Trivandrum: Train No.56700 Madurai – Punalur passenger train and Train No.56701 Punalur – Madurai passenger train are to be speeded up and converted as express trains. Consequently, the numbers of trains will be revised.
1. Train No.56700 Madurai – Punalur passenger train will be speeded up by 20 minutes and renumbered as Train No.16729 Madurai – Punalur Express.
2. Train No.56701 Punalur – Madurai passenger train will be speeded up by 1 hour and renumbered as Train No.16730 Punalur – Madurai Express.
Moreover, the trains will be permanently augmented by one AC 3-tier coach & three Sleeper Class coaches. Thereafter, the revised composition of the trains will be AC 3-tier – 1, Sleeper Class – 10, General Second Class – 8 & Luggage-cum-brake van – 2 coaches.
The service of Train No.16729 Madurai – Punalur Express will commence on 30.06.2020 and that of Train No.16730 Punalur – Madurai Express will commence on 01.07.2020. The existing stoppages will continue.
Train No.16729 Madurai – Punalur Express will leave Madurai at 23.15 hrs. and reach Punalur at 10.45 hrs.
Train No.16730 Punalur – Madurai Express will leave Punalur at 16.30 hrs. and reach Madurai at 06.35 hrs.
A. Stoppages, with Timings, of Train No.16729 Madurai – Punalur Express
Madurai – 23.15 hrs. (Departure); Tiruparankundram – 23.24 / 23.25 hrs.; Tirumangalam – 23.34 / 23.35 hrs.; Virudunagar – 23.55 / 23.57 hrs.; Satur – 00.21 / 00.22 hrs.; Kovilpatti – 00.54 / 00.55 hrs.; Kadambur – 01.14 / 01.15 hrs.; Vanchi Maniyachchi – 01.29 / 01.30 hrs.; Tirunelveli – 02.40 / 02.45 hrs.; Nanguneri – 03.29 / 03.30 hrs.; Valliyur – 03.39 / 03.40 hrs.; Aralvaymozhi – 03.54 / 03.55 hrs.; Nagercoil – 04.20 / 04.30 hrs.; Eraniel – 04.59 / 05.00 hrs.; Palliyadi – 05.07 / 05.08 hrs.; Kulitturai – 05.14 / 05.15 hrs.; Kulitturai West – 05.21 / 05.22 hrs.; Parassala – 05.29 / 05.30 hrs.; Neyyattinkara – 05.59 / 06.00 hrs.; Thiruvananthapuram Central – 06.35 / 06.40 hrs.; Thiruvananthapuram Pettah – 06.44 / 06.45 hrs.; Kochuveli – 06.54 / 06.55 hrs.; Veli – 07.00 / 07.01 hrs.; Kazhakuttam – 07.05 / 07.06 hrs.; Kaniyapuram – 07.11 / 07.12 hrs.; Murukkampuzha – 07.16 / 07.17 hrs.; Perunguzhi – 07.22 / 07.23 hrs.; Chirayinkeezh – 07.27 / 07.28 hrs.; Kadakavur – 07.32 / 07.33 hrs.; Akathumuri – 07.37 / 07.38 hrs.; Varkala Shivagiri – 07.49 / 07.50 hrs.; Edavai – 07.54 / 07.55 hrs.; Kappil – 07.59 / 08.00 hrs.; Paravur – 08.04 / 08.05 hrs.; Mayyanad – 08.09 / 08.10 hrs.; Iravipuram – 08.14 / 08.15 hrs.; Kollam – 09.20 / 09.25 hrs.; Kilikollur – 09.34 / 09.35 hrs.; Chandanattop – 09.39 / 09.40 hrs.; Kundara – 09.45 / 09.46 hrs.; Kundara East – 09.51 / 09.52 hrs.; Ezhukone – 09.55 / 09.56 hrs.; Kottarakkara – 10.07 / 10.08 hrs.; Kuri – 10.15 / 10.16 hrs.; Auvaneeswaram – 10.22 / 10.23 hrs.; Punalur – 10.45 hrs. (Arrival).
B. Stoppages, with Timings, of Train No.16730 Punalur – Madurai Express
Punalur – 16.30 hrs. (Departure); Auvaneeswaram – 16.40 / 16.41 hrs.; Kuri – 16.45 / 16.46 hrs.; Kottarakkara – 16.55 / 16.56 hrs.; Ezhukone – 17.06 / 17.07 hrs.; Kundara East – 17.10 / 17.11 hrs.; Kundara – 17.15 / 17.16 hrs.; Chandanattop – 17.21 / 17.22 hrs.; Kilikollur – 17.29 / 17.30 hrs.; Kollam – 17.50 / 18.00 hrs.; Iravipuram – 18.06 / 18.07 hrs.; Mayyanad – 18.13 / 18.14 hrs.; Paravur – 18.17 / 18.18 hrs.; Kappil – 18.22 / 18.23 hrs.; Edavai – 18.27 / 18.28 hrs.; Varkala Shivagiri – 18.33 / 18.34 hrs.; Akathumuri – 18.39 / 18.40 hrs.; Kadakavur – 18.45 / 18.46 hrs.; Chirayinkeezh – 18.51 / 18.52 hrs.; Perunguzhi – 18.55 / 18.56 hrs.; Murukkampuzha – 19.01 / 09.02 hrs.; Kaniyapuram – 19.06 / 19.07 hrs.; Kazhakuttam – 19.12 / 19.13 hrs.; Veli – 19.18 / 19.19 hrs.; Kochuveli – 19.59 / 20.00 hrs.; Thiruvananthapuram Pettah – 20.04 / 20.05 hrs.; Thiruvananthapuram Central – 20.20 / 20.25 hrs.; Balaramapuram – 20.42 / 20.43 hrs.; Neyyattinkara – 20.48 / 20.49 hrs.; Dhanuvachapuram – 21.14 / 21.15 hrs.; Parassala – 21.21 / 21.22 hrs.; Kulitturai West – 21.29 / 21.30 hrs.; Kulitturai – 21.37 / 21.38 hrs.; Palliyadi – 21.44 / 21.45 hrs.; Eraniel – 21.54 / 21.55 hrs.; Nagercoil – 22.25 / 22.35 hrs.; Aralvaymozhi – 22.59 / 23.00 hrs.; Valliyur – 23.20 / 23.21 hrs.; Nanguneri – 23.32 / 23.33 hrs.; Tirunelveli – 00.25 / 00.30 hrs.; Naraikkinar – 00.59 / 01.00 hrs.; Vanchi Maniyachchi – 01.09 / 01.10 hrs.; Kadambur – 01.24 / 01.25 hrs.; Kovilpatti – 01.44 / 01.45 hrs.; Satur – 02.04 / 02.05 hrs.; Virudunagar – 03.08 / 03.10 hrs.; Tirumangalam – 04.04 / 04.05 hrs.; Tiruparankundram – 05.14 / 05.15 hrs.; Madurai – 06.35 hrs. (Arrival).
· Consequent to the speeding up and conversion of Train No.56700 Madurai – Punalur passenger train as an express train, Train No.56743 Punalur – Kollam passenger train will reach Kollam at 09.50 hrs. instead of 09.40 hrs.