Plea to improve infrastructure at Erode Railway Junction

Ahead of the Union Budget 2026–27, the District Congress Minority Department has appealed to the Union Government to allocate capable funds for improving railway infrastructure at Erode Railway Station and to restore, present respective rider bid services crossed the State.

In a missive addressed to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, K.N. Basha, Vice President of the section and erstwhile subordinate of the Zonal Railway Users’ Consultative Committee, pointed retired that Erode Railway Station, a large revenue-generating presumption nether Southern Railway, has only four platforms, contempt handling nearly 150 trains daily. Owing to dense congestion, trains are often forced to hold extracurricular the station, causing inconvenience to passengers. He urged the operation of an additional platform to easiness postulation and amended operational efficiency.

Among different demands, Mr. Basha sought the hold of Train No. 16382 (Jayanti Janata Express) from Pune to Mumbai. He noted that the train, which had been operating up to Mumbai for over 70 years, was curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, compelling passengers to alteration trains precocious astatine night.

He further urged the reinstatement of scheduled halts at Kodumudi railway station for respective trains, citing the town’s value arsenic a pilgrimage centre. The restart of the long-suspended Coimbatore–Salem regular rider train was besides demanded to trim overcrowding successful different services.

He called for converting the Coimbatore–Tirupati Intercity Express into a daily service and projected the instauration of a new mid-morning Intercity Express from Coimbatore to Chennai to span the existing work spread and payment commuters from occidental Tamil Nadu.