THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Daytime express trains, which are relied upon by government employees and other daily commuters, will be resumed as special trains. Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam Vanchinad will start its service from today.

Kannur Executive and Guruvayur Intercity are also from Monday.

Tickets will be issued only to those who have reserved. This is to find co-travellers if anyone is affected by Covid.

The Maveli, Venad and Janshatabdi trains had started earlier.

No decision has been made on passenger trains. General compartments will not be open for the time being. The Railways said that all this will start as soon as the Covid transmission goes down. The trains were canceled from March 23 due to the pandemic.

As they are special trains, the train number starts with zero instead of one. Railways will strictly adhere to Covid protocol. Their is a demand demand that permanent seats be allotted to season ticket holders, but Railways has said that this cannot be allowed in a single state.

Train services that are getting restarted

Thiruvananthapuram - Ernakulam Vanchinad from Monday

Ernakulam - Kannur Executive and Thiruvananthapuram - Guruvayur Intercity from Tuesday

Thiruvananthapuram - Mangalore on the 16th

- Thiruvananthapuram - Palakkad - Madurai Amrita on the 23rd

The number of coaches has been reduced

The number of coaches in service has dwindled as more of it have been turned into Covid treatment centers. With the reduction of staff due to Kovid, there is no production in the coach factories. Even when the service starts, there will be less coaches. Then the waiting list will become long.