Trains cancelled, rescheduled, diverted

Passengers waiting for train at Thiruvananthapuram Railway Station on August 28Thiruvananthapuram: A large number of trains have been cancelled, rescheduled or diverted following the derailment of Mangalore Express at Karukutty near Aluwa.

Five long distance trains have been diverted via Tirunelveli-Erode. They are Thiruvananthapuram- Mumbai, Kanyukumari-Bangalore, Alappuzha-Dhanbad, Thiruvananthapuram-Gorakhpur-Raptisagar and Thiruvananthapuram-Hyderabad trains. Kerala Express to New Delhi and Guwahati Express from here are also being diverted via Tirunelveli.

Trains coming towards South were terminated at Thrissur and trains going to North at Ernakulam in the morning. Tickets of cancelled trains will be refunded automatically, if booked online.

The KSRTC is providing operating additional scheduled between Thrissur and Ernakulam in view of the disruption of rail traffic between the two centres. Additional buses are also being operated connecting centres between Palakkad and Thriuvananthapuram.

The following are the details of changed schedules and cancellations (see also the revised pattern of training services at the end):

Revised pattern of training services

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