Tea Garden Express

[3] Post Indian independence, the Ooty–Mettupalayam trip was cut–off and the train ran as No.565/566 between Cochin Harbour Terminus and Mettupalayam, since the 1970s.[5] In the 2009–2010 Railway Budget, it was announced that the service will be extended to Nagore,[6][7][8] and the extension was effected on 30 March 2010.[10][11] The train services were further extended to Karaikal from 17 December 2011 onwards[12] and re–numbered from 16865 / 16866 to 16187 / 16188, since 1 September 2013.[13][14] This train provides connectivity for the people of Kerala and western districts to educational institutions[15] and places of worship in delta districts, viz., Navagraha temples[16] like Tirunallar Saniswaran Temple and Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur others, Nagore Dargah and Velankanni Matha shrine.Some of the prominent stoppages for the train are Nagore, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Karur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur and Aluva.
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