These trains have sleeper coaches to travel without reserved tickets: Details

Travelling with reserved tickets is the best way to enjoy train journeys. Tatkal booking allows you to reserve tickets at the last minute. Meanwhile, the railways have reserved certain coaches in express trains to make train travel easier and comfortable. Passengers who couldn’t reserve tickets could still travel in non-reserved sleeper coaches of these trains. However, this facility is available only between certain stations. The passengers could purchase tickets for these coaches from the ticket counters in the railway stations. Besides, those who have season tickets can also travel in these coaches.

The following trains managed by the Southern Railway have such special coaches. The train name, details of the coaches, the stations where they are applicable, and the coach numbers are listed below:
16382 – Kanyakumari – Pune Express: S5 coach from Kanyakumari to Ernakulam Town and S6 coach from Kanyakumari to Palakkad.
12624 – Thiruvananthapuram Central – Chennai Central Superfast: S7 coach from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Ernakulam Town.

16629 – Thiruvananthapuram Central – Mangaluru Central Express: S8 coach from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Kottayam and S9 coach from Kannur to Mangaluru Central.
16347 – Thiruvananthapuram Central – Mangaluru Central Express: S8 coach from Kozhikode to Mangaluru Central.
22640 – Alappuzha – Chennai Central Superfast: S7 coach from Alappuzha to Palakkad Junction.

12601 – Chennai Central – Mangaluru Central Superfast: S8 and S9 coaches from Kozhikode to Mangaluru Central.
12602 – Mangaluru Central – Chennai Central Superfast: S8 and S9 coaches from Kozhikode to Mangaluru Central.
16630 – Mangaluru Central – Trivandrum Central Express: S 6 coach from Kottayam to Thiruvananthapuram Central.

16348 – Mangaluru Central – Trivandrum Central Express: S8 coach between Mangaluru Central and Kozhikode.
22638 – Mangaluru Central – Chennai Central Superfast: S9 coach from Erode and Chennai Central.
20635 – Chennai Egmore – Kollam Superfast: S10 and S11 coaches from Tirunelveli Junction to Kollam Junction.

20636 - Kollam – Chennai Egmore Superfast: S11 coach from Kollam Junction to Tirunelveli.
22637 – Chennai Central – Mangaluru Central Superfast: S4 coach is de-reserved between Chennai Central and Salem Central.
16528 – Kannur – Yeshwantpur Express: S7 and S8 coaches from Kannur to Kozhikode.

22639 – Chennai Central – Alappuzha Superfast: S10 coach between Thrissur and Alappuzha.
16751 – Chennai Egmore – Rameshwaram Express: S11 and S12 coaches have been de-reserved between Manamadurai Junction and Rameshwaram.
16752 – Rameshwaram – Chennai Egmore Express: S11 and S12 coaches from Rameshwaram to Karaikudi Junction.

16159 – Chennai Egmore – Mangaluru Central Express: S 10 and S11 coaches from Coimbatore Junction to Mangaluru Central.
16160 – Mangaluru Central – Chennai Egmore Express: S8 coach from Mangaluru Central to Tiruchirappalli Junction and S9, S10 and S11 coaches from Mangaluru Central to Karur.
16235 – Thoothukudi – Mysuru Express: S9 and S10 coaches from Thoothukudi to Madurai Junction.

16525 – Kanyakumari – Bengaluru Express: S6 from Kanyakumari to Ernakulam Town and S7 from Kanyakumari to Palakkad.
17229 – Thiruvananthapuram Central – Secunderabad Express: S8 coach from Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam Town.
12689 – Chennai Central – Nagercoil Junction Express: S10 and S11 from Tirunelveli Junction to Nagercoil Junction.

16346 – Thiruvananthapuram Central – Mumbai LTT Express: S6 coach from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Ernakulam.
16127 – Chennai Egmore – Guruvayoor Express: S11 coach from Tirunelveli Junction to Nagercoil Junction.
16128 – Guruvayoor – Chennai Egmore Express: S11 from Nagercoil Junction to Tirunelveli Junction.

16203 Chennai Central – Tirupati Express: Coaches S8, S9 and S10 have been de reserved between Chennai Central and Tirupati.
16512 – Kannur – Bengaluru Express: S5, S6 and S7 coaches from Kannur to Mangaluru Central.
16729 – Madurai – Punalur Express: S6 and S7 from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Punalur.

16730 – Punalur – Madurai Express: S6 and S7 coaches from Punalur to Thiruvananthapuram.
16527 – Yeshwantpur – Kannur Express: S7 and S8 coaches have been de-reserved between Kozhikode and Kannur.
13352 – Alappuzha – Dhanbad Express: S5 and S6 coaches from Alappuzha to Coimbatore Junction.