Railways have rescheduled train services on October 24, 25 and 27 as part of doubling of tracks between Kuruppantar and Ettumanur.
66300/66301 Kollam – Ernakulam – Kollam MEMU Passenger trains, 56381/ 56382 Ernakulam – Kayamkulam – Ernakulam Passenger trains and 56387/56388 Ernakulam – Kayamkulam – Ernakulam Passenger trains of October 24 have been cancelled on October 24.
17229 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Hyderabad Sabari Express, 22654 Hazrat Nizamuddin – Thiruvananthapuram Central Express, 22660 Dehradun – Kochuveli Express and 12626 New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram Central Kerala Express will run via Alappuzha. 16382 Kanniyakumari – Mumbai Jayanthi Janata Express will be regulated for 1 hour and 20 minutes at Kottayam.
On October 25, Trains 56387/56388, Trains 66300/66301, Trains 66307/66308 have been cancelled. 17230 Hyderabad – Thiruvananthapuram Central Sabari Express will be regulated for 50 minutes and 16649 Mangalore – Thiruvananthapuram Central Parasuram Express for 45 minutes at Kuruppantara. 16318 Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra – Kanniyakumari Himsagar Express will be regulated for 30 minutes at Vaikom Road and 12625 Thiruvananthapuram Central – New Delhi Kerala Express for 50 minutes at Kottayam.
On October 27, Trains 56381/56382, Trains 66307/66308, 56377 Alappuzha– Kayamkulam Passenger, Trains 66301/ 66302, Trains 56387/56388 have been cancelled. Train 56365/56366 Guruvayur – Punalur – Guruvayur Passenger trains will be partially cancelled between Ernakulam – Punalur.
16650 Nagercoil – Mangalore Parasuram Express, 17229 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Hyderabad Sabari Express, 16382 Kanniyakumari – Mumbai CSMT Jayanthi Janata Express, 12081 Kannur – Thiruvananthapuram Central Jan Shatabdi Express, 12626 New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram Central Kerala Express will run via Alappuzha.
On October 27, 17230 Hyderabad – Thiruvananthapuram Central Sabari express will be regulated for 1 hour and 16649 Mangalore – Nagercoil Parasuram Express for 35 minutes at Kuruppantara. 12625 Thiruvananthapuram Central – New Delhi Kerala express will be regulated for 1 hour at Kottayam, a railway release said.
Withdrawn
Meanwhile, changes in pattern of train services to facilitate deep screening (maintenance) of track in Kayankulam – Sasthankotta section has been withdrawn due to rains.