Thrissur: Bringing relief to thousands of short-distance commuters, the Mainline Electric Multiline Unit (MEMU) between Ernakulam and Thrissur will chug off from Saturday. The 66611 train, announced in the railway budget for 2012-2013, will be flagged off from the Ernakulam Junction at 2.30pm on Saturday and will reach Thrissur station at 4.50pm.
The eight car train will run on all days except Tuesdays and will have stops at 15 stations between Ernakulam Junction and Thrissur. The Memu train will start at 10.50am from Thrissur and will reach Ernakulam at 12.55pm. Union food minister K V Thomas and MPs P C Chacko and K P Dhanapalan will flag off the new Memu train,” said Thrissur railway station manager K R Jayakumar. The fare for second class travelling from Thrissur to Chowara, Aluva, Kalamassery, Edapally, Ernakulam and Ernakulam Junction is Rs 15. Meanwhile, it is Rs 10 to Chalakudy, Devine Nagar, Koratty, Karukutty and Angamaly and for Ollur, Pudukad, Nellayi and Irinjalakuda the fare is Rs 5. The first Memu train in Kerala has been running on Shoranur-Palakkad-Coimbatore route.
(Times of India dt 23-3-2013)
(The Hindu dt 23-3-2013)(Veekshanam dt 23-3-2013)
(Madhyamam dt 23-3-2013)
(Deshabhimani dt 23-3-2013)
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