BHEL Kumari Nala Sangam here has urged the Railway Ministry to operate additional trains from and to Kanyakumari via Tiruchi.
In a memorandum,its secretary B.G. Subramonia Pillai said several residents of Tiruchi whose native was Kanyakumari were working in central and state government establishments here for many years. The trains from Kanyakumari to Chennai and back via Tiruchi arrived at odd hours at Tiruchi with priority in reservation quota being given to Chennai-bound travellers. Hence, the Tiruchi – Tirunelveli Intercity Express must be extended to Thiruvananthapuram via Nagercoil as this would benefit those proceeding to Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram.
The Kanyakumari – Puducherry weekly train must be made into a daily service. The timing should be changed in such way that it departs Kanyakumari at 8 p.m. and arrives Tiruchi at 3 a.m.
Many from Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts and Thiruvananthapuram proceed to Velankanni church, the Saneeswarar temple at Tirunallar and Nagore Dargah every day. There is no direct train connectivity to these places from southern districts. Hence, the railway administration could operate a daily night train to Karaikal from Kochuveli via Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Karaikudi, Pudukottai, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam.
