

10 trains pass through Pamban station. It is not a major station and only a few long distance trains stop here. A: Pamban railway station is a small railway station in Tamil Nadu, located in ...

The Senior Section Engineer (SSR) from Pamban and the Seaway SSR from Mandapam ... When they gave the clearance, the train was allowed to pass through the bridge after a delay of 80 minutes ...

Speaking to media persons, he said, when the new bridge opens, bigger ships could pass through ... Regarding retaining the old Pamban railway bridge, he said, as the bridge was already ...

The new Rs 531 crore Pamban Railway Bridge here ... vertical lift span to a height of 17 metres when large fishing boats pass underneath, through the Palk Strait. It takes five minutes and ...

The new bridge replaces the British-era Pamban Railway Bridge, which was commissioned in 1914 and featured a manually operated horizontal opening mechanism to allow ships to pass. Trump announces ...

The new bridge replaces the British-era Pamban Railway Bridge, which was commissioned in 1914 and featured a manually operated horizontal opening mechanism to allow ships to pass.

He further added that the flag-off will be conducted at the Pamban bridge and a public meeting ... hence bigger boats can pass under the bridge without opening the lift span.