Vaigai Express breaks its own speed record
The Hindu
Crossed 499 km between Madurai and Chennai in 6.40 hours on Mar, 3
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S Sundar
Madurai: Vaigai Superfast Express broke its own record by reaching Chennai in the shortest duration of 6.40 hours on March 3.
“It is a remarkable achievement by the coordinated efforts of locopilots, controllers and traffic staff,” said M. Arun Pandian, a rail fan. Mr. Pandian, who has been closely observing the daily timings of Vaigai Express for the past several years, said that the train had broken its own record of having crossed the 499-km stretch in 7.05 hours on its inaugural run in 1977 on metre-gauge section.
Despite delay
On March 3, the train left Madurai with a delay of 21 minutes (owing to technical reason) at 7.26 a.m., but it made up for the loss when it reached Villupuram. The train reached Chennai Egmore at 2.07 p.m., which is 23 minutes ahead of schedule.
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