Demand for special trains to Chennai, Bengaluru from Nagai

TRICHY: The Nagore-Nagapattinam Rail Users Association has urged the Southern Railway to operate trains between Karaikal and Chennai and Bengaluru and Karaikal ahead of the festival season, which starts from mid-October.
In a representation to the general manager of Southern Railway, secretary of the association M Sithiq said, “We request the authorities to consider operating overnight special express trains from Karaikal to Chennai Egmore daily and also a day time daily special express train between Karaikal and Bengaluru.”
These trains will be helpful to the locals of Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts and Karaikal region of Puducherry in the absence of regular train services to Chennai and Bengaluru which are cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic. The special trains should be operated in lieu of daily express trains which were operated to Chennai (train no. 16176/16175) and Bengaluru (train no. 56513/56514) from Karaikal, Sithiq added.