Kottayam: The Railway has announced the second phase of restrictions on train services along the Kottayam route in view of the commissioning of the Ettumanoor-Chingavanam double track. These curbs will be in force from May 12 to 28. The commissioning of the new track is scheduled to take place on May 28, said a Railway press release.
The restrictions include total cancellation of 21 trains, including popular services such as Island Express, Parasuram Express, Jan Shatabdi Express and Venad Express, on various days from May 20.
The Railway also informed that the Palaruvi Express would depart from Palakkad at 5.20 pm on May 23, 24, 25 and 27 and at 5.35 pm on May 26.
Trains to be diverted along Alappuzha
Train no: 22647 Korba – Kochuveli, leaving Korba on May 11, 14, 18, 21 and 25.
17230 Secunderabad – Thiruvananthapuram Sabari Express, departing Secunderabad from May 11-20.
16649 Mangaluru – Nagercoil Parasuram, from May 12-19.
12625 Thiruvananthapuram – New Delhi Kerala Express, from May 12-21 and from May 24-28.
17229 Thiruvananthapuram – Secunderabad Sabari Express, on May 21 and 22.
16382 Kanyakumari – Pune Jayanti Janata Express, May 12 – 21 and May 24 – 28.
22678 Kochuveli – Yesvantpur AC Express, on May 27.
12202 Kochuveli – Lokmanya Tilak Garib Rath, May 12, 19, 22 and 26.
12778 Kochuveli – Hubballi Superfast Express, May 12, 19 and 26.
18567 Visakhapatnam – Kollam, leaving Visakhapatnam on May 12 and 26.
12623 Chennai – Thiruvananthapuram Mail departing Chennai on May 20, 21 and 22.
16525 Kanyakumari – Bengaluru Island Express, May 21.
16312 Kochuveli – Sri Ganganagar, May 21 and 28.
16526 Bengaluru – Kanyakumari Island Express, leaving Bengaluru on May 20, 21.
12624 Thiruvananthapuram – Chennai Mail, May 22 and 23.
12659 Nagercoil – Shalimar Gurudev Express, May 22.
22648 Kochuveli – Korba, May 23 and 26.
12257 Yesvantpur – Kochuveli Garib Rath, starting from Yesvantpur on May 22, 24 and 26.
16334 Thiruvananthapuram – Veraval, May 23.
15906 Dibrugarh – Kanyakumari Vivek Express, leaving Dibrugarh on May 21.
12201 Lokmanya Tilak – Kochuveli Garib Rath, departing Lokmanya Tilak on May 23 and 27.
12626 New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Express, starting from New Delhi from May 22-26.
16336 Gandhidham – Nagercoil, leaving Gandhidham on May 24.
22113 Lokmanya Tilak – Kochuveli, departing Lokmanya Tilak on May 24.
12258 Kochuveli – Yesvantpur Garib Rath, on May 25.
16311 Sri Ganganagar – Kochuveli, leaving Sri Ganganagar on May 24.
16318 Sri Mata Vaishnodevi Katra – Kanyakumari Himsagar Express, leaving Katra on May 23.
19259 Kochuveli – Bhavnagar, May 26.
22114 Kochuveli – Lokmanya Tilak, May 26.
12660 Shalimar – Nagercoil Gurudev Express, starting from Shalimar on May 25.
Trains to be delayed
Train no: 16525 Kanyakumari – Bengaluru Island Express would be halted for up to 30 minutes at Chingavanam on May 12, 14, 17 and 19.
16311 Sri Ganganagar – Kochuveli to be held up for 45 minutes between Ernakulam and Kottayam on May 12 and 19.
15906 Dibrugarh – Kanyakumari Vivek Express be delayed by 45 minutes between Ernakulam and Kottayam on May 17.
16382 Kanyakumari – Pune Jayanti Janata would be halted for 30 minutes between Kayamkulam and Chingavanam on May 22.
12508 Silchar – Thiruvananthapuram to be held up for 45 minutes between Ernakulam and Ettumanoor.
16301 Shoranur – Thiruvananthapuram Venad would be halted for 30 minutes on the Ernakulam – Ettumanoor section on May 22.
