Date:26/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/26/stories/2008112659941000.htm

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Southern Railway to run more Sabarimala specials

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: Southern Railway will operate more Sabarimala specials to clear the rush.

No. 766 Hyderabad-Kollam-Hyderabad special will leave Hyderabad at 1.30 p.m. on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from December 2 to January 15 and reach Kollam at 9.30 p.m. the next day. No. 765 will leave Kollam at 11 p.m. on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays from December 5 to January 16 and reach Hyderabad at 4.30 a.m. the third day.

No. 744 Kakinada Town-Kollam-Kakinada Town special will leave Kakinada at 3.50 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from December 3 to January 14 and reach Kollam at 9.30 p.m. the next day. No. 743 will leave Kollam at 11 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from December 3 to January 15 and reach Kakinada Town at 3 a.m. on the third day.

No. 766B Nizamabad-Kollam-Nizamabad special will leave Nizamabad at 4.15 p.m. on Fridays from December 5 to January 9 and reach Kollam at 00.05 hours on the third day.

No. 765B will leave Kollam at 1.45 a.m. on Sundays, from December 7 to January 11, and reach Nizamabad at 10 a.m. the next day.

No. 730 Vijayawada-Kollam-Vijayawada special will leave Vijayawada at 7.30 p.m. on Mondays, from December 1 to January 12, and reach Kollam at 9.30 p.m. the next day.

It will leave Kollam at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, from December 2 to January 13, and reach Vijayawada at 10.15 p.m. the next day.

The Machilipatnam-Kollam-Machlipatnam special will leave Machilipatnam at 10 p.m. on Thursdays, from December 4 to January 15, and reach Kollam at 00.05 a.m. on the third day. It will leave Kollam at 1.45 a.m. on Saturdays, from December 6 to January 17, and reach Vijayawada at 4.15 a.m. the next day. No. 766A Hyderabad-Kollam-Hyderabad will leave Hyderabad at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, from December 10 to January 14, and reach Kollam at 00.05 a.m. on the third day. No. 765A will leave Kollam at 1.45 a.m. on Mondays, from December 15 to January 15, and reach Hyderabad at 8.50 a.m. the next day. No. 766 Hyderabad-Kollam-Hyderabad special will leave Hyderabad at 6 p.m. on January 16 and will reach Kollam at 00.05 a.m. on the third day.

No. 765 will leave Kollam at 1.45 a.m. on January 18 and will reach Hyderabad at 8.50 a.m. the next day.

No. 744A Kakinada Town-Kollam-Kakinada Town special will leave Kakinada Town at 8 p.m. on Saturdays, from December 13 to January 10, and reach Kollam at 00.05 a.m. on the third day. No. 743A will leave Kollam at 1.45 a.m. on Fridays, from December 12 to January 16, and reach Kakinada Town at 6.10 a.m. the next day.

No. 726 Sirpurkagaznagar-Kollam-Sirpurkagaznagar special will leave Sirpurkagaznagar at 6 p.m. on December 25 and January 1 and reach Kollam at 00.05 a.m. on the third day. No. 725 will leave Kollam at 1.45 a.m. on December 27 and January 3 and will reach Sirpurkagaznagar at 9.15 a.m. the next day.

No. 0623 Coimbatore-Tirupati and 0624 Tirupati-Coimatore winter specials, scheduled for December 30 and 31 respectively, are cancelled.