The Southern Railway will operate the following special fare special trains between Ernakulam Junction and Velankanni to clear the extra rush:
Train No.06016 Ernakulam Junction – Velankanni special fare special train will leave Ernakulam Junction at 8.10 p.m. on September 1, 8 and 15 and reach Velankanni at 9.30 a.m.the next day.
Train No.06015 Velankanni – Ernakulam Junction special fare special train will leave Velankanni at 2.20 p.m. September 2, 9 and 16 and reach Ernakulam Junction at 4.15 a.m. the next day.
The trains would stop at Aluva, Thrissur, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam.
Train No.06015 train will stop at Ernakulam Town also. Advance reservations for the trains are open, a Southern Railway press release said.