Augment Vande Bharat Express
The Tirunelveli - Chennai Egmore Vande Bharat Express is running to full capacity on all days. There is long waiting list to this train which makes travel faster and comfortable. The time is ripe for augmenting the coaches from the present eight to 16 so that more number of passengers can be accommodated and the waiting list will get reduced. Alternatively, the Southern Railway can explore the possibility of running another Vande Bharat Express on all days from Chennai Egmore to Tirunelveli/Tuticorin at the timings of
the Nagercoil special vande bharat train now run on Tuesdays by attaching 16 coaches