Coimbatore : The Indian railways on Tuesday inaugurated 10 ‘Sewa Service’ trains to connect small towns with their closest major cities and ease the hassle of travelling for daily passengers.
Coimbatore : The Indian railways on Tuesday inaugurated 10 ‘Sewa Service’ trains to connect small towns with their closest major cities and ease the hassle of travelling for daily passengers.
Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal inaugurated the train service through video conferencing from New Delhi.
Along with the newly launched Sewa Service trains, three temporary train services in Tamil Nadu between Salem - Karur, Palani - Coimbatore and Pollachi - Coimbatore have been made permanent from October 15, today.
The inaugural ceremony was held at the Coimbatore Railway Station for Palani-Coimbatore train service in which MP P.R Natarajan, MLA SR Balasubramaniam and A.K Selvaraj participated.
The Southern Railway has announced that the service will continue for six days a week except for Sundays.
Similarly, the passenger service between Salem- Karur at Salem Railway Station and the Pollachi -Coimbatore at Pollachi Railway Station was inaugurated today.
The following are the ten Sewa Service trains launched today. Delhi and Shamli, Bhubaneswar and Nayagarh town, Murkongselex and Dibrugarh, Kota and Jhalawar City and Coimbatore and Palani will run as a daily passenger train, effective 15 October.