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Aug 3, 2007

West Coast exp will stop at Wallajah road

Vellore:Union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu introduced the stoppage of the train Nos.6627/6628 Chennai Central-Mangalore-Chennai Central West Coast Expresses at the Wallajah road railway station on Wednesday.Mr. Velu said that once the new rail route from Tindivanam to Nagari was completed, the railway station would become a junction. At present, 24 trains stop at that station.

About 3,500 passengers board trains at the station every day, and the station realised an average revenue of Rs.1.05 lakh a day, and it earned a revenue of Rs. 3 crore last year.Consequently, the station would be upgraded from ‘E’ grade to ‘D’ grade. Railways would soon undertake improvement works at a cost of Rs.25 lakh in the station, he noted.The Minister inaugurated the unreserved ticketing system and introduced the stoppage of the train Nos.2695/2696 Chennai Central-Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Central Superfast Expresses at the Vaniyambadi railway station later in the day.

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