Southern Railways has announced following Special Trains for Sabarimal Festival Season
TEMPORARY
AUGMENTATION OF CHENNAI – MYSORE SHATABDI EXPRESS
T.No.12007/12008
Chennai Central – Mysore – Chennai Central Shatabdi Express trains will be
temporarily augmented with one AC Chair Car Coach for one more month w.e.f.
16.11.2012 to 16.12.2012.
TEMPORARY
STOPPAGE AT TIRUVALLA
The
following trains will have a temporary stoppage at Tiruvalla for 2 minutes
during the Sabarimala festival season as under.
T.No.12697
Chennai Central – Thiruvananthapuram Exp. Tiruvalla (arr/dep) 03.48/03.50
(from
18.11.2012 to 20.1.2013)
T.No.12698
Thiruvananthapuram – Chennai Central Exp. Tiruvalla (arr/dep) 22.13/22.15
(from
17.11.2012 to 19.1.2013)
SPECIAL
TRAINS FOR SABARIMALA SEASON
The
following special trains will be run to clear the extra rush during the
Sabarimala season.
Chennai
Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special & Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special:
T.No.06001 Chennai Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special will leave Chennai
Central at 15.15 hrs. on Mondays from 19.11.2012 to 21.1.2013 and arrive
Kollam at 05.30 hrs. on Tuesdays. T.No.06002 Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special will leave Kollam at 11.15 hrs. on Tuesdays from 20.11.2012 to
22.1.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 03.30 hrs. on Wednesdays. The
composition of the trains will be 1 First AC–cum–AC 2-tier, 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC
3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 11 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van
coaches. The trains will stop at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi,
Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrisur, Aluva,
Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Kayankulam. T.No.06002 will
stop at Perambur also.
Chennai
Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special & Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special:
T.No.06005 Chennai Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special will leave Chennai
Central at 15.15 hrs. on Fridays from 23.11.2012 to 18.1.2013 and arrive
Kollam at 05.30 hrs. on Saturdays. T.No.06006 Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special will leave Kollam at 11.15 hrs. on Saturdays from 24.11.2012 to
19.1.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 03.30 hrs. on Sundays. The composition
of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 10 General
Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop at
Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode,
Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam,
Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Kayankulam. T.No.06006 will stop at Perambur also.
Chennai
Central – Kollam Weekly Special & Kollam – Chennai Central Superfast Weekly
Special:
T.No.06007 Chennai Central – Kollam Weekly Special will leave Chennai Central
at 22.30 hrs. on Sundays from 25.11.2012 to 20.1.2013 and arrive Kollam at
15.30 hrs. on Mondays. T.No.06008 Kollam – Chennai Central Superfast Weekly
Special will leave Kollam at 21.15 hrs. on Mondays from 26.11.2012 to
21.1.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 12.50 hrs. on Tuesdays. The
composition of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 10
General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop
at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode,
Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam,
Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Kayankulam. T.No.06008 will stop at Perambur also.
Chennai
Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special & Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special:
T.No.06009 Chennai Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special will leave Chennai
Central at 17.35 hrs. on Tuesdays from 27.11.2012 to 15.1.2013 and arrive
Kollam at 09.10 hrs. on Wednesdays. T.No.06010 Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special will leave Kollam at 11.15 hrs. on Wednesdays from 28.11.2012 to
16.1.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 03.30 hrs. on Thursdays. The
composition of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 10
General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop
at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode,
Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam,
Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Kayankulam. T.No.06010 will stop at Perambur also.
Chennai
Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special & Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special:
T.No.06003 Chennai Central – Kollam Superfast Weekly Special will leave Chennai
Central at 17.40 hrs. on Thursdays from 22.11.2012 to 17.1.2013 and arrive
Kollam at 09.10 hrs. on Fridays. T.No.06004 Kollam – Chennai Central Weekly
Special will leave Kollam at 11.15 hrs. on Fridays from 23.11.2012 to
18.1.2013 and arrive Chennai Central at 03.30 hrs. on Saturdays. The
composition of the trains will be 3 AC 2-tier, 3 AC 3-tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 2
General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The trains will stop
at Arakkonam, Katpadi, Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode,
Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam,
Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Kayankulam. T.No.06004 will stop at Perambur also.
Ernakulam
Jn. – Chennai Central – Ernakulam Jn. Weekly Superfast Specials: T.No.06011 Ernakulam
Jn. – Chennai Central Superfast Weekly Special will leave Ernakulam Jn. at
17.00 hrs. on Thursdays from 22.11.2012 to 17.1.2013 and arrive Chennai
Central at 05.15 hrs. on Fridays. T.No.06012 Chennai Central – Ernakulam
Superfast Weekly Special will leave Chennai Central at 21.00 hrs. on Fridays
from 23.11.2012 to 18.1.2013 and arrive Ernakulam Jn. at 08.15 hrs. on
Saturdays. The composition of the trains will be 1 AC 2-tier, 2 AC 3-tier, 11
Sleeper Class, 2 General Second Class and 2 luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The
trains will stop at Aluva, Thrisur, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tiruppur,
Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Katpadi and Arakkonam. T.No.06011 will stop at
Perambur also.
Advance
reservation for the above trains will commence on 16.11.2012.