Two special trains with additional general coaches help passengers go to Tambaram

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An effectual  assemblage  absorption   was effected astatine  Madurai Railway Junction connected  Sunday to modulate  unreserved  aft  Pongal holidays.

An effectual assemblage absorption was effected astatine Madurai Railway Junction connected Sunday to modulate unreserved aft Pongal holidays. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK

Operating 2 peculiar trains with further unreserved coaches from Tirunelveli and Nagercoil connected Sunday helped unplanned travellers find immoderate abstraction to question to Tambaram from confederate districts.

One peculiar bid was operated betwixt Thoothukudi and Mettupalayam also.

Railway officials from Commercial Department, Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police were posted successful capable numbers for managing the assemblage of passengers astatine important railway stations similar Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Madurai, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Dindigul. “Unlike the regular explicit trains that has lone 4 wide coaches, the 2 peculiar trains from Tirunelveli and Nagercoil had 8 unreserved coaches that provided further abstraction for last-minute travellers returning to Chennai aft Pongal holidays,” a railway authoritative said.

Though batch of passengers had returned to Chennai adjacent connected Friday and Saturday, the assemblage of passengers was higher than the accustomed Sunday crowd, helium added.

The officials astatine Madurai helped the passengers with unreserved tickets signifier due queue to committee the wide coaches of each the trains, including the Pandyan Express.

By getting inputs from officials from stations similar Sattur, Virudhunagar, Sivakasi astir the assemblage successful unreserved coaches of each trains, the officials successful Madurai guided the passengers to committee the less-crowded trains.

Published - January 18, 2026 10:16 p.m. IST

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