New Delhi, Feb 13 Tamil Nadu, ruled by UPA partner DMK, today got a fair share in the interim railway budget with five new trains set to run in the state apart from clinching various other schemes.

Presenting the budget, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said action is on for examining feasibility of running bullet trains Hyderabad-Vijayawada- Chennai and Chennai-Bangalore.

Services of two existing trains were also extended, he said.

"Out of the 43 new trains announced in the interim budget, five have gone to Tamil Nadu. The long-pending demand of the people in Trichy have been fulfilled with the announcement of an express train from the city to Madurai," Union Minister of State for Railways R Velu told reporters here.

The new trains set to run in Tamil Nadu are Bilaspur-Tirunelveli (Weekly), Sengottai-Erode passenger (daily), Tiruchirapalli- Madurai Express (daily), Mumbai-Tirunelveli (bi-weekly) and Coimbatore-Tuticorin link service (daily), he said.

The minister said work on doubling the railway tracks in various routes in the state have also been expedited.

Asked about the project linking Chennai Egmore with Chennai Central, he said:"We have done our work and the state government should give us a No Objection Certificate (NoC)."

The services of Ernakulam-Tiruchirapalli train has been extended till Nagore and Jodhour-Bangalore to Coimbatore, Velu said.