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S.ravi
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India
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 Posted - 09/09/2009 : 20:42:09
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Tri-weekly to Mangalore to be flagged off today
http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/10/stories/2009091051280200.htm
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A new tri-weekly day express between Kochuveli and Mangalore will be flagged off by Union Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed from Thiruvananthapuram Central on Thursday. This is one of the eight long-distance mail and express trains announced in the Union Railway Budget for the State.
Though it was announced by Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee that the day train in the Mangalore-Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore sector will operate daily, lack of facilities and non-availability of path had forced Railways to operate the train as a tri-weekly and shift it from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Kochuveli.
The regular service of the train will commence from Mangalore on September 13 and from Kochuveli on September 14.
The 6606 Kochuveli-Mangalore Express will leave from Kochuveli at 3.45 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and will reach Mangalore at 5.30 p.m.
In the return direction, the 6605 Mangalore-Kochuveli Express will leave from Mangalore at 7.15 a.m. on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and will arrive at Kochuveli at 9.30 p.m.
According to the railways, the 6606/6605 train will have stoppages at Varkala, Kollam, Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam Junction, Thrissur, Shoranur, Kuttipuram, Tirur, Parappanangadi, Vallikunnu, Feroke, Kozhikode, Koyilandy, Payyoli, Vadakara, Mahe, Thalassery, Kannur, Valapattanam, Payyanur, Charavattur, Kanhangad, Kasaragod and Manjeswaram stations.
The train will have an air-conditioned chair car, four second class chair car, six general second class and two luggage-cum-second class coaches.
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