<p class="title">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, which boasts of amenities like WiFi and automatic food-vending machines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though several thousand people travel between the two cities everyday, hitherto, the cities did not have a dedicated service since all the seven trains that connect them just pass by Coimbatore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Uday Express, a double-decker air-conditioned train, will start running between Bengaluru and Coimbatore 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 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 WiFi connectivity, access the GPS-based Passenger Information System through the LCD display in front of their seats - touted as 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. The return train (22777) will leave Bengaluru at 2.15 pm and reach Coimbatore at 9 pm, according to the time table released by the Southern Railway.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Some not too happy </p>.<p class="bodytext">The Coimbatore chapter of the 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. The 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 long," she said.</p>
<p class="title">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, which boasts of amenities like WiFi and automatic food-vending machines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though several thousand people travel between the two cities everyday, hitherto, the cities did not have a dedicated service since all the seven trains that connect them just pass by Coimbatore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Uday Express, a double-decker air-conditioned train, will start running between Bengaluru and Coimbatore 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 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 WiFi connectivity, access the GPS-based Passenger Information System through the LCD display in front of their seats - touted as 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. The return train (22777) will leave Bengaluru at 2.15 pm and reach Coimbatore at 9 pm, according to the time table released by the Southern Railway.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Some not too happy </p>.<p class="bodytext">The Coimbatore chapter of the 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. The 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 long," she said.</p>
