Southern Railway proposes 14 new trains in Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(Trains via POY)
New trains proposed in IRTTC for 2020-21:
1.Chennai – Tirupati daily express
2.Tambaram – Visakhapatnam railway station weekly
3.Tirunelveli - Coimbatore daily express
4.Rameswaram – Palakkad daily express
5.Dindigul – Palakkad daily express
6.Coimbatore – Rameswaram overnight express
7.Coimbatore – Bengaluru overnight express
8.Tiruchy – Bengaluru via Karur, Salem and Hosur
9.Tiruchy – Baiyyappanahalli bi weekly express
10.Tambaram – Karaikudi daily express train
11.Tiruchy - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai) weekly express
12.Tiruvarur – Karaikudi passenger train
13.Kochuveli – Coimbatore Antyodaya weekly express
14. Ernakulam – Velankanni express weekly express.
Proposed extension of train services:
1. New Jalpaiguri - Chennai Egmore weekly express upto Tirunelveli
2. Jasidih Junction - Tambaram upto Madurai
3. Rameswaram - Madurai passenger upto Coimbatore
4. Bikaner - Madurai Anuvrat Express upto Tirunelveli
5. Bengaluru – Coimbatore Uday Express upto Palakkad.town
6. Palakkad town – Tiruchy passenger extension as Karaikal -
Rameswaram passenger.
7. Tiruchy – Tirupadiripuliyur DEMU passenger upto Vellore
8. Chennai Beach – Vellore MEMU passenger upto Tiruvannamalai.
9.Tiruchy – Thanjavur passenger upto Thiruvarur
10. Shri Ganganagar - Tiruchchirapali humsafar express upto Madurai
11. Mangaluru - Thiruvananthapuram express upto Nagercoil
12. Thiruvananthapuram - Nagercoil passenger upto Tirunelveli
Source: RTI data obtained by The New Indian Express.
Since there is no sign of complete restoration of train services in the immediate future, there is no deadline for introducing these new trains, say official sources.
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