chennai southern railway has extended the experimental halt for the tejas superfast express at tambaram station until further advice after residents complained that advance ticket bookings after august have been unavailable since last monthwe were not able to book the train for travel after august 26 as the station has been deleted from the list of stops we want a permanent halt in tambaram as it will extend accessibility to the citys suburban residents said dayanand krishnan a residentpreviously residents used to journey back home late into the night this posed safety issues particularly for female commuters i used to spend at least 1000 on cabs to get to egmore but when the stoppage at tambaram saved me a lot of money said rajini selvamani a resident people of the southern suburbs will be able to board the train post august and will be notified when we extend the halt said b guganesan the chief public relations officer of southern railway the railway board in february had approved the stoppage of the semihighspeed train running between chennai and madurai in tambaram following the inclusion of the stoppage the tejas express operated at full capacity southern railway said that within just 27 days a total of 9275 passengers boarded the train at tambaram contributing to around 20 percent of total ticket revenue generated from the tejas express