Title - Rail commuters demand new entry at Coimbatore railway station

COIMBATORE: Railway users here have reiterated their demand for creation of entry-exit point near the second subway to ease congestion in the main entrance.

Coimbatore Railway Users Welfare Association president Jameel Ahmed said that a signature campaign has been planned in August to urge the railway authorities for creation of additional entry-exit point as well as augmentation of facilities that are long pending. "We aim to collect at least one lakh signatures from the rail passengers and to submit it to the railway authorities", he said.

It may be noted that even though the second way is put to use people will continue to use the eastern and western entrances, and so the very purpose of the second subway that is to ease congestion in the entrances will not be solved.

Earlier Coimbatore MP and Railway Struggle Committee convenor P R Natarajan had asked the district collector M Karunagaran to take necessary steps to hand over government land at Thomas Club to the railway authorities so that an additional entry-exit point can be created.

Apart from seeking additional entrance, the signature campaign is planned also with the demand for providing amenties like battery cars, escalators and elevators at key points in the railway station. "Railway authorities have promised it much earlier and the assurances has missed several deadlines", he said and added that ultimately the passengers are affected.