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Extension of train flayed

Staff Reporter

Coimbatore: Southern Railway, Palakkad division, has announced a summer special train service on the Coimbatore - Ernakulam - Coimbatore section from June 3 for a month. It will provide a direct day train service connecting Ernakulam and Bangalore via Coimbatore.

A release said train number 02678 would leave Ernakulam Junction at 9.15 a.m. and stop at Alwaye at 9.40 a.m., Thrissur at 10.40 a.m. and Palakkad Junction at 12.20 p.m. and reach Coimbatore Junction at 1.45 p.m. Then, it would proceed on its normal route with same timings to Bangalore as Intercity Express.

Similarly, the Intercity Express from Bangalore on its arrival at Coimbatore Junction would leave for Ernakulam at 1.15 p.m., Palakkad Junction at 2.20 p.m. and Thrissur at 4 p.m., Alwaye at 5.05 p.m. and reach Ernakulam Junction at 5.45 p.m.

The train will have an AC three tier coach, eight sleeper class three tier coaches, two-second class sitting coaches, a pantry car, five general second class coaches and two luggage-cum-brake vans.

It will run between Ernakulam and Coimbatore for a month initially. The first service from Ernakulam to Bangalore via will be on June 3 while the first service to Ernakulam at Coimbatore Junction will be on June 4. Last service from Ernakulam to Bangalore via Coimbatore will be on July 3 and from Coimbatore to Ernakulam on July 4.

Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) General Secretary K. Ramakrishnan has flayed the Southern Railway authorities for making a "subtle" attempt to extend the Bangalore-Coimbatore Intercity Express up to Ernakulam.

Mr Ramakrishnan said the extension of this train would affect passengers bound for Bangalore from Coimbatore region especially at a time when traffic was growing in this section.

He recalled the long-pending demand for overnight train connectivity between Coimbatore and Bangalore. To press for introduction of a night train and to stop the extension of the day train to Ernakulam, the TPDK has announced an agitation in front of the railway station on June 1.

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