Indian Railway : Train services to be extended

Train No.56710/56709 Madurai-Dindigul-Madurai Passenger will be extended to Palani from August 2, according to a press release issued by the Southern Railway here on Tuesday.

Regular service of Train No.56710 Madurai-Palani Passenger and Train No.56709 Palani–Madurai Passenger will commence from that day itself, the release from the Southern Railway added.

Train No.56710 Madurai-Palani Passenger will leave Madurai at 7.35 a.m., arrive at Dindigul at 8.55 a.m.

After a five-minute halt, the Madurai-Palani Passenger will leave Dindigul and reach Palani at 10.45 a.m.

Train No.56709 Palani-Madurai Passenger will leave Palani at 5.05 p.m., arrive at Dindigul at 6.10 p.m.

It will leave Dindigul at 6.15 p.m. and reach Madurai at 8.15 p.m.

Stoppages

The extended trains will stop at Kudalnagar, Samayanallur, Sholavandan, Vadipatti, Kodaikkanal Road, Ambaturai, Dindigul, Akkaraippatti, Oddanchatram and Chatrapatti.

The extended service of the Kannur-Thiruvananthapuram Jan Shatabdi Express (Train no. 12081) will be flagged off by K. Sudhakaran, MP, at Kannur railway station at 4.45 a.m. on Friday.

A press release issued by Railways said the Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi Express (Train no. 12082) leaving Thiruvananthapuram on Friday will run up to Kannur.

A.P. Abdullakutty, MLA; municipal chairperson Roshni Khalid; and district panchayat president K.A. Sarala will be present at the flag-off function. The detailed timings of the Thiruvananthapuram-Kannur Jan Shatabdi Express are as follows: Thiruvananthapuram-2.20 p.m., Kollam- 3.15 p.m., Chengannur-4.12 p.m., Kottayam-4.52 p.m., Ernakulam Town-6.05 p.m., Thrissur-7.18 p.m., Shoranur-8.20 p.m., Tirur-9 p.m., Kozhikode-9.55 p.m., Vadakara-10.30 p.m., Thalassery-10.50 p.m., and Kannur-11.30 p.m.

The Thiruvananthapuram-bound train will leave Kannur at 4.45 a.m.

Extension of Ratlam-Chittorgarh-Ratlam  up to Bhilwara.