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The travelling nationalist successful Pollachi look for regularisation of the Unreserved MEMU Special Train (No. 06139) from Coimbatore Junction to Dindigul Junction being operated for 4 days, to cater to the Diwali festival rush.
The Southern Railway had operated the peculiar work from Coimbatore Junction to Dindigul Junction connected October 17 and 18, and volition again run the services connected October 21 and 22.
The eight-car MEMU bid that departs from Coimbatore Junction astatine 9.35 a.m. halts for 2 minutes astatine Podanur Junction (9.48 a.m. to 9.50 a.m.), one-minute astatine Kinathukkadavu presumption (10.13 to 10.14 a.m.), 3 minutes astatine Pollachi Junction (11.07 a.m. to 1.10 a.m.), one-minute astatine Udumalpet presumption (11.33 a.m. to 11.34 a.m.), five-minutes astatine Palani presumption (12.05 p.m. to 12.10 p.m.), one-minute astatine Oddanchathram presumption (12.35 a.m. to 12.36 a.m.), and reaches Dindigul Junction astatine 1.10 p.m.
In the instrumentality direction, the bid (No. 06140) departs astatine 2 p.m. and stops for 1 infinitesimal astatine Oddanchathram (2.27 p.m. to 2.28 p.m.), 5 minutes astatine Palani presumption (2.55 p.m. to 3 p.m.), 1 infinitesimal astatine Udumalpet (3.35 p.m. to 3.36 p.m.), 3 minutes astatine Pollachi Junction (4.17 p.m. to 4.20 p.m.), 1 infinitesimal astatine Kinathukkadavu presumption (4.43 p.m. to 4.44 p.m.), 2 minutes astatine Podanur Junction (5.08 p.m. to 5.10 p.m.), and reaches Coimbatore Junction astatine 5.50 p.m.
The Southern Railway has been operating peculiar services betwixt Coimbatore Junction and Dindigul Junction to facilitate question of pilgrims for the Thaipoosam festival successful Palani Murugan Temple during January each year. The devotees person been asking for cognition of the peculiar services during Panguni Uthiram festival besides during April each year, S. Devadass, president of Welfare Association of Rail Passengers - Coimbatore-Pollachi-Palani-Dindigul (WARP-CPPD), said.
Ideally, the starting clip of the peculiar work from Coimbatore could beryllium precocious by a small much than an hr successful bid to guarantee a two-hour waiting clip for the instrumentality journey, successful the interests of the trading community, Mr. Devadass said. The peculiar MEMU bid will, for sure, beryllium patronised overwhelmingly by the travelling nationalist successful some directions if the services are regularised, helium added.
The Pollachi Train Passengers’ Welfare Association is besides definite that a regular MEMU work successful the Coimbatore-Dindigul assemblage would beryllium patronised well. The announcement astir the peculiar services was made conscionable connected the erstwhile day, B. Mohanraj, caput of Pollachi Train Passengers’ Welfare Association, said.
In fact, the two-way MEMU work could beryllium regularised and adjacent extended till Madurai, J. Sathish, Director, Kongu Global Forum, said, pointing retired that the racks of the MEMU bid that is primitively operated betwixt Palghat and Coimbatore stay idle astatine the Coimbatore Railway Junction from greeting to evening.
The unreserved Coimbatore-Nagercoil Express (No. 16322) that departs astatine 8 a.m. and reaches Dindigul astatine astir 1.30 p.m. is crowded each time contempt being operated successful a circumlocutory way via Erode and Karur. In comparison, the duration of the peculiar MEMU work betwixt Coimbatore Junction and Dindigul Junction is 2 hours lesser. Hence, it is bound to beryllium patronised optimally if the work is regularised, Mr. Sathish added.
