Trains to and from Kerala cancelled in large numbers, movement of people badly hit

The heavy rains lashing the southern states have hit train operations for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday in Kerala, leading to the cancellation of several trains while many are partially cancelled and some are diverted.

As many as 20 trains have been cancelled under the Palakkad Division alone. Railway tracks have been damaged between several routes. The cancellation of trains in large numbers will again affect the movement of people from flood affected areas as roads have also been damaged.

Following trains are operated:

Train No.12696 Thiruvananthapuram – Chennai Central express of August 11.

Train No.22640 Alappuzha – Chennai Central express of August 11.

A passenger special train will be run from Ernakulam to Visakhapatnam, leaving Ernakulam at 17.00 hrs. on August 11.

Train No.22607 Ernakulam – Banaswadi express of August 11. (updated)

Train No.22648 Thiruvananthapuram – Korba express of August 12.

Trains in normal route:

Train No.12625 Thiruvananthapuram – New Delhi Kerala express of August 11.

Train No.12508 Silchar – Thiruvananthapuram Aronai express of August 8.

Train No.12515 Thiruvananthapuram – Silchar express of August 11.

Train No.13351 Dhanbad – Alappuzha express of August 9 will run upto Alappuzha.

List of trains fully cancelled:

Train No 16525 Kanyakumari – KSR Bengaluru Island Express cancelled for August 11.

Train No 12202 Kochuveli – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express cancelled for August 11.

Train No 19261 Kochuveli – Porbandar Express cancelled for August 11.

Train No 16346 Trivandrum – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Netravati Express cancelled for August 11.

Train No 16355 Kochuveli – Mangalore Jn Antyodaya Express of August 10 is cancelled.

Train No 22606 Banaswadi – Ernakulam Express

Train No 16311 Sri Ganganagar – Kochuveli Express

Train No 19577 Tirunelveli – Jamnagar Biweekly Express for August 13

Train No 12284 H. Nizamuddin – Ernakulam Duronto Express

Train No 11097 Pune – Ernakulam Poorna Express

Train No 16319 Kochuveli – Banaswadi Humsafar Express

Train No 16306 Kannur – Ernakulam Intercity Express

Train No 12484 Amritsar – Kochuveli Weekly superfast Express

Train No 16649 Mangalore – Nagercoil Parasuram Express

Train No 16605 Mangaluru Central Nagercoil Ernad Express

Train No 16308 Kannur – Alappuzha Executive Express

Train No 66611 Palakkad – Ernakulam MEMU

Train No 16792 Palakkad – Tirunelveli Express

Train No.22150 Pune – Ernakulam express for August 11

Train No.11098 Ernakulam – Pune Poorna express for August 12

Train No.12283 Ernakulam – Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto express for August 13

Train No.22149 Ernakulam – Pune express for August 13

Train No.12483 Kochuveli – Amritsar express for August 14

List of trains partially cancelled:

Train No 12201 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Kochuveli Garib Rath Express of August 9 is partially cancelled between Kannur – Kochuveli.

Train No 16335 Gandhidham – Nagercoil Express of August 9 is partially cancelled between Kannur – Nagercoil.

Train No 12978 Ajmer – Ernakulam Marusagar Express of August 9 is partially cancelled between Kannur – Ernakulam.

Train No 13351 Dhanbad – Alappuzha Express of August 9 is partially cancelled between Coimbatore – Alappuzha.

Train No 13352 Alappuzha – Dhanbad Express of August 12 is partially cancelled between Alappuzha – Coimbatore.

Train No 16343 Trivandrum – Madurai Amritha Express leaving Trivandrum on August 10 is partially cancelled between Shoranur – Madurai.

 Train No.16345 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Thiruvananthapuram Netravathi express of August 10 is partially cancelled between Mangalore Jn. – Thiruvananthapuram.

Train No 16307 Alappuzha Kannur Executive Express leaving Alappuzha on August 10 is partially cancelled between Shoranur – Kannur.

Train No 12076 Thiruvananthapuram – Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi Express of August 11 is partially cancelled between Shoranur – Kozhikode.

Train No.12618 Hazrat Nizamuddin – Ernakulam Mangala express of August 9 is partially cancelled between Mangalore Jn. – Ernakulam.

List of trains diverted:

Train No 16381 Mumbai CSMT – Kanyakumari Jayanti Janata Express of August 10 is diverted to run via Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai and Tirunelveli.

Train No 22620 Tirunelveli – Bilaspur Express of August 11 is diverted to run via Tirunelveli, Madurai, Dindigul, Erode, Melpakkam, Renigunta and Vijayawada.

Train No 16382 Kanyakumari – Mumbai CSMT Jayanti Janata Express of August 11 is diverted to run via Tirunelveli, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, Salem, Jolarpettai and Katpadi.

Train No 16526 KSR Bengaluru – Kanyakumari Island Express of August 10 is diverted via Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai and Tirunelveli.

Train No 12515 Thiruvananthapuram – Silchar Express of August 11 diverted to run via Nagercoil Town, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Salem and Jolarpettai.

Train No 17229 Trivandrum – Hyderabad Sabari Express journey commencing on August 11 is diverted via Nagercoil Town – Tirunelveli – Madurai – Dindigul – Erode – Salem – Katpadi.

Train No 12626 New Delhi – Trivandrum Kerala Express journey commencing on August 11 is diverted via Salem – Namakkal – Karur - Dindigul – Madurai – Tirunelveli – Nagercoil Town.

Train No 16382 Kanyakumari – Mumbai CST Express leaving Kanyakumari on August 11 will run on the diverted route of Nagercoil – Tirunelveli – Madurai – Dindigul – Karur – Salem – Jolarpettai – Katpadi.

List of passenger trains cancelled:

Train No 56365 Guruvayur – Punalur passenger train fully cancelled for August 11 and August 12.

Train No 56366 Punalur – Guruvayur passenger train of August 11 is fully cancelled.

Train No 56387 Ernakulam – Kayankulam passenger train of August 11 is fully cancelled.

Train No 56388 Kayankulam – Ernakulam passenger train of August 11 is fully cancelled.

Train No 56664 Kozhikode – Thrissur Passenger

Emergency information booths have been opened at the following stations in Palakkad Division:

Managaluru Central: 94472 94869

Kannur: 0497-2765990

Kozhikode: 0495-2700343

Shoranur: 94472 94853

Palakkad: 0491-2555364