by Satish Kumar
Train services to and from Chennai Central station will be cancelled or rescheduled on December 3, 8, 10 and 13 in order to undertake signalling and track work on three platforms.
The proposed work, to be executed at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore, will increase the length of platform No. 3 and No. 4 so that these will accommodate 24 coaches. Work will simultaneously be taken up at platform No. 5 to shift a line crossover. At present, platforms 5 to 11, except 7, can accommodate 24 coaches. After the completion of the work, all platforms at Chennai Central, except 1, 2, 2A, and 7, will have the length to accommodate 24 coaches, Chennai Divisional Railway Manager S.K. Kulshrestha told newspersons here on Tuesday.
Some long distance trains passing through Chennai Central will be diverted to Perambur and will not come to Central. Certain trains originating from and terminating at Central would be diverted to Chennai Egmore. Southern Railway is in touch with the Metropolitan Transport Corporation to operate additional bus services on these days from Perambur. Staff members were being posted at the station to guide passengers.
The major round of disruption will be on Sunday, December 13: that day Chennai Central will be closed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with no arrivals or departures.
On December 3 and 10, Train No. 111 Chennai Central-Arakkonam passenger will be cancelled and No. 438/437 Bitragunda-Central will remain cancelled between Gummidipoondi and Central in both directions.
Express Train Nos. 3351/3352 Tata Nagar-Alappuzha, 2509/2510 Bangalore-Guwahati, 6324 Shalimar-Thiruvananthapuram, 2970 Jaipur-Coimbatore, 2577 Dharbanga-Bangalore, 5227 Yeshwantpur-Muzaffarpur and 2295 Bangalore-Patna will be diverted to Perambur.
No. 2696 Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Central Express will go to Egmore. No. 2695 Chennai Central-Thiruvananthapuram will leave from Egmore. On these two days, there will be no change in the suburban operations.
For details, passengers could contact a helpline at 2901 5209
" In view of the regulation of rail traffic in connection with extension of platforms at Chennai Central railway station, mega blocks have been planned on 3rd, 8th, 10th & 13th December 2009, which involves diversion/regulation of trains as well as delayed arrivals and delayed departures.
In addition to the existing helpline numbers, the following additional helplines have been provided for the convenience of the travelling public.
044 – 2901 5211, 044- 2533 0710, 044-25330717 "
Train services to and from Chennai Central station will be cancelled or rescheduled on December 3, 8, 10 and 13 in order to undertake signalling and track work on three platforms.
The proposed work, to be executed at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore, will increase the length of platform No. 3 and No. 4 so that these will accommodate 24 coaches. Work will simultaneously be taken up at platform No. 5 to shift a line crossover. At present, platforms 5 to 11, except 7, can accommodate 24 coaches. After the completion of the work, all platforms at Chennai Central, except 1, 2, 2A, and 7, will have the length to accommodate 24 coaches, Chennai Divisional Railway Manager S.K. Kulshrestha told newspersons here on Tuesday.
Some long distance trains passing through Chennai Central will be diverted to Perambur and will not come to Central. Certain trains originating from and terminating at Central would be diverted to Chennai Egmore. Southern Railway is in touch with the Metropolitan Transport Corporation to operate additional bus services on these days from Perambur. Staff members were being posted at the station to guide passengers.
The major round of disruption will be on Sunday, December 13: that day Chennai Central will be closed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with no arrivals or departures.
On December 3 and 10, Train No. 111 Chennai Central-Arakkonam passenger will be cancelled and No. 438/437 Bitragunda-Central will remain cancelled between Gummidipoondi and Central in both directions.
Express Train Nos. 3351/3352 Tata Nagar-Alappuzha, 2509/2510 Bangalore-Guwahati, 6324 Shalimar-Thiruvananthapuram, 2970 Jaipur-Coimbatore, 2577 Dharbanga-Bangalore, 5227 Yeshwantpur-Muzaffarpur and 2295 Bangalore-Patna will be diverted to Perambur.
No. 2696 Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Central Express will go to Egmore. No. 2695 Chennai Central-Thiruvananthapuram will leave from Egmore. On these two days, there will be no change in the suburban operations.
For details, passengers could contact a helpline at 2901 5209
" In view of the regulation of rail traffic in connection with extension of platforms at Chennai Central railway station, mega blocks have been planned on 3rd, 8th, 10th & 13th December 2009, which involves diversion/regulation of trains as well as delayed arrivals and delayed departures.
In addition to the existing helpline numbers, the following additional helplines have been provided for the convenience of the travelling public.
044 – 2901 5211, 044- 2533 0710, 044-25330717 "
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