Circular trains from today

Vijayawada, Oct. 12: Circular trains are to be introduced by the railways between Vijayawada-Guntur-Tenali from Wednesday. On purchase of a Rs 5 ticket, one can travel either from Vijayawada to Guntur or from Vijayawada to Tenali by passenger train.

The RTC collects Rs 17 for passenger buses, Rs 23 for non-stop buses and Rs 27 for Volvo buses. Similar is the case for Tenali town also.

With the doubling of the track between Vijayawada and Guntur, the railways can increase services between Vijayawada and Guntur. The Guntur-Tenali track doubling works are pending for a long time. Land acquisition is the biggest hurdle being faced by the railways in this regard.

The Chief Minister, Mr. K. Rosaiah, will flag off the circular train at 11.30 am at Vijayawada railway station on Wednesday. The circular train will have eight compartments with a capacity to transport 1000 passengers. However, the passengers are disappointed with the timings of the circular trains.

Vijayawada-Guntur is one of the busiest bus routes in coastal Andhra. But the railways introduced only one circular train and that too at 4 pm from Vijayawada to Guntur. If the timing is changed to morning, a large number of passengers would be benefited.Similarly, running of a circular train between Guntur and Vijayawada in the morning will benefit a large number of passengers. Running of circular trains in the early hours will be useful to shift agricultural products, vegetables and leaves to Guntur and Vijayawada.