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Duronto trains to Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram to be withdrawn
Posted on: 14/Nov/2013 11:08:04 AM
When Mamata Banerjee was the Railway Minister, she introduced all-AC non-stop services. It was promoted as her pet project and special air-conditioned coaches were built. Now Southern Railway will discontinue the Duronto trains to Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram due to low patronage, and plans to introduce regular express trains on the route.
Railways have stopped reservations for the trains from first week of December. The last service of Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Duronto will be on December 3 and last service of Chennai-Coimbatore Duronto will be on December 9.
The Chennai-Coimbatore Duronto Express is a day train that stops at Erode for maintenance. The train is not popular because of the high fare and the lack of stops. The stop at Erode is not for passengers to board and alight. Those who want to get down at Erode will have to buy a ticket till Coimbatore which is not feasible because fare is too high. So people prefer Kovai Express.
Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Duronto Express is not popular because not many people travel all the way to Trivandrum. Majority of the passengers get down at intermediate stations like Ernakulam or Kottayam, but Duronto does not stop at these stations.
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