Indian Railways News => | Topic started by irmafia on Sep 03, 2013 - 14:57:24 PM |
Title - Demand for special trains to meet festival rushPosted by : irmafia on Sep 03, 2013 - 14:57:24 PM |
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COIMBATORE: With the line up of festivals in the coming months necessitating travel, demand for additional coaches and special trains have come to the forefront. Tickets to various locations in Tamil Nadu as well as outside the state are being sold out after the booking for Deepavali began a few days ago. "Train tickets to Chennai from Coimbatore for Deepavali eve has been sold out but tickets in the reverse direction for November 1 are still available," said Jameel Ahmed, president of Coimbatore Railway Passengers Welfare Association.Apart from Deepavali season, train tickets during festivals like Vinayagar Chathurthi and Onam this month and Vijadasami in October are also sold out. While demand for introduction of Deepavali special trains to southern districts and other important locations in Tamil Nadu has come to the forefront, Jameel noted that fast passenger day trains to these locations will be extremely helpful in clearing the extra rush. "Railways introduced special fast passenger during Deepavali season in 2011 but there was no such service last year," he said.Meanwhile, people from southern districts living here point out that the introduction of the Coimbatore-Rameswaram express announced during the 2013-14 budget is yet to commence. "It has been a long wait for us and introduction of this service at least by October will be really helpful for thousands of people who regularly travel to southern districts," said G R Subbiah, a wholesale cloth dealer in Coimbatore hailing from Kulasekarapattinam in Thoothukudi district. |