Author: Kerala Rail News

Railways to dispense with pasting of reservation charts on coaches

Kerala Rail News

Trivandrum: Based on encouraging results obtained from trials conducted in selected stations, Railways are going ahead with their green initiative of dispensing with pasting of charts on coaches at all A1, A and B Class Stations. This will be on trial basis for a period of six months from March 1st. For Southern Railway alone, this will result in savings of more than 28 tonnes of Charting paper or Rs.1,70,000/- every year, pointing to a major effort in becoming more eco-friendly. Railways’ other efforts in this direction include encouraging ‘E’ ticketing…

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Railways announce additional summer special trains for peak season travel

Kerala Rail News

Trivandrum: Indian railways has announced additional summer special trains to clear extra rush during the peak season. Weekly Tatkal Special Train 1. Train No. 06547 Yesvantpur – Ernakulam Jn Tatkal Special Train will be leaving Yesvantpur at 22.45 hours on all Tuesdays from 03.04.2018 to 26.06.2018 and arrive Ernakulam by 12:00 hours the next day. Stoppages: Krishnarajapuram, Bangarpet, Tirupattur, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Ottapalam, Thrissur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town. 2. Train No. 06548 Ernakulam – Yesvantpur Tatkal Special Train will be leaving Ernakulam Jn at 14.45 hours on all Wednesdays from…

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Train regulations on Kollam – Perinad upline for track renewal work

Kerala Rail News

Trivandrum: To expedite essential safety works such as Complete Track Renewal and Deep Screening of ballast by the deployment of Track Relaying Train and Ballast Cleaning Machines during the night, Train services will be regulated in Kollam – Perinad section from tonight (ie 10th February 2018) to 11/12th March 2018. RESCHEDULING of trains from 11.02.2018 to 12.03.2018 1. Train No 22653 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Hazrat Nizamuddin weekly express, scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram central at 00:30 hrs on Saturdays will have a late start of 60 minutes. 2. Train No 56300 Kollam…

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Regulation of trains for track maintenance works at Palakkad Division

Kerala Rail News

In connection with the track maintenance works scheduled at Lakkiti – Ottappalam, Palakkad – Walayar and Shoranur – Karakad sections of Palakkad division, the following trains services will be regulated enroute on dates mentioned: · Train No 17230 Hyderabad-Thiruvananthapuram Central Sabari Express will be regulated enroute for 55 minutes from 09th to 17th February 2018. · Train No 12511 Gorakhpur-Thiruvananthapuram Central Raptisagar Express will be enroute regulated for 85 minutes on 10th, 11th, 13th and 17th February 2018. · Train No 22647 Korba-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express will be regulated enroute for 85…

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Special trains between Kochuveli – Mangalore & Kochuveli – Hyderabad

Kerala Rail News

Special trains to clear extra rush: 1. Special fare special trains between Kochuveli – Mangalore Jn. Train No.06053 Kochuveli – Mangalore Jn. special fare special train will leave Kochuveli at 18.35 hrs. on 09th, 16th & 23rd February, 2018 and reach Mangalore Jn. at 05.10 hrs. the next day. Train No.06054 Mangalore Jn. – Kochuveli special fare special train will leave Mangalore Jn. at 15.40 hrs. on 11th, 18th & 25th February, 2018 and reach Kochuveli at 05.00 hrs. the next day. Composition: AC 2-tier – 1, AC 3-tier –…

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