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The South Central Railway (SCR) volition run astir 140 Sabarimala peculiar trains for the convenience of devotees. The peculiar trains person been planned from assorted destinations successful the zone. Railway officers volition beryllium operating the peculiar trains connecting assorted stations successful the zone, till Makara Jyothi darshan.
These peculiar trains volition tally from Sirpur Kaghaznagar to Kollam, Chalapalli to Kollam, Narsapur to Kollam and from different destinations. Besides, galore peculiar trains are planned from assorted places to wide the other unreserved of passengers.
Speaking to The Hindu on Sunday, SCR Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) A. Sridhar said that similar each year, Railways planned galore peculiar trains to Sabarimala this twelvemonth too.
The peculiar trains volition halt astatine Bellampalli, Mancherial, Ramagundam, Peddapalli, Jammikunta, Warangal, Kesamudram, Mahabubabad, Khammam, Vijayawada, Tenali, Chirala, Ongole, Nellore, Renigunta, Tirupati, Pakala, Chittoor, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Podanur, Palakkad, Thrissur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Tiruvalla, Chengannur, Kayankulam and different stations, Mr. Sridhar said.
With IndiGo cancelling galore flights from antithetic airports, the peculiar trains volition assistance Ayyappa devotees to scope Sabarimala and relinquish the ‘deeksha’, the CPRO said.
“We, astir 12 devotees, booked flights to Kochi. As the formation services were cancelled, we changed our program and booked tickets successful a peculiar train,” said Ramakrishna, an Ayyappa devotee from Machilipatnam.
