Plea to start platform extension works in four railway stations

Tenkasi Train Passengers’ Association has appealed to the Southern Railway authorities to instantly commencement the level hold works successful 4 railway stations connected the Tirunelveli – Tenkasi conception truthful arsenic to implicit the works earlier the March deadline.

As the platforms of railway stations connected the Tiruneveli – Tenkasi conception are not agelong capable to accommodate trains with 24 coaches, further coaches cannot beryllium attached successful the trains operated on this way including Sencottai - Tambaram tri-weekly Express Train, Tirunelveli – Mettupalayam peculiar bid and Thoothukudi – Palakkad Palaruvi Express trains.

After prolonged struggle, the Southern Railway sanctioned the hold of platforms of Cheranmahadevi, Kallidaikurichi, Ambasamudram, Keezha Kadayam and Paavoorchathram railway stations up to 550 meters to accommodate trains with 24 coaches. After the tenders for these works were floated successful April last, the deadline for completing these works was acceptable arsenic 12 months.

“However, operation enactment was not started successful the past 8 months. While the level hold enactment has commenced lone present astatine Paavoorchathram, the Keezha Kadayam, Ambasamudram, Kallidaikurichi and Cheranmahadevi railway stations are inactive pending. We impulse the railway authorities to implicit the enactment by March-end truthful that the trains operated on this way tin beryllium provided with further coaches which means further gross from astir 400 passengers for Indian Railways for each travel per train. According to a blimpish estimate, each bid volition make an further gross of ₹2 lakh per trip. Moreover, the extended platforms volition besides pave mode for the cognition of peculiar trains with 24 coaches during festival seasons,” said Pandiaraja, president of Tenkasi District Rail Passengers’ Association.