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Train service from Rameswaram to Chennai to be flagged off today

RAMANATHAPURAM: The people of Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts heaved a sigh of relief following the introduction of additional direct train service from Rameswaram to Chennai, which is to be flagged off on Saturday.

Passengers who faced inconvenience with the timings of the the existing Sethu Express would reach Chennai early .

According to N. Venugopal, Senior Public Information Officer, Southern Railway, Madurai, Train No 6102 Rameswaram-Chennai Egmore express will leave Rameswaram at 5 p.m. and reach Egmore at 6.40 a.m.

It will come to Ramanathapuram at 6.15 p.m.

It reaches Sivaganga and Karaikudi at 10.20 p.m. and 11.20 p.m. respectively.

In the return direction, the train No 6101 Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram express will leave Egmore at 7.55 p.m. and reach Rameswaram at 9 a.m. the next day.

It will stop at Karaikudi and Sivaganga at 4.20 a.m. and 5.20 a.m.

It will reach Ramanathapuram at 7.15 a.m.

The train will stop at Mandapam, Ramanathapuram, Paramakudi, Manamadurai, Sivaganga, Devakotta road, Karaikudi, Chettinad, Pudukottai, Tiruchi, Villupuram, Melmaruvathur, Chengalpattu and Tambaram.

While welcoming the additional train to Chennai, S. Nallamuthu, Area Commander, Home Guard, said the timings would satisfy most of the passengers of Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts.

M. Dhanabalan, president, Chamber of Commerce, Ramanathapuram district said the Southern Railway should consider the demand of operating a train to Coimbatore, which had been stopped in view of broad gauge work in Pollachi region, via Tiruchi or Erode.

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