THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Railways will run two special trains and 24 trains with additional stops for Attukal Pongala. The timings of the two trains will be adjusted as per the convenience of the devotees.

Pongala Special unreserved train will depart from Nagercoil and Ernakulam. It will stop wherever passenger trains stop. Nagercoil Special will depart from Thiruvananthapuram at 8.55 pm on the 12th and reach Nagercoil at 11.20 pm. From there it will depart at 1.30 am on the 13th and reach Thiruvananthapuram at 3.30 am.

The special train from Ernakulam will depart at 1.30 am on the 13th and reach Thiruvananthapuram via Kottayam at 6.30 am. It will depart from Thiruvananthapuram at 2.15 pm and reach Ernakulam at 7.40 pm. The Kochuveli-Nagercoil Passenger will depart at 2 pm instead of 1.25 pm and the Kanyakumari-Bengaluru Island Express will depart at 11.10 am instead of 10.10 am.