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Posted: Nov 18 2014 (20:14)
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Last Response: Dec 13 2014 (00:44)
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Nov 18 2014 (20:14) 20606/Chendur Superfast Express (PT)
Ramasubramani Chitrangathan
Ramasubramani Chitrangathan 37 blog postsLast sunday I travelled by this train from TEN to TBM. Train came to TEN on time and left TEN by 21.05 against 20.40. Train crawled through the stations and came to a halt at Tiruparamkundram. Three trains NCJ-MAS express, NCJ-SBC EXPRESS AND NCJ-CBE EXPRESSES were allowed to over take this train and it also waited for Madurai - Punalur passenger to cross, after all this the train reached Madurai almost 1hrs and 40 mins late. The AC coach attend told that this is a regular delay for this train as it has more slag time. Instead of waiting unnecessarily enroute, the timing can be delayed at the source station Tiruchendur by 90 minutes.
Yes, I agree with this. Instead of delaying in the middle, departure time from TCN must be revised around 8:20 p.m. This facilitates devotees and pilgrims to visit murugan temple in evening time without hurry for train.
Railways make TT such that the train crew has given enough working hours and crew change has to be done.hence this slack time for trains..not with chendur alone...For Ex.,TTEs who work from TPJ-MV on this train will work from MV-TPJ in 16105 chendur express..so they get 3-4 hours rest in TPJ for their next leg of journey..same case in Nellai where the TTEs work from TEN-TPJ in 12632 and they again work from TPJ-TEN in 12631 with 2-3 hrs rest in TPJ..also the availability of PFs in stations also lead to slack time...
When it comes to 8.20 in TCN , crew change will be a probs as they attend this train from other connecting trains with sufficient rest..