5 new trains for Tamilnadu!

Introduction of five new train services, sanction for two new broad gauge lines and two gauge conversion projects and survey for four new lines are among the highlights of the Railway Budget pertaining to Tamil Nadu.

The new trains are, Coimbatore-Nagercoil Express via Madurai (daily); Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Express (weekly); Yeshvantpur-Chennai Express (weekly); Chennai Egmore-Nagore Express (daily); and Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Express (six days a week).

According to Railways officials here, services from Rameswaram will begin after completion of the conversion work between Manamadurai and Rameswaram.

The services will run via Madurai. The Chennai Egmore-Nagore train will be inaugurated after completion of the Tiruvarur- Nagore conversion work.