Come July 6th Humsafar Express will pass through Mangaluru

Team Udayavani, Jul 5, 2018, 11:09 AM IST

Mangaluru: Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain will flag off the inaugural service of Gandhidham-Tirunelveli Weekly Humsafar Express (all 3-Tier AC coaches) at Gandhidham on Thursday, July 5th. The inaugural train will run from Gandhidham to Tirunelveli via Konkan Railway route as Humsafar special service.

A release from Southern Railway’s Palakkad division states that the timings and stoppages of the special service with Train No 09424 Gandhidham-Tiruneliveli Weekly Humsafar Express (inaugural special) to be as follows: the train will leave Gandhidham at 10 a.m. on July 5^th to reach Tirunelveli at 9.30 a.m. on July 7^th. It will arrive at Mangaluru Junction at 5 p.m. and leave at 5.05 p.m. to reach Kozhikode at 9 p.m. It will leave Kozhikode at 9.02 p.m. to reach Shoranur Junction at 11.30 p.m. for a two-minute halt, all on July 6^th.

Train No 09423 Tirunelveli-Gandhidham Weekly Humsafar Express (inaugural Special) will leave Tirunelveli Junction at 10.30 a.m. on July 8^th and reach Gandhidham at noon on July 10^th. It will arrive at Shoranur Junction at 9.10 p.m. and leave at 9.20 p.m. to reach Kozhikode 10.45 p.m. It will leave Kozhikode at 10.50 p.m. to reach Mangaluru Junction at 2.10 a.m. for a 10-minute halt on July 9^th.

As per the regular railway timetable, Train No 19424 Gandhidham-Tirunelveli Weekly Humsafar Express leaves Gandhidham on Mondays at 1.50 p.m., leaves Mangaluru Junction at 7.40 p.m. on Tuesdays to reach Tirunelveli at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesdays. Train No 19423 Tirunelveli-Gandhidham Weekly Humsafar Express leaves Tirunelveli at 7.45 am on Thursdays, leaves Mangaluru Junction at 10.10 p.m. and reaches Gandhidham at 4.40 a.m. on Saturdays.

The train has 16 AC 3-Tier coaches, one AC Hot Buffet Car and two luggage-cum-brake van coaches. The commercial stops of the train will include Ahmedabad Junction, Vadodara, Surat, Vasai Road, Panvel, Ratnagiri, Madgaon, Karwar, Mangaluru Junction, Kozhikode, Shoranur Junction, Ernakulam Junction and Thiruvananthapuram Central.