India's MOST DANGEROUS Rail BRIDGE PAMBAN Rameswaram.

The Pamban Sea Bridge is a railway bridge constructed on the Palk Strait which connects the Island town of Rameswaram to the rest of India. This is the first ever Sea Bridge constructed in India and is about 2 KM long opened to service on 24 February 1914. So far this has been one of the most dangerous and deadly Sea Bridges ever constructed due to its low raised concrete piers just a few feet above the sea water level. The piers almost go invisible when the water level raises during heavy monsoons.The Bridge is restricted to a speed of only 15 KPH due to the double leaf bascule section midway (Cantilever), which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. An anemometer fixed on the 56th pier over the bridge records the velocity of the wind. Whenever the velocity of the wind exceeds 58 KPH, the signals are turned red preventing any train movement on the bridge.

The bridge is located in the world's second most corrosive environment after Florida, making its maintenance a challenging job. The location is also a cyclone-prone high wind velocity zone.The bridge consist of 143 piers and the center span is a Scherzer rolling type lift span. Each half of the lifting span weighs approximately 415 tonnes.

The Bridge was originally in Meter gauge alignment and was converted to Broad gauge in 2008.

The adjacent road bridge was opened in 1988 until then Rail and Ferry services were the only means of transport to cross the Sea.

This video covers a lot of Trains moving over the Bridge from various view points. Some spots were really risky. The stretch is non electrified between Trichy - Rameswaram and Madurai -Ramerswaram hence all trains are powered by ALCo's only, EMD's have never been tested on this Bridge.

© The Rail Zone 2015

[sreepadarao]

Grateful for the engineers who are worked for the construction of the bridge ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[truneshkaremore]

THANKS OF ALL ENGINEERS WHO CONSTRUCTED THE DANGEROUS RLY. BRIDGE. --CKTK.

[rajibpal]

I visited this place and enjoyed the train journey . It was just mesmerising .

[RajKumar_srk]

Risky spots but amazing shots. Deserving million views.

[ExtremeMachinesZone]

Wow, I had no idea the Pamban Bridge was so challenging to maintain! The engineering behind it is truly impressive

[jpsundriyal]

Jai Rameshwar, had an opportunity to visit beautiful site

[expodelhi]

Fantastic. During winter, I will travel on thisbeautiful route.
Jay Hind

[bmprasad]

Wow!!... Remember going on that bridge from Mandapam. The vehicular bridge did not exist then.

I love reading the details you provide. Very nicely written with information and good amount of technical details. Thums up!

[SekarJothi]

Nice picturisation for observation of Bridge in different angles which we cannot expect by personal visits

[SekarJothi]

I served in the area for about 4 years and I could not enjoy such coverage of the Trains in the Bridge. Very super coverage

[php]

Starting at 3:30 to 3:40 your camera rolls and gently shakes as wheels on the train pass over certain parts of the bridge as it approaches the shore. That is ground shake from the train transmitting through the bridge section and through the ground. That is normal when you are on a railway bridge pier or right beside one. Those bridges are designed take that energy and shake it out. If it didn't that bridge would already be gone. We have modern steel and concrete bridges in Canada and they really do shake when a 600 ton locomotive passes over them. Your video captures this energy transfer very well.

[vbalakrishnan]

Very Exciting to see Trains passing through the Pamban Bridge.
Thanks

[PikachuDetectsSSR]

Grt and Nice Video Coverage from all angles Hats Off for your Efforts in making an Extra Ordinary Video of Pamban Bridge

[madhulikawilson]

Terrific yet so amazing, I congratulate all the engineers for your excellent job done, beautiful to watch, my blood froze..

[hynekrubes]

The ČKD ČME3 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by ČKD.
(Czech Republic).
The class was used primarily for shunting and mainline duties. With over 8, 000 produced during a production run of 31 years, it is one of the most produced locomotives in the world. Units have been operated by Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (as class ЧМЭ3, transliteration ChME3) and other ex-Soviet bloc countries, in Czechoslovakia (as class T669.0, T669.1 and T669.5, later as ŽSR 770 and ČD 770 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic), on industrial railways in Poland (S200), in Albania (HSH T669.1), Iraq (DES 3101), Syria (LDE 1500) and in India (DEC 120)

[zafarahmedhtc]

Salut to those who made this bridge
Amazing awesome.

[MusicalPriya]

I have been there once...It was really adventurous when i was standing on the gate of my train and i saw only water around me....
#AmazingIndia
It is much more fearful when u r actually there in the train

[shankerlal]

भारत माता के चरण, कन्याकुमारी के दर्शन करने का मुझे सपत्निक & मेरे साथी चंदाराम जी वाघेला_इन्द्रादेवी, खुमानाराम जी-धापू देवी & गुलाबराम जी-लुनिदेवी और करीब एक सों इक्यावन अन्य साथियों सहींत सोभाग्य मिला ! दर्शन कर अपने को धन्य महसूस किया !(शंकरलाल दहिया बाड़मेर राजस्थान )

[tsangpogorge]

Incredible shots, will be crossing this bridge by Sethu Express in 3 weeks time.

[DuraiPalam]

நமது இந்திய நாடு சாதனை படைத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது ஜெய் மோடி சர்க்கார் ஜெயபாரதம் ஜெய்ஹிந்த் 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