CHENNAI:
Floods in
Kerala have thrown
train traffic between Chennai and towns in Kerala out of gear. Southern Railway has cancelled trains between Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru, the two major routes from Chennai Central railway station after oveflowing of rivers, flooding and landslides affected lines between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram via Kottayam, Ernakulam and Shoranur/ Palghat, Palghat and Shoranur, Shoranur and Kozhikkode.
While eight trains were cancelled, a few are being operated only till Palghat. The cancelled trains are: train number 12624 Trivandrum - Chennai central Trivandrum Mail, 12623 Chennai Central - Trivandrum Triandrum Mail, 12601 Chennai Central - Mangaluru Mail, 22638 Mangaluru Central - Chennai Central West coast Super fast Express, 12686 Mangaluru - Chennai Central Super Fast, 16344/16350 Madurai-Nilambur-Trivandrum Express scheduled to arrive on Friday. Partially cancelled: Chennai Central-Trivandrum Central Superfast Express was operated up to Palghat and return train 12696 will depart from Palghat on August 18 as per the existing timing, Mangaluru Central-Chennai Central Super fast mail will be operated till Kozhikode and it will be run as special to Mangaluru.
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