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    Passengers from Tuticorin are eagerly waiting for the daytime link express train to Chennai which was announced in the railway budget in February.According to M. Piramanayagam, secretary, Tuticorin District Passengers’ Welfare Association, many passengers were hoping that the link express — slip coaches from Tuticorin to Chennai to be attached...
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    It is the delay in acquiring 346.71 hectares hit the the Salem – Namakkal – Karur broad gauge project dragging it for over 15 years.With representations from traders and the general public in these districts, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sanctioned Rs. 1 crore to carry out feasibility study...
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    For those men, women, and children who made it to the inaugural run of the passenger service from Salem to Karur via Namakkal on Saturday, it was a memorable occasion to share with their kin and friends.“I can’t explain it all, but I feel as if I piloted the train...
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    The Railways has announced cancellation of two pairs of passenger trains on Sundays for three months from May 26 to August 25 due to the periodical maintenance work on the track and bridges in Madurai division. According to a release from M. K. Gopinath, PRO, Tiruchi Railway Division, Tiruchi-Dindigul passenger...

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Blog Entry# 452233  
Posted: Jun 12 2012 (2:27PM)

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Iss the extension of this train or Gujarat Mail till Gandhinagar Capital Possible??
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sudhir   7808 blog posts   2093 correct pred (66% accurate)  
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I mentioned elsewhere that the population of Gandhinagar is around 2 lakhs while that of Ahmedabad is 60lakhs. Assuming that the number of passengers is in the same ratio, it seems to be infeasible. Even if 10% of the passengers are from Gandhinagar, just imagine if 90% of the passengers with their luggage board the train at Ahmadabad, just imagine the chaos. Even if this is so, the train will have to stop for a longer time. Passenger psychology is such that if the train stops even for 20 minutes, the passengers get anxious and try and board the train immediately leading to confusion. Even while alighting, this is the problem. This could be the reason why WR is not going in for the extension of this train to Gandhinagar.
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sudhir   7808 blog posts   2093 correct pred (66% accurate)  
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I am not sure whether we should compare the two situations - Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad AND BBSR-Puri. As mentioned in my earlier the population of Ahmadabad is 30 times more than Gandhinagar at 60 lakhs. The population of Puri is 2 lakhs, while that of BBSR is 8.5 lakhs (just about 4.5 times). Puri has a lot more floating 'traveling 'population being a religious place, than Gandhinagar although the latter has Akshardham. I wonder why Rajdhani has not been extended to Puri..In case of GandhiNagar-Ahmedabad the problem could also be maintenance, Gandhinagar may not have facilities especially for EOG.
Yeah, time may come when the Rajdhani could be extended to Gandhinagar. It could happen there is 'space' problem at ADI or through political pressure or some other reason. But frankly, I doubt it in the near future
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