Rlys to run 5 daily passenger trains from September 7

Rlys to run 5 daily passenger trains from September 7

TNN | Sep 4, 2020, 04.24 AM IST

Trichy: Railways has announced that five daily special trains will run via Trichy, two of them passing through Madurai too, from September 7 following the nod given by the state government in this regard. These are Trichy – Chennai, Karaikudi-Chennai, Mayiladuthurai-Coimbatore, Madurai-Chennai and Chennai-Tuticorin. The frequency and the number of trains are expected to be gradually increased in the coming days.

Trichy railway division had begun preparing coaches for resumption of services. A senior official said many rakes were being halted at various stations as they were operated to carry guest workers during the lockdown. However, with the available rakes in Trichy division, they can operate 80% of the trains, the official said.

The required overhauling, maintenance and repairing works on rakes have already been completed. Hence, they were ready to operate any number of trains at any time, official sources said.

Meanwhile, in view of the resumption of services, a team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) along with Government Railway Police (GRP) conducted a mock drill at Trichy railway junction on Thursday morning. The team comprising the bomb and dog squad along with personnel from both the forces executed the mock operation on board the workmen special train which arrived on platform number 2 from Thanjavur carrying employees. The exercise tested the preparedness of railway armed force, employees and their response time in case of an emergency situation like bomb threat or accident, RPF inspector Sridhar told TOI.