Salem to Karur passenger train service officially starts from today, October 15th, 2019
Vijayan Sankar (Author) Published Date : Oct 15, 2019 14:19 ISTTamil Nadu
Salem to Karur regular passenger train starts from 15th October: Salem to Karur passenger train service officially starts from today, October 15th, 2019. Though for the past six months there was a special train, from today it is confirmed a regular passenger train.
The day to day increase commuters in the special train made Railways announce this as a permanent passenger train. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, via video conference, started the train today from Karur at 11.45 AM.
NH 44 and the Salem-Karur passenger train: NH 44, starting from Kanyakumari, ends in Kashmir through all the length of India. It passes through Karur, Namakkal, Salem, Banglore, Hyderabad, Delhi to Kashmir.
There are several private buses apart from numerous government buses plying from Salem to Karur. But the charges from Karur to Salem are more than 50 rupees.
This new passenger train from Karur today starting at 11.40 AM will charge the commuters only Rs. 25 for reaching Salem at 1.25 AM.
Being economical and also without getting trapped in any traffic jams or other issues, this passenger train will be a boon to a lot of people in between Salem and Karur. Also, the return train from Salem to Karur will go to Trichy in the evening.
Salem- Karur-Trichy Passenger train timings & route: Passenger train from Salem-Karur-Trichy will have the following schedules and itineraries
- Starts from Karur at 11.40 AM and reaches Salem at 1.20 PM via
- Wangal Mohanur, Namakkal, Kisangani, Rasipuram, Mallur to Salem
- Starts from Salem at 1.40 PM and reaches Karur via the same route at 3.25 PM
- Then the train proceeds to Trichy.