Southern Railway to run two special trains to clear rush
The Hindu
Southern Railway will run Train Nos 06211 / 06212 Kochuveli-Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal-Kochuveli Weekly Express Special to clear extra rush of passengers.
Southern Railway will run Train Nos 06211 / 06212 Kochuveli-Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal-Kochuveli Weekly Express Special to clear extra rush of passengers.
Train No 06211 Kochuveli-Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Weekly Express Special will leave Kochuveli at 5 p.m. on June 25 and July 2 and reach Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal at 10 a.m. the next day.
Train No 06212 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal-Kochuveli Weekly Express Special will leave Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal at 1 p.m. on June 19, June 26 and July 3 and reach Kochuveli at 6.50 a.m. the next day.
En route, the train will have stoppages at Quilon, Kayankulam, Mavelikara, Chengannur, Tiruvalla, Chenganasseri, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrissur, Palghat, Podanur, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Dharmapuri and Hosur, in both directions.
The train will have a composition of two AC two-tier coaches, six AC three tier coaches, one AC three-tier economy coach, six sleeper class, one AC Pantry Car, one second class luggage-cum-brake vans with Divyang Jan coach, one generator-cum luggage and brake van, three general second class and one parcel van (22 coaches in all).
The fare for the trip on this train will be 1.3 times of the normal fare.
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While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.