Chennai, June 27: The Southern Railways today announced introduction of six new trains in the sector from here to Erode (daily), Bangalore (week-ends), Chandigarh via Dehradun (weekly) and Vasco-da-Gama (weekly) via Bangalore and Hubli and between Trivandrum and Jodhpur (weekly) and Salem and Yesvantpur on all days except Tuesdays. Releasing the new Southern Railways (SRS) time table, effective from July, Minister of State for Railways A K Moorthy said the new daily express from next month between Chennai and Erode via Tiruchirappalli would start from July one and on the return journey from Erode to Chennai the next day.

A week-end express train between Chennai and Bangalore would run on Fridays from here and on Sundays from Bangalore to Chennai from next month.

The weekly Chennai Central-Dehradun/Chandigarh Express would leave here at 0530 hrs on Fridays and from Chandigarh at 0710 hrs on Mondays, while the weekly train to Goa would leave from here on Fridays at 1400hrs and from Vasco on Thursdays 1440 hrs.

While the Trivandrum-Jodhpur Express would leave from Trivandrum Central at 1330 hrs on Saturdays, its pairing train from Jodhpur would leave from there at 2355 hrs on Tuesdays, the Salem-Yesvantpur fast passenger would leave Salem and Yesvantpur at 0530 hrs and 1600 hrs respectively.

Bureau Report