Shubhranshu, Divisional Railway Manager, Salem, and the other officials who listened to the grievances of the travelling public in the running Salem – Vridhachalam passenger train on Monday, received positive feedbacks about DEMU coaches.
Seating capacity
The passengers were happy about the increased seating capacity in the DEMU coaches and the row type cushion seats with ventilation.
Selvamani, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Thalaivasal, and A. Zafrullah, a businessman, both passengers of the train, said that travel in DEMU train was very comfortable.
Sezhian of Tamil Nadu Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarathadevi, Swami Vivekananda Devotees Trust, who echoed the same views, pleaded for replacing the conventional compartments of the Karaikal-Salem-Bangalore City passenger train with the DEMU rakes. N. Prabakaran, a private hospital staff, P. Chelladurai, LIC officer, and M. Chandrasekaran, an LIC agent, complained that people prefer to sit near the doors, due to which passengers find it difficult to enter and alight from the train.
A few passengers demanded extension of the DEMU train from Vridhachalam – Salem to Erode-Tirupur-Coimbatore.
Mr. Shubhranshu assured to consider all the pleas and forward the same to the Railway Headquarters.
