Southern Railway announces train cancellations, skipping of stoppages, new Vande Bharat Express timings

CHENNAI: Southern Railway has announced cancellations and stoppage skipping of express trains, and revised timings for Vande Bharat trains.

Full cancellation:

Train No 03325 Dhanbad – Coimbatore special scheduled to leave Dhanbad on September 11,18, 25 and October 2 is fully cancelled.

Train No 03326 Coimbatore – Dhanbad special scheduled to leave Coimbatore on September 14, 21, 28 and October 5 is fully cancelled.

Rescheduled train:

Train No 22535 Mandapam – Banaras superfast express scheduled to leave Mandapam at 12.30 am on Thursday is rescheduled to leave Mandapam at 3.00 am on Thursday (September 5) due to late running of pairing rake (Late by 2 hours 30 mins)

These trains will skip stoppages:

Train No 12621 Dr MGR Chennai Central – New Delhi Tamil Nadu Superfast Express on September 15 will skip stoppages at New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin.

Train No 16031 Dr MGR Chennai Central – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express on September 5, 8,11,12 and 15, and Train No 16787 Tirunelveli – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express on September 9 will skip stoppages at Rundhi, Faridabad, Tughlakabad, Okha, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Shakurbasti and Bahadurgarh.

Train No 12647 Coimbatore – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express on September 8 and 15 would skip stoppages at Bilochpura, Mathura, said the press release.

Vande Bharat train timings revised:

Train No 20671 Madurai – Bengaluru Cantt Vande Bharat Express would reach Krishnarajapuram Station at 12.30/12.32 pm, from Madurai with effect from Thursday (September 5).

In return, Train No 20672 Bengaluru Cantt Madurai Vande Bharat Express will arrive at Krishnarajapuram Station at 1.43/1.45 pm, from Bengaluru Cantt with effect from September 15.