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The Tiruchi Railway Division has witnessed an increase in freight loading in the first two months of the current fiscal in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous financial year, notwit
Updated: Tiruchi Junction to have two PRS counters while the others will have only one. Share Article AAA Out of two reservation ticket counters in Srirangam, one remains closed in Tiruchi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Tiruchi Junction to have two PRS counters while the others will have only one. Amid spike in COVID-19 cases and cancellation of several trains due to poor patronage, Tiruchi railway divisional authorities have restricted passenger reservation system (PRS) counters to 14 locations under its jurisdiction. Tiruchi junction being a major railway station, there will be...
Railways wield the stick on those not wearing masks in stations and on trains Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Passengers wear masks as they board a special train at Srirangam station on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M The Tiruchi Railway Divisional authorities are continuing their drive against those found not wearing masks in railway stations falling within their jurisdiction and on trains as a measure to combat COVID-19. Sustained drives carried out by the field-level railway officials all over Tiruchi Division since April 17 has resulted in booking of 135 cases against violators...
Many migrant labourers head back home Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Good occupancy was witnessed in the Tiruchi - Howrah special train which left from here on Friday. Many north Indian labourers headed back to their native State amid spike in COVID-19 cases in Tiruchi and elsewhere in the State and in the wake of the restrictions imposed to check the spread of the virus. Railway officials said there was no overcrowding at the Tiruchi Junction for this bi-weekly inter-State special as the occupancy was well within the capacity of the train which passes via three states before reaching ...
71 isolation coaches ready Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Seventy-one isolation coaches were available in Tiruchi Railway Division to move them where they may be required to accommodate COVID 19 patients. The coaches will be moved based on instructions from the Southern Railway headquarters upon receipt of request from the State government. The coaches were kept at Villupuram, Thanjavur, Sillakudi and Ariyalur with modifications and facilities created in each one of them. Several sleeper class coaches and general compartments which were being deployed in express and passenger trains wer...