The Erode District Consumer Protection Centre has urged the Railway to reintroduce the special train between Coimbatore and Nagercoil to meet the long-felt need of people in southern parts of Tamil Nadu.
The Railway, after introducing the special train in November 2011, withdrew it in the same month for reasons unknown, the Centre's district secretary M. Balasubramanian said in a memorandum addressed to the Railway Board.
Few services
The Railway operates very few services to connect southern parts of Tamil Nadu with the Kongu region.
Full trains
The existing train services between Coimbatore and Nagercoil via Triuppur, Erode, Karur, Dindigul and Madurai are fully occupied by south-bound passengers everyday.
Textile workers
A large number of people, who are working in textile and other sectors in Kongu region, are forced to depend on bus services for their travel between their native and work place .
The operation of an additional train between these two towns would benefit thousands of people in the State and ease the congestion in the existing train services, he said.
Consider the case
The Railway should consider the reintroduction of the special train between Coimbatore and Nagercoil with immediate effect, he demanded.
Service stopped
The Railway had stopped the train service between Coimbatore and Rameswaram after gauge conversion works began in the Dindigul-Coimbatore region, he said,.
Mr. Balasubramanian also requested the Railway authorities to reroute the train via Triuppur, Erode and Madurai till the gauge conversion. was completed
Resuming the train service would be of immense help to the pilgrims and also the commuters from Madurai.
The train would benefit a large number of pilgrims and also commuters from Madurai
The Railway, after introducing the special train in November 2011, withdrew it in the same month for reasons unknown, the Centre's district secretary M. Balasubramanian said in a memorandum addressed to the Railway Board.
Few services
The Railway operates very few services to connect southern parts of Tamil Nadu with the Kongu region.
Full trains
The existing train services between Coimbatore and Nagercoil via Triuppur, Erode, Karur, Dindigul and Madurai are fully occupied by south-bound passengers everyday.
Textile workers
A large number of people, who are working in textile and other sectors in Kongu region, are forced to depend on bus services for their travel between their native and work place .
The operation of an additional train between these two towns would benefit thousands of people in the State and ease the congestion in the existing train services, he said.
Consider the case
The Railway should consider the reintroduction of the special train between Coimbatore and Nagercoil with immediate effect, he demanded.
Service stopped
The Railway had stopped the train service between Coimbatore and Rameswaram after gauge conversion works began in the Dindigul-Coimbatore region, he said,.
Mr. Balasubramanian also requested the Railway authorities to reroute the train via Triuppur, Erode and Madurai till the gauge conversion. was completed
Resuming the train service would be of immense help to the pilgrims and also the commuters from Madurai.
The train would benefit a large number of pilgrims and also commuters from Madurai
