Rail passnegers expect better train services
The Hindu
The impending meeting between the Members of Parliament and the General Manager, Southern Railway, at Tiruchi, next month has triggered hope of rail users for revival of services that were suspended i
The impending meeting between the Members of Parliament and the General Manager, Southern Railway, at Tiruchi, next month has triggered hope of rail users for revival of services that were suspended in view of COVID-19 and introduction of new services and projects.
Though the pandemic had put the breaks on the operation of highly-patronised passenger train services on the main line section and on the progress of infrastructure development works in delta districts, the rail users associations functioning in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts and as well as the social activists in the newly formed Mayiladuthurai district have kept a close watch on the functioning of the Southern Railway.
They had resisted attempts for withdrawal of stoppages and facilities such as the integrated computerised ticket reservation facilities at certain railway stations. They had succeeded in ensuring deployment of ex-servicemen as gate keepers in Tiruvarur-Karaikudi section and introduction of the daily train service between Mayiladuthurai and Tiruchi.