SALIENT FEATURES OF NEW TIME TABLE – 2018 (WITH EFFECT FROM THE MIDNIGHT OF 14th AUGUST 2018)
I. INTRODUCTION OF NEW TRAINS
T.No.16189/16190 Tambaram – Sengottai Antyodaya Daily Exp
(Via Main line)
Train No.16189 Tambaram – Sengottai ANTYODAYA Daily Express via Main Line will leave Tambaram at 07.00 hrs to reach Sengottai at 22.30 and in the return direction, Train No.16190 will leave Sengottai at 06.00 hrs to reach Tambaram at 22.15 hrs. This will be a DAILY service with a composition of 16 General Second Class Coaches. Date of Introduction and Stoppages will be notified later.
II. EXTENSION OF TRAINS
To de-congest the main terminals, the running of following trains are extended :
1. Train Nos. 15630/15629 Guwahati – Chennai Egmore – Guwahati Weekly Express extended to Tambaram.
2. Train Nos. 15930/15929 Dibrugarh – Chennai Egmore – Dibrugarh Weekly Express extended to Tambaram.
3. Train Nos. 76842/841 Cuddalore –Vriddhachalam –Cuddalore Passengers extended to Tiruppadirippuliyur.
4. Train Nos. 76853/854 Nagore – Tiruchchirappalli – Nagore Passengers extended to Karaikkal.
5. In Sengottai-Kollam Section, with effect from 09.07.2018 following trains were extended.
i. Train Nos. 16791/16792 Palakkad Jn to Punalur Palaruvi Express extended to
and from Tirunelveli.
ii. Train Nos. 56335/56336 Kollam-Edamann Passengers extended to and from Sengottai.
III. DIVERSION OF TRAINS:
Train Nos. 12625/26 Thiruvananthapuram – New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Exp. via Ernakulam Town instead of Ernakulam Jn. to ease congestion at Ernakulam Jn. and to improve punctuality of trains.
IV. CLUBBING AND DIVERSION OF TRAINS:
Train Nos. 56386/56389 Kottayam-Ernakulam-Kottayam Passengers and Train.Nos. 56363/56362 Nilambur Road-Ernakulam-Nilambur Road Pasengers will be clubbed and run as a single train between Kottayam – Nilambur Road, duly renumbering it as 56363-56362 Nilambur Road – Kottayam – Nilambur road Passenger. The train is routed via Ernakulam Town by-passing Ernakulam Jn. to provide direct connectivity between Kottayam and Nilambur Road and to ease the congestion at Ernakulam Jn.
V. SPEEDING UP OF TRAINS:-
Following trains are speeded up as indicated against each
TRAIN NO
16352 Nagercoil – Mumbai CSMT (BW) Exp.Speeded up by 60 Minutes
16191 Tambaram- Tirunelveli Antyodaya Exp.Speeded up by 60 Minutes
16351 Mumbai CSMT – Nagercoil (W) Exp Speeded up by 45 Minutes
16340 Nagercoil – Mumbai CSMT (4 days a Week) Speeded up by 30 Minutes
12642 Nizamuddin – Kanniyakumari (BW) Speeded up by 25 Minutes
12667 Chennai Egmore – Nagercoil (W) Exp Speeded up by 15 Minutes
16354 Nagercoil – Kacheguda (W) Exp Speeded up by 15 Minutes
12244 Coimbatore –Chennai Central Shatabdi Exp. Speeded up by 15 Mins
12666 Kanniyakumari – Howrah (W) Exp. Speeded up by 10 Minutes
22639 Chennai Central – Alleppey Exp Speeded up by 10 Minutes
12637 Chennai Egmore – Madurai Pandiyan Exp. Speeded up by 10 Minutes
11041 Mumbai CSMT – Chennai Central Exp. Speeded up by 10 Minutes
