Rail passengers irked as show goes defunct in Chennai Central- The New Indian Specific

By Specific Information Service

CHENNAI: The dysfunctional info show board on the western entrance of the Chennai Central has been inflicting a number of inconvenience for a whole lot of passengers day-after-day. Passengers arriving by suburban trains, vehicles, and two-wheelers use the western entrance to enter the Central station. A big digital board on this a part of the station that displayed info on prepare place remained dysfunctional for a number of weeks earlier than being eliminated just lately. 

Because of this, passengers coming into the station on the final minute, must run to the concourse space to verify the prepare place on the primary show board after which proceed to catch the prepare. The extra time taken to search out the prepare’s place causes a number of inconvenience to the aged, pregnant girls and passengers carrying heavy baggage, say travellers.

A smaller LED display has been put in, nevertheless it has been of little use as info relayed is commonly delayed, complain passengers. Recalling the ordeal, 65-year-old Kumaravel Sami from Villivakkam stated, “On October 22, at  round 6 am, there was no show within the digital board. I ran to the primary entrance to search out the place. To my shock, the Coimbatore Specific, which I used to be presupposed to board, was stationed at platform 10, only a few yards away from the show board. My spouse and I boarded the prepare after a number of battle. Had the show board functioned, we’d have comfortably walked to the prepare.”

Equally, each day travellers from Arakkonam and Katpadi, too face inconvenience. “After parking the bike, once we enter the station, there is no such thing as a info on prepare place on the platform. About 20 to 30 per cent of each day travellers attain the station only a few minutes earlier than departure. Day-after-day, we now have to run hither and thither to board the prepare,” stated S Krishnan from Katpadi.

A Chennai Division railway official stated the digital show board was eliminated for upkeep and can quickly develop into practical. “We have now now put in LED boards on the western entrance. Bulletins on prepare place are given recurrently. The primary entrance show board is just not too removed from the western aspect.”

Including to the frenzy 
For the reason that board (displaying info on prepare place) on the western entrance of the Central station was not functioning, passengers coming into the station within the final minute needed to run to the concourse space to verify prepare place after which proceed to catch the prepare