Rlys to run special trains during Sabarimala season

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (UNI) The Railways will run bi-weekly special trains during November, December and January between Yeswantpur-Kochuveli-Yesvantpur to ease extra rush of passengers during the ensuing Sabarimala pilgrimge season.

Train No 0677 Yeswantpur-Kochuveli bi-weekly special would leave Yeswantpur on Sundays and Tuesdays at 2100 hrs and will arrive at Kochuveli at 1240 hrs the next day, a Railway release said here today.

The first special from Yeswantpur will run on November 16 and the last special on January 27.

In the return direction Train No 0678 Kochuveli-Yeswantpur special will leave Kochuveli on Mondays and Wednesdays at 2000 hrs and reach Yeswantpur at 1130 hrs the next day. The first special from Kochuveli will run on November 17 and the last on January 28, 2009.

This special train will stop at Kollam, Kayamkulam, Chengannur, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Erode, Selam, Dharmapuri, Hosur and Banaswadi.

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