JOIN USTrains 12685/12686 Chennai Central-Mangalore-Chennai Central expresses which run six days a week will be converted to a daily train from August 20 in Mangalore and August 21 from Chennai Central, the advance reservation period to 120 days.
Train 16043 Puducherry-Mangalore weekly express, which departs from Puducherry on Tuesdays will leave on Fridays from August 17, and train 16044 Mangalore-Puducherry weekly express that presently leaves Mangalore on Mondays will leave on Saturdays from August 18.
Renumbering
According to a press release, Train number 16043 will be renumbered to 16855 from August 17, and train number 16044 renumber to 16856 from August 18.
Similarly, train number 12758 Coimbatore-Tirupati tri-weekly express operating on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday will be changed to 22616 from August 17 and train number 12757 Tirupati-Coimbatore tri-weekly that operates on Wednesday, Saturday and Monday will be converted to 22615 from August 18.
Train number 12788 Tirunelveli-Bilaspur weekly express operating on Sundays will be renumbered as 22620 from August 19.
Train number 12787 Bilaspur-Tirunelveli weekly express operating on Tuesdays will be changed to 22619 from August 21.
The composition of train 16043/16044 Puducherry-Mangalore-Puducherry weekly express will be revised from the above mentioned respective dates of renumbering the trains.
The revised composition of these trains will be one AC two-tier, one AC three-tier, six sleeper class, six general second class and two luggage-cum-brake van coaches. Train 56640/56641 Mangalore-Verna-Mangalore will be augmented with six second class sitting coaches from April 30 at Mangalore and Verna, informed a press release.