IPL 2024: Southern Railway announces special trains on THESE routes for matches at Chepauk Stadium. Details here
MA Chidambaram Stadium today at 8 pm. Passenger Specials train will be running between Velachery– Chintadripet-Velachery on 22nd and 26th March 2024.
As per the Railways, they will be running in all four trains, two from Velachery and the other two from Chintadripet. Taking to X, DRM Chennai wrote, “In view of Tata #IPL 2024 matches to be played at M.A.
Chidambaram Stadium at #Chepauk, the following Passenger Specials will run between Velachery – #Chintadripet - #Velachery passenger special train will run on 22nd & 26th March 2024." Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has announced that it will extend the operation of metro trains beyond the scheduled time due to the IPL 2024 cricket match. CMRCL will operate metro trains after 11:00 pm on March 22 till 1 am on March 23 to facilitate travel and avoid congestion.
Chennai Metro Rail, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) stated, “There is usually network congestion at Stadium and surrounding areas due to large crowd due to which it would be difficult to buy online ticket while being in the stadium. Also, after the match, the rush at Government Estate / Central metro stations would be very high and may result in long wait in the queues for purchase of ticket." It further added, "Commuters are advised to buy their metro tickets in advance for return/round trip (to & fro) either online (CMRL mobile App, Paytm app, Phonepe app, WhatsApp, ONDC etc.) or at the ticket counters at any of the stations before going to the stadium." CSK: MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner,
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