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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Periodicity of trains extended

The Railways has decided to extend the periodicity of two pairs of fully reserved festival special trains running via Konkan Railway network.

A release from Konkan Railway Corporation here said only passengers with confirmed tickets would be allowed to board the trains even as they have to follow all COVID-19 protocol.

The trains are: Train No. 06337 / 06338 Okha - Ernakulam Jn. - Okha Bi-Weekly festival special express would run on monsoon timings between July 2 and October 31 and on non-mMonsoon timings till November first week. The train would have one 2-tier AC coach, three 3-tier AC coaches, 14 sleeper class coaches, two second sitting coaches, one pantry car and two luggage-cum-brake vans.

Train no. 06071 / 06072 Dadar - Tirunelveli - Dadar Weekly Superfast Festival Special will run on monsoon timings till October 31 and under non-monsoon timetable thereafter till November first week. It will have one 2-tier AC coach, two 3-tier AC coaches, seven sleeper coaches, three second sitting coaches and two generator cars, all LHB.

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