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Bengaluru: The South Western Railway (SWR) will operate special trains connecting Bengaluru with Tuticorin and Kollam to clear the extra rush for Deepavali.
Train number 06297 will leave KSR Bengaluru at 10 pm on October 17 and 21, and reach Tuticorin at 11 am the next day.
Train number 06298 will leave Tuticorin at 2 pm on October 18 and 22, and arrive at Bengaluru Cantonment at 4.15 am the next day.
The train will stop at Bengaluru Cantonment, Hosur, Dharmapuri, Omalur, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Kodaikanal Road, Sholavandan, Madurai, Tiruparankundram, Tirumangalam, Virudunagar Jn, Satur, Kovilpatti and Tuti Melur.
Train number 06561 will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 3 pm on October 16 and reach Kollam at 6.20 am the next day.
Train number 06562 will leave Kollam at 10.45 am on October 17 and reach Bengaluru Cantonment at 3.30 am the next day.
Train number 06567 will leave SMVT Bengaluru at 11 pm on October 21 and reach Kollam at 12.55 pm the next day.
Train number 06568 will leave Kollam at 5 pm on October 22 and reach Bengaluru Cantonment at 9.45 am the next day.
The trains to Kollam will run via KR Puram, Bangarapet, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Podanur, Palakkad, Thrissur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Changanasseri, Thiruvalla, Chengannur, Mavelikara and Kayankulam.