Regular weekly service of Mangaluru-Rameswaram Express from March 14, and Mangaluru-Tirunelveli Express from March 19

Mangaluru welcomes new weekly train services to Rameswaram and Tirunelveli, starting March 14 and 19.

The inaugural special services of Rameswaram-Mangaluru Central and Tirunelveli-Mangaluru Junction weekly trains arrived in Mangaluru on March 12.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off these services, with a few other new trains, through video conferencing at Tiruchirappalli on March 11. The other services that were flagged off were Mayiladuthurai – Karaikkudi – Mayiladuthurai Daily Passenger, Nagercoil Jn – Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Weekly Express, and 16620 Podanur – Dhanbad – Podanur Amrit Bharat Weekly Express.

Southern Railway stated that regular services of Train No. 16622 Mangaluru Central-Rameswaram Weekly Express will commence from Mangaluru Central (on Saturdays) on March 14, and that of Train No. 16621 Rameswaram-Mangaluru Central Weekly Express from Rameswaram from March 15, on Sundays.

Train No. 16622 leaves Mangaluru Central at 7.30 pm to reach Rameswaram at 10.50 am the next day. Train No. 16621 leaves Rameswaram at 3.30 pm to reach Mangaluru Central at 6.55 am the next day.

Rameswaram-Mangaluru Central Weekly Express Inaugural Special was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Tiruchirappalli on March 11, arrived in Mangaluru Central on March 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: H S MANJUNATH

The train will have two 2-tier AC, four 3-tier AC, six sleeper class, five general second class and one luggage-cum-brake van coaches, all LHB coaches. It has commercial halts at Ramanathapuram, Paramakudi, Manamadurai, Madurai, Dindigul, Oddanchatram, Palani, Udumalaipettai, Pollachi, Palakkad, Shoranur, Tirur, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod.