Track maintenance: 3 trains canceled today

KOCHI: Today, 3 trains are fully and some trains are partially canceled due to maintenance on the Aluva and Angamali sections and the replacement of the bridge girder between Mavelikkara and Chengannur.

The canceled trains are Lokmanya Tilak Terminal-Kochuveli Garib Rath Express (12201), Nilambur-Kochuveli Rajya Rani Express (16350) and Madurai-Thiruvananthapuram Central Amrita Express (16344).

Partially canceled

Guruvayur - Chennai Egmore Express (16128) scheduled to leave Guruvayur for Chennai Egmore at 11.15 tonight will start service from Ernakulam Junction at 1.20 am on the 23rd. Ernakulam Express (16306) departing from Kannur today will terminate service at Thrissur.

Time change

Mangaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Express (16348) scheduled to depart at 2.25 pm ​​today afternoon will depart at 6.40 pm and Mangaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Maveli Express (16603) scheduled to depart at 5.30pm will depart at 7.45pm.

Passengers in discomfort

Passengers suffered yesterday due to the cancellation of train services and rescheduling. Although the railway authorities had informed about the control of trains through media and social media in advance, passengers had to wait for hours at many stations.

15 trains were completely canceled yesterday. Passengers did not even get information from the stations about which platform the trains diverted via Alappuzha would reach. The reply was that there will be a notification.

At the same time, railway officials said that those who had reserved their seats had been informed in advance about the train cancellation and rescheduling. All services will be back to normal on Tuesday.