thenidindigul union minister of state for information and broadcasting and fisheries animal husbandry and dairying dr l murugan on thursday flagged off the extension of a maduraithenimadurai train from bodinayakanur in theni district to chennai centralaccording to railway officials these extended train services were introduced to improve travel connectivity for residents of agrarian cities providing direct access to chennai the minister inaugurated the extension of train no 2060120602 mgr chennai centralmaduraimgr chennai central triweekly express and train no 0670106702 maduraithenimadurai unreserved express special daily now extending up to bodinayakanur former tamil nadu chief minister o panneerselvam theni mp p ravindranath and divisional railway manager of madurai division p ananth were present at the eventthe bodinayakanurmadurai inaugural special express train an extension of the maduraimgr chennai central route departed from bodinayakanur at 830 pm while the thenimadurai express left bodinayakanur at 845 pmstarting june 16 the regular service of train no 2060120602 mgr chennai central bodinayakanurmgr chennai central express will commence its extended run from chennai central and from june 18 it will also depart from bodinayakanur the following schedule will be in effect train no 20601 chennaibodinayakanur express will depart from chennai at 1030 pm on monday wednesday and friday arriving in bodi at 935 am the next day train no 20602 bodinayakanurchennai central express will leave bodinayakanur at 830 pm on tuesday thursday and sunday reaching chennai central at 755 am the following dayearlier in the day l murugan inaugurated stoppages at kodaikanal road railway station for train no 1612716128 chennai egmoreguruvayurchennai egmore express and train no 1761517616 kachegudamaduraikacheguda weekly express by flagging off train no 16128 guruvayurchennai egmore express at the station