18568 Kollam – Visakhapatnam (W) Exp. Speeded up by 10 Minutes
12638 Madurai – Chennai Egmore Pandiyan Exp Speeded up by 5 Minutes
16182 Chennai Egmore – Sengottai Silambu Exp. Speeded up by 5 Minutes
16105 Chennai Egmore – Tiruchendur Chendur Exp. Speeded up by 5 Mins
12631 Chennai Egmore – Tirunelveli Nellai Exp. Speeded up by 5 Minutes
12243 Chennai Central –Coimbatore Shatabdi Exp. Speeded up by 5 Mins
CHANGES IN TRAIN TIMINGS IN CHENNAI DIVISION :-
CHANGES IN DEPARTURE TIMINGS AT CHENNAI CENTRAL :-
Train No From – To
12433 Chennai – Nizamuddin 06.10 06.05
12611 Chennai – Nizamuddin 06.10 06.05
12243 Chennai – Coimbatore 07.15 07.10
16003 Chennai – Nagarsol
12687 Madurai–Dehradhun/Chandigarh 09.45
57239 Chennai – Gudur
19419 Chennai – Ahmedabad 20.00 20.10
22639 Chennai – Alleppey
12671 Chennai – Mettupalayam 21.05 20.55
13352 Alleppey – Dhanbad 23.00 22.55
12512 Trivandrum – Gorakhpur 23.25 23.30
12522 Ernakulam – Barauni 23.25 23.30
22646 Trivandrum – Indore 23.25 23.30
22648 Trivandrum – Korba 23.25 23.30
CHANGES IN ARRIVAL TIMINGS AT CHENNAI CENTRAL :-
Train No From – To
12624 Trivandrum – Chennai 07.30 07.40
20602 Madurai – Chennai Central 07.40 07.50
16090 Jolarpettai – Chennai 09.40 09.25
12687 Madurai – Dehradhun 09.25 09.35
12507 Trivandrum – Guwahati 09.30 09.35
22602 Sai Nagar Shirdi – Chennai 09.40 09.45
12608 KSR Bengaluru – Chennai 12.45 12.35
11041 Mumbai CST-Chennai 16.30 16.20
12434 Nizamuddin – Chennai 20.45 20.40
12612 Nizamuddin –Chennai 20.45 20.40
12008 Mysuru – Chennai
12244 Coimbatore – Chennai 22.25 22.15
12676 Coimbatore – Chennai 23.05 23.00
CHANGES IN DEPARTURE TIMINGS AT CHENNAI EGMORE :-
Train No From – To
12164 Chennai – Dadar
16795 Chennai – Trichy
18496 Bhubaneswar – Rameswaram 08.50 08.45
12898 Bhubaneswar – Puducherry 09.10 08.45
14815 Bhagath Ki Kothi – Tambaram 10.10 10.00
16105 Chennai – Tiruchendur 16.05 16.00
17651 Chengalpattu – Kacheguda 17.00 16.45
12642 Nizamuddin – Kanniyakumari 18.20 18.25
12652 Nizamuddin – Madurai 18.20 18.25
16181 Chennai – Sengottai
12661 Chennai – Sengottai
16175 Chennai – Karaikkal
16865 Chennai – Thanjavur 22.30 22.40
22623 Chennai – Madurai 22.40 23.50
CHANGES IN ARRIVAL TIMINGS AT CHENNAI EGMORE :-
Train No From – To
16860 Mangalore – Chennai 04.15 04.10
16866 Thanjavur – Chennai 04.30 04.25
16176 Karaikkal – Chennai 05.10 05.15
16182 Sengottai – Chennai 05.35 05.45
16180 Mannarkudi – Chennai 05.45 05.55
12662 Sengottai – Chennai 05.55 06.05
22624 Madurai – Chennai
16724 Kollam – Chennai
18496 Bhubaneswar – Rameswaram 08.35 08.30
12898 Bhubaneswar – Puducherry 08.55 08.30
14815 Bhagath Ki Kothi – Tambaram 09.55 09.50
16863 Bhagath Ki Kothi – Mannarkudi 09.55 09.50
15120 Manduadih – Rameswaram 10.35 10.30
17652 Chengalpattu – Kacheguda 16.40 16.30
17643 Chengalpattu – Kakinada 17.10 17.05
14816 Tambaram – Bhagath Ki Kothi 19.45 19.40
56038 Puducherry – Chennai 20.10 20.20
16128 Guruvayur – Chennai 20.30 20.45
AT CHENGALPATTU :-
Train No.17651 Chengalpattu – Kacheguda Express will leave Chengalpattu at 15.30 hrs instead of 15.35 hrs.