Many people use the suburban trains to reach their destinations in Chennai. Today, 30th september, the regular commuters of the suburban trains were taken by surprise due to the train delay.
Today,the suburban trains plying between Chennai Beach and Tambaram were delayed by half an hour. This caused issues for many regular commuters. The signal failure was responsible for the delay in the suburban trains as the trains were stopped sporadically.
The delay of the suburban trains has led to many issues of the office goers, school and college going students and to many others. The signal issue was resolved and the suburban trains were operated as usual. It must be noted that the Chennai division of SR has decided to increase the platform tickets from Rs 10 to Rs 20 for the forthcoming festival season in 8 stations. This would come into effect from 1st October 2022 to 31st October 2023.