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Six new trains coming

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI June 27. Introduction of six new trains, extension of three services, conversion of four express trains into superfast trains and reduction in running time of 14 trains were some of the salient features of the new Southern Railway time-table released here today.

Explaining them, the General Manager, V.Anand, said the Chennai Egmore - Erode Express via Tiruchi and Karur and the Chennai Central - Bangalore (weekend) Express would become operational by July 1 and 4 respectively, while dates of introduction of the other four services would be notified later.

Mr. Anand said the Chennai Egmore - Erode Express via Tiruchi and Karur would meet the long-pending demand of Pugalur, Karur, and Kulithalai passengers, who did not have a direct service to Chennai now. The Southern Railway was considering extending the service to Coimbatore after completing the doubling work between Irgur and Coimbatore. Though it was a circuitous route, the administration wanted to provide an additional service to Coimbatore, as the Chennai Central - Coimbatore section was oversaturated.

To meet the passenger demand, the number of coaches in the Chennai - Mettupalayam Niligiri Express would be increased from 19 to 24 from next month.

As the railways decided to interlink all State capitals, new services between Chennai and Vasco-da-gama, (Goa) and to Dehradun( Uttaranchal) /Chandigarh (Punjab/Haryana) were included in the current financial year. For the convenience of commuters of Salem and Dharmapuri, a fast passenger was being introduced between Salem and Yeshwantpur (Bangalore).

The date of introduction of the services would be notified later.

Mr.Anand said the Chennai Central - Bangalore Mail, the Nilgiri Express, and Nellai Express and the Tirukkural Express between Kanyakumari and New Delhi would be converted into superfast expresses from July 1 with reduction in their running timings from 35 to 90 minutes.

Similarly the Chennai-Mangalore Mails, the Chennai-Alleppey Expresses, the Chennai - Erode Yercaud Expresses and the Tiruchi - Mangalore Expresses would be speeded up by 10-15 minutes.

Earlier, the Minister of State for Railways, A.K.Moorthi, released the new timetable.

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