antyodaya express

Thanjavur district rail users association has urged the new divisional railway manager (DRM) of Trichy to introduce Tambaram-Sengottai antyodaya express via Kumbakonam and Thanjavur.

Rail users have welcomed the Southern Railway’s decision to run the much-awaited antyodaya express between Tambaram and Tirunelveli from June 8. However, they have appealed to railway authorities to minimise the running time from its more than 14 hours schedule, despite the train having limited stoppages.

The fully unreserved, long-distance, superfast antyodaya express trains got a little closer to reality with union minister of railways Suresh Prabhu dedicating a rake of 22 coaches in New Delhi on Wednesday. The coaches unveiled in Delhi were manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory in Perambur.

A woman was found dead inside an empty train when workers tried to clean the coaches to prepare it for a trip on Thursday.The antyodaya express train had arrived from Nagercoil to Chennai on Monday and was parked at Athipattu before it was taken to Tambaram for maintenance.

At a time when passengers travelling from Chennai to southern Tamil Nadu districts are demanding more trains, the Railway Board has quietly cancelled a train without running a single service.

Rain along with gusty winds uprooted a neem tree and one of its branches fell on the engine of Tambaram-Nagercoil antyodaya express near Kumbakonam during the early hours of Saturday damaging the glass panel of its window.

Rajen Gohain, Union minister of state for railways and Pon Radhakrishnan, Union minister of state for financing and shipping, will flag off the antyodaya express between Tambaram and Tirunelveli at Tambaram railway station at 4pm on Friday.

Passengers vandalized a Mumbai-bound antyodaya express coach at Basti railway station Tuesday night after finding its doors locked. Frustrated by overcrowding and inability to board, they smashed a window and grill to gain entry. RPF registered a case and is investigating the incident using video footage, but no arrests have been made yet.

Angry passengers vandalized the antyodaya express at Basti station. They broke a window and grill to enter the locked train. The train was overcrowded. Passengers inside had locked the doors to prevent more boarding. RPF is investigating the incident. They are using video footage to identify the vandals. No arrests have been made yet.

Introduction of bi-weekly antyodaya express from Kochuveli to Mangaluru Junction from June 9 has not exactly left train users in this coastal city thrilled.

The trichy southern railway has announced that the vasco da gama velankanni vasco da gama express trains will not be running due to engineering works. The train that will be cancelled is train no. 1731517316, which is the vasco da gama – velankanni – vasco da gama express. The train that will be running instead is train no. 720am on january 10, and train no. 350pm on january 11.

Union railway minister, Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first Antyodaya-Superfast Weekly Express, which started its journey to Howrah from Ernakulam Junction Station at 3.15 pm on Monday.

The train service was inaugurated on Saturday at Kochuveli

The much-awaited antyodaya express (daily) from Tambaram to Tirunelveli will be flagged off by minister of state for railways Rajen Gohain from Tambaram at 4.30pm on Friday.

The Thanjavur Rail Users’ Association has appealed to the Railway Board to operate a special train between Tambaram and Kollam via Villupuram, Mayiladuthurai, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Virudhunagar and Sengottai for the benefit of pilgrims visiting Sabarimala during this festival season.

Southern Railway has decided to add extra coaches to trains plying in the region to manage the extra rush of passengers during the festival season.