The railway board has approved the extension of Train No.16845 / 16846 Erode Junction – Tirunelveli Junction – Erode Junction Daily Unreserved Express trains to run up to and from Sengottai.
A release from Salem Railway Division said the extension of Train No.16845 Erode Junction – Tirunelveli Junction Daily Unreserved Express to Sengottai will come into effect from January 24 while the extension of Train No.16846 Tirunelveli Junction – Erode Junction Daily Unreserved Express from Sengottai will come into effect from January 25.
In the extended portion, between Tirunelveli – Sengottai, the trains will have stoppages at Cheranmahadevi, Kallidaikurichi, Ambasamudram, Kilakadayam, Pavoorchatram and Tenkasi Junction. The train will depart from Erode at 2 p.m. and arrive at Sengottai at 11.10 p.m. while the other train will depart from Sengottai at 5 a.m. and arrive at Erode at 3 p.m.
L. Murugan, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying will flag off the extension of train from Erode Railway Junction at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the release added.
