Chennai: With the Covid-19 cases in the city continuing to be on the decline, the Southern Railway will permit all women passengers to travel in Chennai suburban EMU trains from today, without any time restrictions on all the days of the week.

Similarly children up to 12 years of age accompanying women passengers would also be permitted to travel, a Railway release said here.

This move would benefit all lady passengers as they would be able to travel in the suburban EMU train services throughout the day.

With this, travel of women passengers restricting, which was hitherto allowed only during non-peak hours, has been withdrawn.

The Railways also announced resumption of circular suburban services on the Chengalpattu–Kanchipuram-Arakkonam sector

It will also resume suburban services in the Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu–Kanchipuram /Tirumalpur from today, benefitting a large number of office-goers and other commuters travelling from the vicinity of Kanchipuram and Arakkonam.

Southern Railway is expanding the scope of passengers, who are allowed to travel, in the Chennai suburban train system in a phased manner.

It also appealed to all the commuters using suburban train services to follow all the Covid-19 protocols issued by the Central and State governments.