Gnanasekar, Deputy Chief Engineer at Madurai Junction, said that they will be providing airport-like facilities here with AC waiting halls and multi-level parking for vehicles.
The Senthur Express was halted at Sri Vaikundam Station on December 17, 2023, due to severe flooding. The initial focus of the rescue operation was on evacuating 300 passengers, but it was Ali's leadership, along with his team and other railway officials, that ensured the remaining 500 passe
The India Meteorological Department has said that cyclone Fengal is likely to cross the north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during the next 3 to 4 hours.
With the cyclone Fengal expected to make a landfall today evening in Tamil Nadu, EMU train services in the Suburban sections of the Chennai division would be operated at reduced frequency intervals, said a press release by the Southern Railway Chennai Division PRO.
The Southern Railways issued a clarification after a passenger on a Vande Bharat Express complained of finding an insect in the sambar served during the commute.
The Southern Railways said that train traffic on mainline was resumed in record time after the Kavaraipettai train accident with the down (DN) line restored.
The Southern Railways said that the train traffic in the section was restored "in record time" on Saturday after the October 11 accident in Tamil Nadu's Kavaraipettai where the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express derailed after ramming into a stationary goods train.
"All passengers have been rescued, either moved to Chennai Central to board a special train to Darbhanga today morning, or moved to hospitals as needed."
The Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express train that rammed into a stationary goods train on Friday night at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur under Chennai division of the Southern Railway was en route from Mysuru to Darbhanga when it mistakenly entered the loop line w