To manage the Diwali rush, special trains will be operated by Southern Railway from Chennai to the southern districts.
Southern Railway issued the following press release on Wednesday regarding this:
The special train (No. 06111) departing from Tambaram at 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 6 will reach Tirunelveli at 9.20 a.m. the next day, Saturday (Nov. 7). In the return direction, the special train (No. 06112) departing from Tirunelveli at 7 p.m. on the 9th will arrive in Tambaram at 9 a.m. on the 10th.
It will stop at the stations of Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam, Ariyalur, Srirangam, Trichy, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Devakottai Road, Sivaganga, Manamadurai, Aruppukkottai, Virudhunagar, Sivakasi, Srivilliputhur, Rajapalayam, Sankarankovil, Pambarkovil, Kadayanallur, Tenkasi, Pavoorchatram, Keelakadayanallur, Ambasamudram, Kallidaikurichi, and Cheranmahadevi.
Unreserved MEMU train: The unreserved MEMU train departing from Chennai Egmore at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 will reach Tirunelveli at 4.45 a.m. on the 8th.
Tambaram-Manamadurai unreserved MEMU train: On Nov. 6, the unreserved MEMU train departing from Tambaram at 5.30 p.m. will reach Manamadurai at 3.45 a.m. on the 7th.
In the return direction, this special unreserved MEMU train departing from Manamadurai at 6.30 a.m. on the 7th will arrive in Tambaram at 3.45 p.m. the same day. This train will have 12 coaches attached. It will stop at Chengalpattu, Melmaruvathur, Villupuram, Vriddhachalam, Ariyalur, Srirangam, Trichy, Manapparai, Dindigul, Cholavandan, Madurai, and Thiruppuvanam stations.
Similarly, the unreserved MEMU train departing from Tambaram at 4.35 p.m. on the 7th will reach Manamadurai at 1.45 a.m. on the 8th. In the return direction, the special MEMU train departing from Manamadurai at 12 midnight on the 9th will arrive at Tambaram at 8.30 a.m. on the 10th.
Special train from Egmore to Tiruchi: The unreserved special MEMU train departing from Chennai Egmore at 8.30 p.m. on Nov. 6 will reach Tiruchi at 4.45 a.m. on the 7th.
The special MEMU train without reservation departing from Tiruchi at 10.45 p.m. on Nov. 9 will arrive at Chennai Egmore at 6.50 a.m. on the 10th, it said.
