New seating arrangement at railway station

Tiruchi:New seating arrangment at the Tiruchi railway station.The Tiruchi Division of the Southern Railway has further improved the seating arrangements in the Tiruchi Junction by providing stainless steel chairs on Platform No. 1 and in the PRS (Passengers’ Reservation System) centre. About 60 chairs had already been provided in the PRS and Platform No. 1.It has planned to provide 90 more chairs at the Booking Office area at the main entrance. The new chairs will be provided at the Booking Office area after the completion of the improvement works currently in progress, according to railway sources.

The provision of additional seating arrangements forms part of observance of 2007 and 2008 as ‘Passengers Amenities Years’ by the Railway Ministry.Only recently the Tiruchi Division commissioned a new facility — Electronic Fare Repeater System — at the reserved and unreserved ticket booking counters in the Tiruchi Junction.The Railways has also planned to open more automated teller machines (ATM) at the Junction premises. The ATMs of ICICI Bank and State Bank of India have already been commissioned. The Canara Bank is commissioning its ATM at the Junction premises on Sunday.