Boarding from Tambaram? Keep two hours in hand
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 4.11.2019
With railways considering moving more trains to Tambaram railway station to decongest Egmore, people who live in the northern and western suburbs may have start from home several hours before departure time and brave traffic to reach the station in the far south.
It will take more than an hour for passengers to reach Tambaram from Ambattur or Ennore in peak-hour traffic cutting across core areas of the city to reach the southern suburb 37km away.
Southern Railways is already operating Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Express and Chennai-Madurai Pothigai Express from Tambaram. And passengers from the northern and western ends need almost two hours to reach the station.
S Murugaiyyan, general secretary of Rail Passengers Welfare Association of Thiruninravur, said, “If railways is looking at shifting more trains to Tambaram, it should increase the number of direct suburban trains from Tiruvallur via Beach to Tambaram. This will help passengers to reach the station.”
Railways wants to start trains to eastern destinations and northern destinations from Tambaram. The authorities have tried out special trains from Central via Beach and Egmore to the southern towns, and also from Egmore via Beach to the northern destinations. Though this may inconvenience passengers and lead to some resistance if made regular, this is the only way to decongest major stations and start more trains from Chennai as expansion is not possible at Egmore, said a railway official. “Many major stations in other cities have a second smaller station identified to decongest the main stations,” he said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 4.11.2019
With railways considering moving more trains to Tambaram railway station to decongest Egmore, people who live in the northern and western suburbs may have start from home several hours before departure time and brave traffic to reach the station in the far south.
It will take more than an hour for passengers to reach Tambaram from Ambattur or Ennore in peak-hour traffic cutting across core areas of the city to reach the southern suburb 37km away.
Southern Railways is already operating Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Express and Chennai-Madurai Pothigai Express from Tambaram. And passengers from the northern and western ends need almost two hours to reach the station.
S Murugaiyyan, general secretary of Rail Passengers Welfare Association of Thiruninravur, said, “If railways is looking at shifting more trains to Tambaram, it should increase the number of direct suburban trains from Tiruvallur via Beach to Tambaram. This will help passengers to reach the station.”
Railways wants to start trains to eastern destinations and northern destinations from Tambaram. The authorities have tried out special trains from Central via Beach and Egmore to the southern towns, and also from Egmore via Beach to the northern destinations. Though this may inconvenience passengers and lead to some resistance if made regular, this is the only way to decongest major stations and start more trains from Chennai as expansion is not possible at Egmore, said a railway official. “Many major stations in other cities have a second smaller station identified to decongest the main stations,” he said.
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