# Southern Railway to run special trains for Gandhi Jayanthi 2026-10-02T08:41:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Southern Railway will operate two special trains and an unreserved MEMU special to manage passenger rush during Gandhi Jayanthi. A Tambaram-Tenkasi Express special will depart Tambaram at 11:55 p.m. on Thursday, 1 October and reach Tenkasi at 12:15 p.m. the next day. The return service from Sengottai to Tambaram will run on Sunday, 4 October. The train includes one AC 2-tier, two AC 3-tier, 12 sleeper class, four general second class and two second class coaches for differently abled passengers. It will stop at Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vriddachalam, Tiruchi, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Sivakasi, Srivilliputtur, Rajapalayam, Sankarankoil, Kadayanallur and Tenkasi. Southern Railway has also extended the weekend Tirunelveli-Tambaram-Tirunelveli special, with the Tirunelveli-Tambaram service on Sunday, 4 October and the return on Monday, 5 October. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The special trains are a routine operational response to a holiday surge, but the inclusion of stops at smaller stations such as Kadayanallur and Srivilliputtur shows an attempt to serve districts that lack regular long-distance connectivity. The reserved train has a higher share of sleeper class coaches than AC coaches, indicating the operator expects budget travellers to form the bulk of demand. The MEMU unreserved service to Manamadurai runs overnight on 1 October, which may test capacity on that route. Both services will end on 4 October, when holiday return traffic peaks. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Straight news agency style listing of train schedules and coach composition This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Manamadurai, Southern Railway, Tambaram, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/southern-railway-to-run-special-trains-for-gandhi-jayanthi/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/southern-railway-to-run-special-trains-for-gandhi-jayanthi/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/