Onam special trains: Two services to start running from next week onwards

Two of the 100 special trains that the railway minister had announced to ease travelling difficulties during the Onam season will start running from next week onwards. The first train (06126), from Mangaluru to Egmore, Chennai, will run every Monday from July 13 to August 31. The train that departs from Mangaluru at 4 pm will reach Kozhikode at 7.32 pm and Tirur at 8.11 pm. Meanwhile, the journey ends at 10.55 am at Egmore. 

The next service is the Egmore-Mangaluru service (06125). This train operates every Tuesday from July 14 to September 1. It departs at 2 pm and arrives in Palakkad at 11.55 pm. Meanwhile, the train stops at Tirur at 2.48 am and at Kozhikode at 3.37 am. The train reaches Mangaluru by 8.40 am.

The two trains, which run a total of eight services, will have two AC tier coaches, eight AC three-tier coaches, six sleeper coaches, four general coaches, and a second-class cum luggage brake van. Meanwhile, the bookings for these trains have already begun. 

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that 100 special trains would be operated from various parts of the country to Kerala during the Onam season. The passengers have requested that the authorities schedule at least half of them to improve connectivity to Malabar. The railways had considered this demand by allowing the first two special trains to the Malabar region.