Guidelines For Rail passengers Traveling in Special Trains of Tamil nadu w.e.f 1.06.2020

Guidelines For Rail passengers Traveling in Special Trains of Tamil nadu w.e.f 1.06.2020 01-06-2020 Chennai No.128/2020-21
Guidelines for Rail Passengers traveling in Special trains run in the State of Tamil Nadu effective from June 1

Southern Railway has notified that the following special trains would be run within the State of Tamil Nadu from 1st of June, 2020.

  1. T. No. 02083/02084 Coimbatore- Mayiladuturai – Coimbatore Janshatabdi special   (Except Tuesdays)

  2. T. No. 02636/02635 Madurai – Villupuram –Madurai Intercity Superfast special (daily)

  3. T. No. 02627/02628 Tiruchchirappalli- Nagercoil – Tiruchchirappalli Superfast special (daily)

  4. T. No. 02680/02679 Coimbatore- Katpadi- Coimbatore Intercity Superfast special (daily)

Besides, Dr MGR Chennai Central - New Delhi Rajdhani  Express Special train services(Bi-weekly) will continue to be operated.

Tamil Nadu Government has announced a set of protocols and guidelines for movement , testing and quarantine of persons from other States to Tamil Nadu as well as for the movement of persons within the state.  Accordingly the Government of Tamil Nadu has classified the state into 8 zones as under

Sl.No	Zone	No. of Districts	Name of the District
1	Zone I	7	Coimbatore, Nilgiris,Erode,Tiruppur, Karur, Salem, Namakkal
2	Zone II	5	Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tirupathur, Ranipet, Krishnagiri
3	Zone III	4	Villupuram,Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi
4	Zone IV	7	Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Tanjore, Trichy, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Pudukottai
5	Zone V	6	Dindigul, Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram
6	Zone VI	4	Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi
7	Zone VII	3	Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chengallpattu
8	Zone VIII	1	Chennai Police Commisinerate limit

Movement of rail passengers within the state of Tamil Nadu

a. For intra or inter district movement of rail passengers within the zone classified by government of Tamilnadu, TN-ePass is not required .b. For the movement of rail passengers from o­ne zone to another( other than zone 8), it is mandatory that rail passengers register the details o­nline and  obtain TNepass by applying o­n the website https://TNepass.tnega.org

Movement of rail passengers from Chennai (  Zone 8) to other zonesa. It is mandatory for rail passengers to register their details o­nline and obtain TNepass by applying o­n the website https://TNepass.tnega.org

Movement from other states to Tamilnadu by regular trainIt is mandatory for rail passengers to register their details o­nline and obtain TNepass by applying o­n the website  https://TNepass.tnega.org

Hence passengers are requested to apply for TNepass before starting their journey. This is o­nly as per the requirement of Govt. of Tamilnadu.

 The details of protocol for testing and quantantine issued by Tamilnadu government is available in the following link:

https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//ticker/1590909725334covid-19-tngov-310520.pdf

As per the requirement of State government Passengers are requested to carry the details of PNR number of their ticket, Name, address and phone numbers written/printed o­n a white paper. These details should be furnished for  all the  passengers booked under each PNR and  handed over to the officials nominated by Railway administration at the time boarding at the originating station.

 Source:Southern Railway