Trains to be regulated for 33 days
Story Dated: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 19:2 hrs IST
Kochi: In connection with the on going works of doubling work on Kayankulam-Mavelikara section, the Southern Railway today said it will be regulating a few trains for 33 days from Feb 7-Mar 11.
The doubling works are being carried out by Construction Branch of Southern...
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Railway, a press release said.
In order to minimise repercussions on travelling public, special care has been taken to carry out most of the works during night time for the first 15 days and the remaining works which are very crucial in the last 17 days.
During the first 15 days, from Feb 7 to Feb 21, the following trains will be regulated during the night time between 11 pm and 04 am, at stations near to Kayankulam. Trivandrum Division is planning to attach Diesel Locos instead of Electrical locos, which will permit some of the trains to be passed through Kayankulam station even during the block hours.
The trains which are likely to suffer 10 minutes to 1 hour delays during the night are as follows: 16348 Mangalore-Trivandrum, 16344 Palakkad Town Trivandrum (Amrita Express), 16343 Trivandrum Palakkad (Amrita Express), 16331 Mumabi CST - Trivandrum, 12432 H. Nizamuddin Trivandrum (Rajadhani Express), 16127 Chennai Egmore - Guruvayur Express, 16128 Guruvayur - Chennai Egmore. Other weekly trains, which are scheduled to pass Kayankulam between 11 pm and 04 am during the block period, will also have similar detentions.
However during the first phase of the non-interlocked working between Feb 7 to Feb 21 there is no proposal to cancel train services. From Feb 23 to Mar 11, day time blocks will be given to Construction Branch from 11 am to 03 pm on 10 days; 5 hrs, 6 hrs and 7 hrs blocks on one or two days. On these days there will be a few short cancellation of train.