Passenger trains cancelled on Sunday in Madurai Division
Posted on: 02/Sep/2013 11:12:07 AM
Madurai Division due to periodical maintenance of tracks and bridges across the division have cancelled 17 passenger trains on Sunday and one passenger train on Saturday has been cancelled. But the fact is that these trains were cancelled due to acute shortage of running staff, including loco pilot (LP) and assistant loco pilot (ALP).
The division had earlier cancelled the operation of 14 passenger trains included in the present list on the same grounds from May 26 to August 25. The authorities insist that the cancellation won`t inconvenience the public as passenger trains are mostly patronized by students and office- goers. For this very season, the authorities claim that operating passenger trains is unviable on Sundays.
When contacted additional divisional railway manager, V Ajithkumar, said the division has recently inducted 36 ALPs and they are being trained at various levels. "There is staff shortage in the division but not alarming enough to suspend train operations. There are maintenance works to be done in the division. These passenger trains are carefully studied on their patronage and handpicked so that the passengers are not affected in any way while the maintenance works are carried out," he said.
Passenger trains cancelled from August 31st to December 1st
Train No 56703 Trichy- Dindigul passenger
Tr No 56704 Dindigul- Trichy passenger
Tr No 56707 Dindigul- Madurai passenger
Tr No 56708 Madurai- Dindigul passenger
Tr No 56774 Dindigul- Palani passenger
Tr No 56773 Palani-Dindigul passenger
Tr No 56798 Sengottai- Tirunelveli passenger
Tr No 56799 Tirunelveli-Sengottai passenger
Tr No 56828 Tirunelveli-Tuticorin passenger
Tr No 56827 Tuticorin-Tirunelveli passenger
Tr No 56763 Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur passenger
Tr No 56766 Tiruchendur - Tirunelveli passenger
Tr No 76807 Trichy-Manamadurai passenger
Tr No 76808 Manamadurai-Trichy passenger
Tr No 76830 Karaikkudi-Trichy passenger
Tr No 56803 Tirunelveli-Sengottai passenger
Tr No 56802 Sengottai-Tirunelveli passenger
Tr No 76830, 56802 & 56803 were new additions after 14 trains were previously cancelled from May 25 to August 25.
TrNo 76831 Trichy-Karaikudi passenger is cancelled on Saturdays from August 31 to December 1
