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