Southern Railway to run Tejas train between Chennai Egmore and Madurai
Siddharth Prabhakar | TNN | Updated: Nov 30, 2018, 18:53 IST
The train will have features like infotainment, luxurious seats, WiFi and modular toilets.CHENNAI: Southern Railway will operate a swanky Tejas train between Chennai Egmore and Madurai five days a week. The train will run at an average speed of 70kmph during the day-time, official sources said.
The train, which will be started within a week, will have features like infotainment, luxurious seats, WiFi and modular toilets.
It will start from Chennai Egmore around 6am and reach Madurai in six and a half hours. It would return to Chennai in the night, official sources said.
The Tejas rake was churned out of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai on Friday. It will reach Southern Railway's Villivakkam yard on Friday night. Initially, it would be run as a special and then regularised, said official sources.
The train, which will be started within a week, will have features like infotainment, luxurious seats, WiFi and modular toilets.
It will start from Chennai Egmore around 6am and reach Madurai in six and a half hours. It would return to Chennai in the night, official sources said.
The Tejas rake was churned out of the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai on Friday. It will reach Southern Railway's Villivakkam yard on Friday night. Initially, it would be run as a special and then regularised, said official sources.
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