The Southern Railway has announced that special trains would be operated to clear the extra rush of traffic.
The Tiruchi – Chennai Egmore special fare special (Train No. 06026) will leave Tiruchi at 3.15 p.m. on December 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, January 7 and 14 and reach Chennai Egmore at 9.10 p.m. the same day.
The Chennai Egmore – Tiruchi special fare special (Train No. 06025) will leave Chennai Egmore at 2.30 p.m. on December 5, 12, 19, 26, January 2, 9 and 16 and reach Tiruchi at 8.10 p.m. the same day. The trains will stop at Ariyalur, Vriddhachalam, Villupuram, Chengalpattu and Tambaram. Train No. 06026 will stop at Mambalam also. The Ernakulam Junction – Velankanni special fare special (Train No. 06016) will leave Ernakulam Junction at 8.15 p.m. on December 1 and 8 and reach Velankanni at 9.30 a.m., the next day.
The Velankanni – Ernakulam Junction special fare special (Train No. 06015) will leave Velankanni at 2.20 p.m. on December 2 and 9 and reach Ernakulam Junction at 4.15 a.m. the next day.
The trains will stop at Aluva, Thrissur, Ottapalam, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam. Train no. 06015 Velankanni – Ernakulam Junction special train will stop at Ernakulam Town also, a Southern Railway press release said.
