Lalbagh Express
In case you are planning to take the Lalbagh express from chennai to bangalore, think again.
Recently the railways department announced additional stoppages for this train. The train now halts at Walaja, KR Puram and some more stations. Add to it the waiting for crossings. Due to this the travelling time has increased but the timetable hasnt been changed.
For the past one month the train is running 45 mins to 1 hour late. Every single day! The train starts at chennai by 03.45 PM and reaches bangalore by 10.10 to 10.20 PM every day.
You end up paying superfast fare for a normal train. And the coaches arent well maintained like the brindavan express or bangalore mail(Other superfast trains in this sector).
News Courtesy: Indian Express print edition, Bangalore.
Hi there ! I am also basically from Chennai, but right now settled in Bangalore. Considering the frequent trips that I make to Chennai, this piece of information is very useful to me. I enjoyed reading the other posts too ..how much ever I keep complaining about the weather and auto fellows in Chennai, it is a very dear place to me having lived there for nearly 20 years !
It is not only now that Lalbagh has bee late , I have been using that train -more because the timings were more convinient for me and the train has 99% been late most of the times. THis is just another reason for being more late!