MADURAI: The Railway Board has approved the following fully reserved daily special trains from Chennai. Reservations for the above trains will open at 8am on October 24. Services of these trains will continue till further notice.
Chennai Egmore – Kollam – Chennai Egmore daily special trains: Train No 06101 will leave Chennai Egmore at 5pm and will reach Kollam 8.45am the next day. The first service from Chennai Egmore will start on October 25. In return direction, Train No 06102 will leave Kollam at noon and reach Chennai Egmore at 3.05am the next day. The service will begin on October 26.
The trains will stop at Tambaram, Chengalpet, Villupuram, Vridhachallam, Trichy, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Srivilliputhur, Rajapalayam, Sankarankoil, Kadayanallur, Tenkasi, Sengottai, Punalur, Avaneswaram, Kottarakara and Kundara. Train No 06102 will stop at Sivakasi, as well.
The trains will have two AC 3-tier coaches, eight sleeper class coaches, two general second class coaches and two luggage cum brake vans.
Chennai Egmore- Trichy– Chennai Egmore daily superfast special trains: Train No 02653 will leave Chennai Egmore at 11.15pm and reach Trichy at 4.45am the next day. The first service from Chennai Egmore will start on October 27. Train No 02654 will leave Trichy at 10.45pm and reach Chennai Egmore at 4.15am the next day. The first service from Trichy will begin on October 26.
The trains will have stoppages at Mambalam, Tambaram, Chengalpet , Villupuram, Vridhachallam, Ariyalur, Lalgudi, Srirangam and Tiruchchirappalli Town. They have one AC first class coach, three AC 2-tier coaches, five AC 3-tier coaches, nine sleeper class coaches, three general second class coaches and two luggage cum brake vans.
Thanjavur – Chennai Egmore – Thanjavur daily special trains: Train No 06866 will leave Thanjavur at 9.50pm and will reach Chennai Egmore at 4.30am the next day. The service from Thanjavur will start on October 26. In the return direction, Train No 06865 will leave Chennai Egmore at 10.55pm and reach Thanjavur at 6am the next day. The service from Chennai Egmore will begin on October 27.
The trains will stop at Papanasam, Kumbakonam, Aduthurai, Kutralam Mayiladuthurai, Chidambaram, Villupuram, Chengalpet, Tambaram and Mambalam. Train No 06865 will also stop at Sirkazhi and Vaithiswaran Koil. The trains will have one AC first class coach, one AC 2-tier coach, two AC 3-tier coaches, 13 sleeper class coaches, three general second class coaches and two luggage cum brake vans.