'Cotton Express' To Connect Howrah With Tirupur By Rail

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'Cotton Express' To Connect Howrah With Tirupur By Rail

Salem divisional railway manager (DRM) Hari Shankar Verma flagged off a goods train service between Tirupur and Howrah last week. The weekly train, named 'Cotton Express', will travel through Salem, Chennai, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar to reach Howrah in West Bengal.

Since Tirupur is the knitwear hub of the country, the goods will be sent to many states. With the domestic market booming, the need for more transportation services has increased.

The industrialists in the city often have raised complaints that the goods could not be transported easily to many states like West Bengal. They had also demanded the Southern Railway to operate goods train to connect many northern states from Tirupur. Realising its importance, the Cotton Express was launched. As of now, the train will be operated as weekly service, said a railway official.

The train has 20 goods compartments, each compartment with a capacity to carry 23 tonnes of goods. The train is scheduled to depart Tirupur in the evening hours of every Thursday and it will reach Howrah on Saturday, said the official.