Fast locals between Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu from Today (June 1)
Posted on: 01/Jun/2019 3:15:44 PM
The services of the fast local electric train in the section Chennai Beach-Chingleput-Tirumalpur is introduced from today (Saturday, 1st June).
In an accident which occurred last year in the St. Thomas Mount Railway Station on 24th July 2018, 5 persons lost their lives.
As the main reason for this ghastly accident was attributed to the reason the normal speed electric trains were operated on the express tracks. Because of this the services of the superfast electric express train in the section Chennai Beach-Chingleput-Tirumalpur were entirely stopped!
Subsequently, the demands were put up by the passengers that fast local electric train services should be restored. Based on this demand, after a series of stringent inspections and the subsequent analytical reports, The Railway Safety Commissioner finally approved the restoration of the above services.
However, the services of the superfast electric trains were not resumed over the last 11 months. In this scenario, the Southern Railway authorities announced that the above services will be resumed from today (Saturday, 1st June).
The Chennai Division Railway Manager P. Magesh shared in this regard:
‘The services of the superfast electric express train in the section Chennai Beach-Chingleput-Thirumalyur has been restored with 7 trains.
Thus, the services of the superfast electric express train in the section Chennai Beach-Chingleput-Thirumalyur have been restored with 7 trains. The above trains were being operated until July last year with 11 trains.
As the Tejas and Kollam Express trains are being operated, the service have been resumed with 7 trains.
In Mumbai, most of the suburban electric train passengers use the App UTS to buy tickets. If this facility is introduced in Tamil Nadu as well and used extensively by the passengers, the lots of crowds in the ticket counters would reduce drastically!
Surveillance cameras are being set up in all suburban station to ensure additional safety. This task is set to be completed in the next 6 months.
Further, special squads formed by the Railway Protection Force and TTE personnel have been set up to nab the passengers indulging in footboard travel. So, stringent action will be taken on the foot-board travelling passengers. In case some Railway employees travel without proper permit regarding the work assigned, departmtmental disciplinary action will be taken.’
