Chennai: The Southern Railways has announced that it will run additional tri-weekly special trains between Mumbai and Tirunelveli /Puducherry.
According to a press release, 01021 Dadar-Tirunelveli Tri-weekly special will leave Dadar at 21.30 hrs on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with effect from 27 February until further advice and arrive at Tirunelveli at 11.40 hrs third day.
01022 Dadar-Tirunelveli Tri-weekly special will leave Tirunelveli at 15.00 hrs on every Thursday, Friday and Monday with effect from 01 March, until further advice and arrive at Dadar at 05.30 hrs third day.
01005 Dadar-Puducherry Tri-weekly special will leave Dadar at 21.30 hrs on every Monday, Friday and Sunday with effect from 14 February until further advice and arrive at Puducherry at 07.10 hrs third day.
01006 Tri-weekly special will leave Puducherry at 21.25 hrs on every Wednesday, Sunday and Tuesday with effect from 16 March until further advice and arrive at Dadar at 05.30 hrs third day.
Both trains comprise one AC-2 Tier, three AC-3 Tier, eight Sleeper Class, five second class seating.
Bookings for fully reserved special trains no 01021 and 01005 on normal fare are open from today at all computerised reservation centres and on website www.irctc.co.in.