Kochi: Rail traffic along the Kottayam route will be hit from March 25 to 31.
Traffic regulations along the Kottayam route will be in place over the signalling work ahead of the commissioning of the double track on the Kuruppanthara-Ettumanoor section that will be thrown open on March 31. Several trains will be cancelled and re-routed during the next seven days.
6 passenger trains cancelled from March 25 to 31 on Kottayam route
* 56387 Ernakulam-Kayamkulam Passenger
* 56388 Kayamkulam-Ernakulam Passenger
* 66300 Kollam-Ernakulam Memu
* 66301 Ernakulam-Kollam Memu
* 66307 Ernakulam-Kollam Memu
* 66308 Kollam-Ernakulam Memu
5 passenger trains cancelled from March 27 to 31 on Alappuzha route
* 56380 Kayamkulam-Ernakulam Passenger
* 56381 Ernakulam-Kayamkulam Passenger
* 56381 Kayamkulam-Ernakulam Passenger
* 66302 Kollam-Ernakulam Memu
* 66303 Ernakulam-Kollam Memu
Kanyakumari-Mumbai CST Jayanti Express and Hyderabad-Thiruvananthapuram Sabari Express will be diverted through Alappuzha route from March 27 to 31. Korba-Thiruvananthapuram Express will be re-routed via Alappuzha on March 25 and 29.
Nagercoil-Mangalore Parasuram Express, Thiruvananthapuram-Hyderabad Sabari Express, Kochuveli-Lokmanya Tilak Gareeb Rath Express, Thiruvananthapuram-New Delhi and New Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Express will also run through Alappuzha on March 31. These trains will stop at Ernakulam Junction, Cherthala, Alappuzha and Ambalappuzha.
Thiruvananthapuram-New Delhi Kerala Express will halt at Kottayam station for an hour from March 25 to 30. Mangalore-Nagercoil Parasuram Express will stop for 50 minutes from March 25 to 31 and Hyderabad-Thiruvananthapuram Sabari Express will halt for 1 hour on March 25 and 26 at Kuruppanthara.
Shoranur-Thiruvananthapuram Venad Express and Mangalore-Nagercoil Parasuram Express will not stop at Ettumanoor from March 31 to May 1 (32 days) owing to work related to underpass construction and Ettumanoor yard remodelling.
