Chennai: Tambaram railway station is emerging as a key transit hub, with Southern Railway introducing two weekly Amrit Bharat Express trains, one to Santragachi in West Bengal via Vijayawada and the other to Thiruvananthapuram, covering key southern districts. Both originate from Tambaram.The Tambaram-Santragachi train, which PM Narendra Modi launched recently in West Bengal, begins operations from Friday. The Tambaram-Thiruvananthapuram train will be launched by the PM on Friday from Thiruvananthapuram. The train will stop at Villupuram, Vridhachalam, Trichy, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari. “This route was chosen over the Chennai Central-Erode-Salem route for better patronage, as well as the availability of space at Tambaram Railway Station compared with Egmore or Chennai Central. The commercial operation begins next week,” said a railway official.M Nanda Govind, former president of Chennai Malayalee Club, welcomed the addition. “It will certainly benefit people who travel for work, studies and business,” he said.
