1 Trains from (KZT)KULITTHURAI to (jind)jind jn

Fixed Time Corridor block has been approved for facilitating engineering works at Thrissur Yard and between Aluva – Angamaly Section of Thiruvananthapuram Division. Consequently, the following have been made in the pattern of train services as detailed below:

Full Cancellation of Train Services:

1)Train No. 12202 Kochuveli – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express leaving Kochuveli at 09.10 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

2)Train No. 12201 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Kochvueli Garib Rath Express leaving Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 16.55 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

3)Train No. 16650 Nagercoil – Mangaluru Central Parasuram Express leaving Nagercoil at 04.15 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

4)Train No. 16649 Mangaluru Central – Nagercoil Parasuram Express leaving Mangaluru Central at 05.05 hrs o­n 20^th May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

5)Train No. 16350 Nilambur Road - Kochuveli Raja Rani Express leaving Nilambur at 21.30 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

6)Train No. 16349 Kochuveli – Nilambur Road Raja Rani Express leaving Kochuvlei at 20.50 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

7)Train No. 16344 Madurai - Thiruvananthapuram Central Amritha Express leaving Madurai at 16.10 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

8)Train No. 16343 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Madurai Amritha Express leaving Thiruvananthapuram Central at 20.30 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be fully cancelled

Partial Cancellation of Train Services:

1)Train No. 16302 Thiruvananthapuram Central – Shoranur Venad Express leaving Thiruvananthapuram Central at 05.25 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Ernakulam and Shoranur. The train will be short terminated at Ernakulam

2)Train No. 16301 Shoranur - Thiruvananthapuram Central Venad Express leaving Shoranur at 14.35 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Shoranur and Ernakulam. The train will commence service from Ernakulam at its scheduled departure time of 17.25 hrs

3)Train No. 12617 Ernakulam – Hazrat Nizamuddin Mangala Superfast Express leaving Ernakulam at 13.25 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Ernakulam and Thrissur. The train will commence service from Thrissur at its scheduled departure time of 14.37 hrs

4)Train No. 06797 Palakkad – Ernakulam MEMU Express Special leaving Palakkad Jn at 07.20 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Chalakkudi and Ernakulam. The train will be short terminated at Chalakkudi

5)Train No.  06798 Ernakulam - Palakkad MEMU Express Special leaving Ernakulam at 14.45 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Ernakulam and Chalakkudi. The train will commence service from Chalakkudi at its scheduled departure time of 15.55 hrs

6)Train No. 16128 Guruvayur – Chennai Egmore Express leaving Guruvayur at 23.15 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Guruvayur and Ernakulam. The train will commence service from Ernakulam at its scheduled departure time of 01.20 hrs o­n 23^rd May, 2023

7)Train No. 16127 Chennai Egmore - Guruvayur Express leaving Chennai Egmore at 09.00 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Ernakulam Jn and Guruvayur. The train will be short terminated at Ernakulam

8)Train No. 16306 Kannur – Ernakulam Express leaving Kannur at 14.30 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be partially cancelled between Thrissur and Ernakulam. The train will be short terminated at Thrissur

Diversion of Train Service:

1)Train No. 16382 Kanniyakumari – Pune Express leaving Kanniyakumari at 08.40 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be diverted to run via Tirunelveli, Dindigul and Erode skipping stoppages at Eraniel, Kulitthurai, Parassala, Neyyanttinkara, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Chirayinkeezhu, Kadakavur, Varkala, Paravur, Kollam, Karunagappalli, Kayankulam, Mavelikara, Chengannur, Tiruvalla, Changanasseri, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Angamali, Chalakudi, Irijalakkuda, Thrisur, Wadakancheri, Ottappalam, Palakkad, Coimbatore & Tirupur. Additional stoppages will be provided at Tirunelveli, Madurai and Dindigul for the benefit of passengers

Rescheduling of Train Services:

1)Train No. 17229 ThiruvananthapuramCentral – Hyderabad Sabari Express scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 06.45 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 12.00 hrs (Late by 5 hrs 15 mins)

2)Train No. 16346 ThiruvananthapuramCentral – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express scheduled to leave Thiruvananthapuram Central at 09.15 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave ThiruvananthapuramCentral at 12.15 hrs (Late by 3 hrs)

3)Train No. 20909 Kochuveli – Porbandar Express scheduled to leave Kochuveli at 11.10 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave Kochuveli at 12.45 hrs (Late by 1 hr 35 mins)

4)Train No. 16307 Alappuzha – Kannur Express scheduled to leave Alappuzha at 14.50 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave Alappuzha at 15.30 hrs (Late by 40 mins)

5)Train No. 16348 Mangaluru Central – Thiruvananthapuram Central Express scheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 14.25 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 18. 40 hrs (Late by 4 hrs 15 mins)

6)Train No. 16603 Mangaluru Central - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express scheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 17.30 hrs o­n 22^nd May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 19.45 hrs (Late by 2 hrs 15 mins)

7)Train No. 18189 Tatanagar – Ernakulam Express scheduled to leave Tatanagar at 05.15 hrs o­n 21^st May, 2023 will be rescheduled to leave Tatanagar at 08.45 hrs (Late by 3 hrs 30 mins)

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·Officials from Railway Board, SCR and Other Zonal Railways also participated in the meeting.

·Representatives from leading Cement Manufactures also participated in the meeting.

A national level meeting of Officials from Indian Railways &representatives from Cement Industry was organised today i.e., o­n Saturday 22nd April 2023 at Hotel ITC Kakatiya. The meeting was organised by Cement Manufacturers association.Shri. Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Principal Executive director, Traffic transportation and Shri.KamleshkumarMishra , Executive director, Business development participated from Railway Board, New Delhi. Shri.Raveen Kumar Reddy, Principal Chief Commercial Manager, Shri. B Nagya, Principal Chief Operations Manager, South Central Railway along with other team of officials from Railway Board, SCR, Western railway and CONCOR also participated in this meeting.

 Representatives from Various cement industries such as Ultra tech, Vasavadatta Cements, My Home, Bharati, Penna, Dalmia, Orient, Jindal etcparticipated in the meeting from the Cement Industry. During the meeting various issues related to the cement sector such as infrastructural requirements for future growth, policy interventions to aid cement transportation and other relevant issues for improving the rail coefficient and logistics were discussed to furrher assist the Cement industry to transport their commodities through railways.

 In this regard, it may be mentioned that, during the last financial year, Indian Railways registered 144 Million Tonnes of Cement & Clinker loading. Similarly, South Central Railways, o­ne of the leading Zones in the transportation of Cement by Railways, achieved 34.499 MTs of cement loading in 2022-23 against 34.108 MTs in 2021-22. Incidentally, the last year’s cement loading of SCR is also the best-ever Originating loading achieved by the Zone in Cement & Clinker.

 Indian Railways, including SCR, have been implementing various Tariff and Non-Tariff measures in the recent past to improve the Cement transportation by Railways. Business Development Units have been formed at both the Zonal and Divisional Levels to not o­nly strengthen existing traffic but also open loading points. In this context, today’s meeting was another significant step to getting the views of the industry to further strengthen cement loading by Railways.TheCement manufacturers Association gave presentations regarding the growth of cement sector, the overall logistics scenario, the volumes expected in the near future due to growth ininstalled capacities of various plants and role of railways as a strategic partner for cement industry among others. Policy support in this regard was also discussed during the meeting. The senior officers from Railway Board and the South Central Railway assured cooperation for the growing cement sector and also outlined various infrastructural projects in the offing and measures taken to help the cement sector.