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Train service to Mettupalayam resumes

Train service to Mettupalayam resumes Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Train services between Coimbatore and Mettupalayam, which were stopped in March 2020 following the COVID-19 lockdown, resumed on Monday. Salem Division of Southern Railway announced that train no. 06009 Mettupalayam – Coimbatore mainline electrical multiple unit (MEMU) special train will leave Mettupalayam Junction at 8.20 a.m. to reach Coimbatore Junction at 9.05 a.m. Train no. 06010 Coimbatore – Mettupalayam MEMU will leave Coimbatore at 5.55 p.m. and reach Mettupalayam at 6.40 p.m. The special trains will be operated on all days except Sundays and will have stoppages at Karamadai and Coimbatore North Junctions. Resumption of the services will benefit college students and office-goers, said organiser of Namma Mettupalayam, an NGO, K.P. Rahman. “Since lockdown, they had to depend on cars and buses for the past one year,” he said. The service will also help in reducing traffic congestion on M

Chartered NMR train not to be operated this weekend

Chartered NMR train not to be operated this weekend Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The chartered Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) two-way train between Mettupalayam and Udhagamandalam, which had garnered controversy since its inaugural run, was not operated on Saturday. Sources in the Salem Division of Southern Railway said that the private firm which chartered the train did not pay the required amount to operate the train on Saturday and Sunday. So far, the firm had chartered the train for four days - December 5, 6, 12 and 13. However, the train could be run as a chartered service next week if the private firm paid the amount, according to the sources. Southern Railway is yet to resume the regular NMR train services.

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