Blog Entry# 4382071
Posted: Jul 19 2019 (12:49)
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Last Response: Jul 20 2019 (00:58)
If pak and bangaladesh are connected with rail,why arenot srilanka,myanmar,bhutan,nepal connected with rail?
The Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express was a combined train and steamer ferry service between India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Connecting Chennai and Colombo, the system initially utilised a rail-to-sea operation, but changed to a rail-to-sea-to-rail operation.[1] Passengers could buy a single ticket for the journey
In 1964 a passenger train was washed into the sea by huge waves during the 1964 cyclone, when nearing Dhanushkodi. The railway tracks and the pier at Dhanushkodi were also destroyed. Following this, the Indian portion of the train service now only operates up to Rameswaram
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