<p>Bengaluru, India's very own Silicon Valley, and Coimbatore, popularly known as the Manchester of South India, are all set to get a swanky day-train that boasts of amenities like Wi-Fi and automatic food vending machines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though several thousand people travel between the two cities every day, hitherto, the cities do not have a dedicated service since all the seven trains that connect them just pass by Coimbatore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Uday Express a double-decker air-conditioned train - will start running between Bengaluru and Coimbatore from as early as next week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since the model code of conduct is in place in Karnataka in view of the May 12 Assembly elections, the Railways will refrain from converting the launch run into a public spectacle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The train, which was announced in the year 2016, boasts of special coaches designed and manufactured at the Perambur Carriage Workshop in Chennai, which have already arrived in Coimbatore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those travelling on this double-decker train will get to experience Wi-Fi connectivity, access GPS-based Passenger Information System through LCD display in front of their seats a near in-flight experience, officials said, adding that four coaches will have pantry cars attached to enable passengers to avail food from automatic vending machines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Coimbatore-Bengaluru (22666) train will depart from Coimbatore at 5.45 am and reach Bengaluru at 12.40 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The return train (22777) will leave Bengaluru at 2.15 pm and reach Coimbatore at 9 pm, according to the timetable released by the Southern Railway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Coimbatore chapter of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which has been at the forefront of the campaign for a standalone train between the two cities, is not too enthused with the day-train.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have always wanted a night train because the distance can be covered overnight. We are not very sure whether the day train will be as successful as a night train would have been. Night train would have saved a day for those taking it," Vanitha Mohan, vice chairman of Pricol Limited and president of the Coimbatore chapter of ICCI, told DH.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Let the Railways start the train because they have been saying this for a very long time," she said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru, India's very own Silicon Valley, and Coimbatore, popularly known as the Manchester of South India, are all set to get a swanky day-train that boasts of amenities like Wi-Fi and automatic food vending machines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though several thousand people travel between the two cities every day, hitherto, the cities do not have a dedicated service since all the seven trains that connect them just pass by Coimbatore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Uday Express a double-decker air-conditioned train - will start running between Bengaluru and Coimbatore from as early as next week.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since the model code of conduct is in place in Karnataka in view of the May 12 Assembly elections, the Railways will refrain from converting the launch run into a public spectacle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The train, which was announced in the year 2016, boasts of special coaches designed and manufactured at the Perambur Carriage Workshop in Chennai, which have already arrived in Coimbatore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those travelling on this double-decker train will get to experience Wi-Fi connectivity, access GPS-based Passenger Information System through LCD display in front of their seats a near in-flight experience, officials said, adding that four coaches will have pantry cars attached to enable passengers to avail food from automatic vending machines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Coimbatore-Bengaluru (22666) train will depart from Coimbatore at 5.45 am and reach Bengaluru at 12.40 pm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The return train (22777) will leave Bengaluru at 2.15 pm and reach Coimbatore at 9 pm, according to the timetable released by the Southern Railway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Coimbatore chapter of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which has been at the forefront of the campaign for a standalone train between the two cities, is not too enthused with the day-train.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have always wanted a night train because the distance can be covered overnight. We are not very sure whether the day train will be as successful as a night train would have been. Night train would have saved a day for those taking it," Vanitha Mohan, vice chairman of Pricol Limited and president of the Coimbatore chapter of ICCI, told DH.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Let the Railways start the train because they have been saying this for a very long time," she said.</p>
