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Udhagamandalam: Tourists taking a joy ride in the heritage Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) have no access to drinking water for nearly two and half hours of their journey from Mettupalayam station to the next station in Hillgrove as the district administration has neither made any arrangements to provide water to them nor allows them to carry water in plastic bottles.
The mountain train, which is a connecting train to the Nilgiris Express, starts from the Mettupalayam station by 7.10 am and the next stopover is at Hillgrove station at around 9.30 am. After nearly two and half hours of journey, tourists don’t get drinking water at the Hillgrove station. The mountain train stops at the station to fill water to the engine of the train. Same is the case at the Ooty station.
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The first service ran at full capacity of 180 passengers
UDHAGAMANDALAM: The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) resumed service between Mettupalayam and Ooty on Thursday after a gap of nine months.
With four compartments that had 180 seats, the steam engine reached Ooty by 12.30pm. It was operated with full passenger capacity, NMR sources said.
The train was cancelled in March due to the pandemic. However, before the regular service was launched, charter services by a private player were operated from the first week of December, which attracted criticism from all quarters. Further such services were subsequently cancelled.
“We were lucky to get seats in the NMR train. It was a memorable journey and an experience of a lifetime,” said A Sheik Mohamed and M Sofia from Erode, who are on a honeymoon trip.