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SOUTHERN RAILWAY ANNOUNCES DIVERSION IN AUGUST DUE TO COMMISSIONING OF COIMBATORE – IRUGUR SECOND RAILWAY LINE WORK
Posted on: 30/Jul/2010 5:12:58 AM
Southern Railway, Salem Division, has announced changes in operation of trains by re-routing them via Coimbatore – Podanur – Irugur and passing through trains via Podanur – Irugur – Podanur section skipping Coimbatore Junction on August 12, 15, 16, 18 and 19. The change in traffic pattern is to enable commissioning of the Coimbatore – Irugur second railway line work.
A release from Salem division said that on August 12, 15, 16 and 18, the following trains originating and terminating at Coimbatore Junction will be routed from Coimbatore via Podanur and Irugur skipping North Coimbatore and Peelamedu stations.
On August 12, Train Number 2676, Coimbatore – Chennai / Kovai Express will re-routed in the said pattern, on August 15, the following trains would be re-routed, Chennai – Coimbatore Kovai Express (2675), Coimbatore – Chennai Kovai Express (2676), Coimbatore – Nizamuddin Kongu Express (2647), Coimbatore – Nagercoil Express (6610), Mettuppalayam – Chennai - Nilagiri Express (2672), Coimbatore – Chennai Cheran Express (2674). On August 16, Coimbatore – Chennai Intercity Express (2680), Coimbatore – Mayiladuthurai Jan Shatabdi Express (2084), Coimbatore – Lok Manya Tilak Express (1014), Coimbatore – Chennai Kovai Express (2676), Coimbatore – Nagercoil Express (6610), Mettuppalayam – Chennai Nilagiri Express (2672), Coimbatore – Chennai Cheran Express (2674), on August 18, Chennai – Coimbatore Kovai Express (2675) and Coimbatore – Chennai Kovai Express (2676).
Stoppage at Podanur
Trains passing through Coimbatore will be run via Podanur – Irugur line skipping Coimbatore, North and Peelamedu stations. However, the trains would have a stoppage at Podanur instead of Coimbatore Junction.
Re routing is as per the following schedule; On August 12, Jammu Tawi – Kanyakumari Express (6318) stoppage at Podanur at 10.10 hours, Dhanbad – Tata Alleppey Express (3351) at 12.10 hours, Shalimar – Thiruvananthapuram Express (6324) at 12.35 hours, Bangalore – Ernakulam Intercity Express (2677) at 13.10 hours, Alleppey – Tata Dhanbad Express (3352) at 12.00 hours, Thiruvananthapuram - Korba Express (6328) at 15.10 hours and Kochuveli – Hyderabad Express (7229) at 16.30 hours.
On August 15, the following trains would run via Podanur – Irugur instead of Coimbatore; Jammu Tawi-Mangalore Express (6688) at 10.10 hours, Dhanbad – Tata Alleppey Express (3351) at 12.10 hours, Patna – Ernakulam Express (6310) at 12.35 hours, Bangalore – Ernakulam Intercity Express (2677) at 13.10 hours, Guwhati – Ernakulam (2508) at 14.10, Alleppey – Tata Dhanbad Express (3352) at 12.00 hours, Ernakulam – Bangalore Intercity Express (2678) at 12.45 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – Gorakhpur Express (2512) at 15.10 hours, Kochuveli – Hyderabad Express (7229) at 16.30 hours, Kanyakumari – Mumbai CSTM Express (6382) at 18.05 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – New Delhi Kerala Express (2625) at 20.00 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – Guwahati Express (2515) at 21.35 hours, Kanyakumari – Bangalore Island Express (6525) at 22.5.50 hours.
On August 16 the following trains would run via Podanur – Irugur section, Nagercoil – Shalimar Express (2659) at 00.55 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – Chennai Express (2696) at 02.05, Ernakulam – Nagore Tea Garden Express (6866) at 03.05 hours, Mangalore – Chennai West Coast Express (6628) at 06.30 hours, Alleppey – Tata Dhanbad Express (3352) at 12.00 hours, Ernakulam – Bangalore Intercity Express (2678) at 12.45 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – Korba Express (6328) at 15.10 hours, Kochuveli – Hyderabad Express (7229) at 16.30 hours, Kanyakumari – Mumbai CSTM (6382) at 18.05 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – New Delhi Kerala Express (2625) at 20.00 hours, Ernakulam – Patna Express (6309) at 21.35 hours, Kanyakumari – Bangalore Island Express (6525) at 22.50 hours.
Intercity Express
On August 18, Dhanbad – Tata Alleppey Express (3351) at 12.10 hours, Bangalore – Ernakulam Intercity Express (2677) at 13.10 hours, Alleppey – Tata Dhanbad Express (3352) at 12.00 hours, Ernakulam – Bangalore Intercity Express (2678) at 12.45 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – Gorakhpur Express (2512) at 15.10 hours, Kochuveli – Hyderabad Express (7229) at 16.30 hours.
August 19, Jammu Tawi – Kanyakumari Express (6318) at 10.10 hours, Thiruvananthapuram – Korba Express (6328) at 15.10 hours, the change in train traffic is only on specified dates such as August 12, 15, 16, 18 and 19 to minimise disturbance to normal train service.
There will be NO change in the timings or route of the train except for those mentioned above
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