MADURAI: The Railway Board has approved operation of Nagercoil Junction – Shalimar – Nagercoil Junction weekly special train from November 22.
These will be operated as fully reserved special trains. They will run till further directions.
Train No 02659 Nagercoil Junction – Shalimar weekly special train will leave at 2.45pm on Sundays from November 22 and reach Shalimar at 11.55am on Tuesdays.
In the return direction, Train No 02660 Shalimar – Nagercoil Junction Weekly special train will leave at 11.50pm on Wednesdays from November 25 and reach Nagercoil Junction at 9.35pm on Fridays.
They will stop at Thiruvananthapuram Central, Varkala, Kollam Junction, Kayamkulam Junction, Chengannur, Thiruvalla, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrissur, Palakkad Junction, Coimbatore Junction, Erode Junction, Salem Junction, Jolarpet, Katpadi Junction, Chittoor, Tirupati, Renigunta Junction, Nellore, Ongole, Chirala, Tenali Junction, Vijayawada Junction, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Samalkot Junction, Viasakhapatnam Junction, Vizianagaram Junction, Srikakulam Road, Palasa, Brahmapur, Balugaon, Khurda Road Junction, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack Junction, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kharagpur Junction and Santragachi Junction.
The trains will have one 2-tier AC coach, five 3-tier AC coaches, 10 sleeper class coaches, four reserved general second class coaches and two luggage-cum-brake vans.