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Saturday, April 21, 2012

CHANGES IN DAYS OF TRAIN SERVICES AND TRAIN NUMBERS......


CHANGES IN DAYS OF TRAIN SERVICES AND TRAIN NUMBERS CONSEQUENT TO INCREASE IN ADVANCE RESERVATION PERIOD TO 120 DAYS * CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF TRAINS * AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS * AUGMENTATION OF NILGIRI EXPRESS


CHANGES IN DAYS OF TRAIN SERVICES AND TRAIN NUMBERS CONSEQUENT TO INCREASE IN ADVANCE RESERVATION PERIOD TO 120 DAYS
Days of service to be converted from 6 days a week to Daily
Consequent to change in advance reservation period to 120 days, T.No.12685/12686 Chennai Central – Mangalore – Chennai Central Expresses now running 6 days a week will be converted as a Daily Express with effect from 20.8.2012 from Mangalore and 21.8.2012 from Chennai Central.

Change in days of service
1)T.No. 22604 Villupuram – Kharagpur Weekly Express now leaving Villupuram on Mondays will leave on Tuesdays w.e.f. 21.8.2012.

2)T.No.22603 Kharagpur – Villupuram Weekly Express now leaving Kharagpur on Wednesdays will leave on Thursdays w.e.f. 23.8.2012.

3)T.No.16043 Puducherry – Mangalore Weekly Express now leaving Puducherry on Tuesdays will leave on Fridays w.e.f. 17.8.2012.

4)T.No.16044 Mangalore – Puducherry Weekly Express now leaving Mangalore on Mondays will leave on Saturdays w.e.f. 18.8.2012.

Change in Train Numbers

Train No. and Name
Train No.
w.e.f.
Existing
Revised
Puducherry – Mangalore Weekly Express (Fri)
16043
16855
17.8.2012
Mangalore – Puducherry Weekly Express (Sat)
16044
16856
18.8.2012
Chennai Central – New Jalpaiguri Weekly Exp (Wed)
12753
22611
15.8.2012
New Jalpaiguri – Chennai Central Weekly Exp (Fri)
12754
22612
17.8.2012
Chennai Central – Haldia Weekly Exp (Thu)
12755
22613
16.8.2012
Haldia – Chennai Central Weekly Exp (Sat)
12756
22614
18.8.2012
Coimbatore – Tirupati Tri-weekly Exp (Tue, Fri, Sun)
12758
22616
17.8.2012
Tirupati – Coimbatore Tri-weekly Exp (Wed,Sat,Mon)
12757
22615
18.8.2012
Tirupati – Yesvantpur Tri-weekly Exp (Tue, Fri, Sun)
12544
22618
17.8.2012
Yesvantpur – Tirupati Tri-weekly Exp (Wed,Sat, Mon)
12543
22617
18.8.2012
Tirunelveli – Bilaspur Weekly Exp (Sun)
12788
22620
19.8.2012
Bilaspur – Tirunelveli Weekly Exp (Tue)
12787
22619
21.8.2012
Rameswaram – Kanniyakumari Tri-weekly Exp (Mon,Thu,Sat)
12789
22621
18.8.2012
Kanniyakumari – Rameswaram Tri-weekly Exp (Tue, Fri, Sun)
12790
22622
19.8.2012
Madurai – Chennai Egmore Bi-weekly Exp (Thu, Sat)
12794
22624
18.8.2012
Chennai Egmore – Madurai Bi-weekly Exp (Fri, Sun)
12793
22623
19.8.2012

CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF TRAINS

T.No.16043/16044 Puducherry – Mangalore – Puducherry Weekly Expresses will be renumbered as T.No.16855/16856 and the composition changed as follows w.e.f. 17.8.2012 from Puducherry and 18.8.2012 from Mangalore.

Present composition: 1 First AC-cum-AC 2-tier, 2 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 4 General Second Class and 2 Luggage-cum-brake van coaches.

Revised composition: 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 Luggage-cum-brake van coaches.

AUGMENTATION OF TRAINS

            The following Express/Passenger trains will be permanently augmented as follows.

1)T.No.22601/22602 Chennai Central – Sainagar Shirdi – Chennai Central Weekly Expresses will be augmented with 1 AC 3-tier and 1 Sleeper Class coaches w.e.f. 9.5.2012 from Chennai and 11.5.2012 from Sainagar Shirdi.

2)T.No.56640/56641 Mangalore – Verna – Mangalore Passengers will be augmented with6 Second Class Sitting coaches w.e.f. 30.4.2012 from Mangalore and Verna.


AUGMENTATION OF NILGIRI EXPRESS

In order to clear the high waitlist position during the ensuing summer season, T.No.12671/12672 Chennai Central – Mettupalayam – Chennai Central Nilgiri Expresses will be augmented with one First AC cum AC 2-tier coach w.e.f. from 25.4.2012 from Chennai and 26.4.2012 from Mettupalayam for a period of one month upto 24.5.2012 in either direction.10 First AC and 20 AC 2-tier berths will be available due to this augmentation.