Two new trains from Egmore from Saturday June 22,2013

Southern Railway will introduce two new trains on Saturday June 22,2013 -

•  Manamadurai-Chennai Egmore Silambu Express and
•  Velankanni Express between Chennai Egmore and Velankanni

The bi-weekly train was announced in the Railway budget 2013-14

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will flag off the Silambu Express at Manamadurai railway station at 8.15 p.m. in the presence of Central and State Ministers, MLAs and other dignitaries

The regular service of the Silambu Express service will commence from June 26 from Chennai Egmore and from June 27 from Manamadurai. 

Train No.16181 Chennai Egmore – Manamadurai (Bi-weekly) Express will leave Chennai Egmore at 8.20 p.m. on Wednesdays/Saturdays and reach Manamadurai at 7.45 a.m. the following day

Train No.16182 Manamadurai – Chennai Egmore (Bi-weekly) Express will leave Manamadurai at 8.15 p.m. on Thursdays/Sundays and reach Chennai Egmore at 6.05 a.m. the following day

The trains will stop at Tambaram, Chengalpattu, Melmaruvathur, Villupuram, Vridhachalam, Tiruchi, Pudukottai, Chettinad, Karaikkudi, Devekottai Road and Sivaganga. The train to Egmore will also have a stoppage at Mambalam

Advance reservation for the inaugural special and regular trains will commence from Thursday.