New list. Of intercity, & Express trains for Chennai & Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu State will get 15 new trains, including two Duronto Express services from Chennai Central to Madurai and Thiruvananthapuram. Notably, an intercity service between Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli and a passenger service between Dindigul  and Palani were new additions on the list.

The railway ministry had announced ten new trains for the State that includes an air-conditioned (AC) double-decker daily service between Chennai and Bangalore.

Chennai would get three more weekly trains which would connect the southern metro with Puri, Shalimar, Visakhapattinam and Asansol via Purulia, Sambalpur, Vizianagaram.

A goods train for movement of rice to Tirunelveli via Salem- Namakkal-Karur on November 15, marked the commencement of train operations in the newly-laid section, covering a distance of about 100 km.

The sections between Dindigul and Palani and Tirunelveli and Tenkasi were thrown open for passenger traffic, after gauge conversion.

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