Thanjavur Railway Station Battery Shuttle service

End of the road for the 'Red Shirted' Porters at Railway Stations

The battery operated passenger ferry service is gaining popularity among train travellers. At the Thanjavur Station, the service that picks passengers especially senior citizens from one platform to another for a fee of Rs. 30 (per passenger) has caught the fancy. 

On any day, each battery cab does at least a 100 drops. The passengers have also found this service useful when their compartment is right in front near the engine while the entrance to the station is at the rear of platform 1. 

The operator told this writer on Thursday that this is particularly popular for passengers boarding the Uzhavan and Chozhan express. 

Also, this service is useful for this alighting at the Thanjavur stations on platforms 2 or 3 for them to make it to the entrance on platform 1. 

In the decades gone by, one had been accustomed to porters in red shirt picking up heavy luggage and taking passengers to the compartments. With the development of technology, porters have been replaced by battery operated shuttle service between platforms, signifying in a way the end of the red shirted porter service. 

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