class="reversehighlighted">em section in the early hours of Thursday. No injuries or casualties were reported.<br />The train derailed at 1.50am. Salem and Jolarpet stations were informed about the derailment immediately, and the station managers alerted the New Delhi-Trivandrum Kerala Express which passes through the same route at approximately the same time.<br />"The Kerala Express stopped near the accident site around 2am and brought many of the willing passengers to Salem, where they were offered refreshments, opportunity to call their families or recharge their mobile phones," said a Salem division spokesperson.<br />The passengers going towards Namakkal and Karur boarded the Salem-Karur passenger train which departed at 9.10am.<br />Most the passengers in the reserved compartment of the derailed train remained in the train till the restoration of the track was completed. The train reached Salem at 9.30am. <br />The commissioner of railway safety inspected the track and the accident spot on Thursday afternoon. But the reason for the derailment was not clear.<br />Around 10 trains were delayed due to the derailment.<br />The arrival of a number of trains, including the Chennai-Madurai Duronto Express, Chennai-Coimbatore Cheran Express, Erode-Chennai Yercaud Express, were delayed by almost three hours on Thursday.<br />Coimbatore-Chennai Kovai Express, expected to depart at 2.55 pm on Thursday, was delayed by 50 minutes and the Coimbatore-Chennai Shatabdi Express, expected to depart at 3.20 pm, was delayed by two hours and 10 minutes. <br /><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-Palani-Express-train-derails-near-Salem/articleshow/53541535.cms" title="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/che nnai/Chennai-Palani-Express-train-derails-near-Sal em/articleshow/53541535.cms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >click here</a>

Officials of IRCTC have mentioned that the bedroll scheme will be expanded to other railway stations located in Tamil Nadu.<br />...
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<br />E-Bed Roll scheme<br /> <br />While travelling in AC coaches, passengers are supplied with pillow, bed spread and woollen blanket. In order to make this facility available in non AC coaches and 2nd Class, the Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu launched the e-bed roll scheme during the month of February.<br /> <br />IRCTC introduced this scheme in certain railway stations. Initially the scheme was introduced in Chennai Central railway station and Trivandrum Central station.<br /> <br />An official of IRCTC has mentioned that this scheme will be expanded to other railway stations also. He while speaking said: Sales of pillows, bed spread and blankets through e-bed roll scheme for non AC passengers was done in certain railway stations. 2 bed spreads and a pillow was sold for Rs 140 and a woolen blanket was sold for Rs 110. Passengers can book bed spreads, pillows and blankets on online through website www.irctctourism.com<br /><a href="http://livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=27444" title="http://livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsi d=27444" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >click here</a>

class="reversehighlighted">n of the Deepavali festival from today (Wednesday, 29th June).<br />So, long queues formed right from the early morning.<br />However, all the tickets were booked within a few minutes of opening the counter. Hence, the people who waited in the long queue has to return with disappointment.<br />Especially, the tickets to the southern districts got full within a matter of just a few minutes.<br />So, most of the people planning travel for Deepavali are now anxious as to how to make their journey.<br />Naturally, there is a strong public demand that additional trains must be run to cater to the extra crowd of passengers planning to travel.<br /><a href="http://livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=27439" title="http://livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsi d=27439" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >click here</a>

class="reversehighlighted">hat time he reports to work. Do they board Loco at Loco Shed or at the platform.) How long they would be on duty and what would happen at the point they get down. Will they take rest and return back to their start point on duty ? etc etc/../<br />Appreciate your efforts and patience.

class="reversehighlighted">hat time he reports to work. Do they board Loco at Loco Shed or at the platform.) How long they would be on duty and what would happen at the point they get down. Will they take rest and return back to their start point on duty ? etc etc/../<br />Appreciate your efforts and patience.