CHENNAI: The Chennai railway division has withdrawn its earlier proposal to suspend MRTS service between Chennai Beach and Chepauk for 7 months for execution of Egmore and Beach 4th line work.

In a circular issued Tuesday, the Chief Traffic Planning Manager (CTPM) of Southern Railway has informed that due to reservations indicated by the division regarding the suspension of services on

MRTS for 7 months, the approval for suspension conveyed through a letter dated May 24 stands withdrawn.

The CTPM has asked the officials to submit a fresh proposal by including all the requirements of Chennai Division.

A senior SR officer told DT Next that undertaking the 4th line work without any compromise on the MRTS service from Beach to Chepauk/Chintadaripet is highly improbable.

“The work can be done only after suspending the service to an extent. The extent of suspension or the stretch requiring suspension is still under consideration. We’ve had discussions about it with officials of the State government. A decision would be made with some alteration in the earlier announcement shortly,” said a highly placed SR officer.

The railway department is said to be considering a scattered suspension of MRTS services so that there would be minimum disruption in the service.