- Target:
- Indian Railways, Govt. of India
- Region:
- India
Tambaram is fast becoming a major hub in Chennai. This has been possible due to the fast development of suburbs of the city. The IT industry has been one of the major contributors to this growth since majority of the IT companies are situated in the southern part of the city.
Both Chennai and Bangalore are major IT hubs in our country. The number of people traveling between these two stations has increased by many times in the recent past. A new train service between the two places would be of great relief for those who are not able to travel due to unavailability of seats.
The Central railway station is very far off from the suburbs. Those working in IT companies and those staying in the suburbs are finding it increasingly difficult to board the trains from the Central railway station. This is because they have to travel all the way to Park station, which is very far from Tambaram, and then go to the Central station by walk or an auto. Having a train service between Tambaram and Bangalore, via Kancheepuram, Arakkonam, would be a great relief.
The distance between Tambaram and Park station, by suburb trains, is approx 27 kms, while the distance between Chennai Central and Arakkonam is roughly 68 kms. The distance between Tambaram and Arakkonam, via Kancheepuram, is roughly 93 kms, which is close to the total distance traveled by the commuters in the existing setup. In fact, the distance is comparatively lesser and is more comfortable, owing to the fact that in the existing system, the commuters cannot go directly to Chennai Central from Tambaram by train.
Another advantage in introducing this service is a fact that Kancheepuram is a tourist centre and this service would greatly help the people traveling from Bangalore. The tourist attraction of Kancheepuram would really help the railways to generate significant revenue.
This service would help to relieve congestion in the Central railway station since a major part of the traffic is diverted to Tambaram. Futher, introducing such a service would not have major requirements on the infrastructure front, since there is already an existing BG link between Tambaram and Arakkonam, via Kancheepuram.
We hereby represent to the Indian Railways to have trains connecting Tambaram and Bangalore, via Kancheepuram and Arakkonam.
We Recommend the following:
1. A night train between Tambaram and Bangalore, and vice versa, everyday having the following route
Tambaram-> Kancheepuram-> Arakkonam-> Katpadi-> Jolarpettai-> Bangarapet-> Bangalore
Bangalore-> Bangarapet-> Jolarpettai-> Katpadi-> Arakkonam-> Kancheepuram-> Tambaram
2. A day train between Tambaram and Bangalore, and vice versa, having the same route as furnished above.
3. Festival special, summer holidays special, to serve extra rush.
4. The above service may be extended upto Chennai Egmore so that the passengers from the city can board or alight from Chennai Egmore or Mambalam stations.
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The Train service between Tambaram and Bangalore petition to Indian Railways, Govt. of India was written by Hari Shankar and is in the category Roads & Transport at GoPetition.