Rameswaram Express, India


The Pamban Bridge is a one-and-a-half-mile cantilever bridge on the Palk Strait that connects Rameswaram on Pamban Island to mainland India. The location of the bridge is a cyclone-prone, high wind velocity zone.

Train over the sea? It's the main route to the town of Rameswaram, a holy Hindu site in Pamban Island, India. The railway bridge, Pamban Bridge, is 6,776-feet-long and is the pride of the Indian Railways. Seemingly suspended in mid-air with remarkable views of the sea and islands, the bridge regularly weathers gusty winds, being located in a cyclone-prone, high wind velocity zone, according to the Hindu Business Line. In December 1964, a cyclone that wiped out the once-bustling town of Dhanushkodi also caused tidal waves that washed away a train on the bridge, according to the newspaper, The Hindu. Two railway employees survived by clinging to the frame of the suspension bridge for 12 hours.