Some trains to have additional coaches to clear festival rush

Salem Division of Southern Railway has announced that a few trains will be augmented with additional coaches to clear the rush of passengers travelling ahead of Deepavali.The trains to get the additio

Salem Division of Southern Railway has announced that a few trains will be augmented with additional coaches to clear the rush of passengers travelling ahead of Deepavali.

The trains to get the additional coach are: Train No. 02668 Coimbatore – Nagercoil special departing from Coimbatore Junction from October 30 till November 8 and Train No. 02667 Nagercoil – Coimbatore Junction special departing from Nagercoil from October 31 till November 9 will each have three additional coaches – two sleeper class coaches and one general second class coach. Train Nos. 06616/06615 Coimbatore – Mannargudi – Coimbatore special will have one sleeper class coach each from November 2 to November 9. Similarly, Train No.02084/02083 Coimbatore – Mayiladuthurai – Coimbatore ‘Jan Shatabdi’ special will be operated with two additional second class chair car coaches on November 1, 2, 3 and 7.

Train Nos. 02680/02679 Coimbatore – Chennai Central – Coimbatore ‘Intercity’ special will have one additional second class Chair car coach on November 3 and 7.