Trains to Rajkot, Rameswaram to resume soon

Trains to Rajkot, Rameswaram to resume soon

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Coimbatore:31.03.2021 

In a relief to pilgrims, Southern Railway has reintroduced weekly special trains to Rajkot in Gujarat and Rameswaram from Coimbatore.

And much to the delight of guest workers in the region, the newly introduced Ernakulam-Patna train would stop at Salem, Tirupur, Coimbatore and Erode. The weekly special train between the city and Rajkot would operate every Friday from April 23. It would leave the Coimbatore at 12.15am on Friday and reach Rajkot at 5.50pm the next day. The train would stop in Tirupur at 12.58am, Erode at 1.40am and Salem at 2.37am.

The train would then leave Rajkot on Sunday at 5.30am and reach the city the following day at 9.30pm. It would have stoppages in Salem at 5.42am, Erode at 6.40pm and Tirupur at 7.28pm.

The night weekly train to Rameswaram would leave Coimbatore at 7.45pm on Tuesdays from April 27. It would reach the destination the following day at 6.15am. The train would leave Rameswaram at 7.25pm on Wednesdays from April 28 and reach the city at 6.30am on Thursdays. The train would stop at Coimbatore North, Tirupur, Erode Tiruchchirappalli, Pudukottai, Karaikudi, Devakottai Road, Manamadurai, Paramakkudi, Ramanathapuram and Mandapam.

The Ernakulam-Patna train, which would start operations from May 1, would start its journey from Kerala every Saturday night.