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Southern Railway announces unreserved special trains to Trichy and Manamadurai
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News18•16-10-2026, 07:19
Southern Railway announces unreserved special trains to Trichy and Manamadurai
  • •Southern Railway has announced special trains on various routes to avoid festival rush during Ayudha Puja.
  • •An unreserved MEMU special train with 12 coaches will be operated from Tambaram to Manamadurai today at 5:30 PM.
  • •Unreserved MEMU special trains will depart from Chennai Egmore to Trichy today and tomorrow at 7:00 PM.
  • •The Chennai Egmore to Trichy special train will be operated via Panruti, Sirkazhi, Kumbakonam, and Thanjavur.

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Southern Railway announced unreserved MEMU special trains from Tambaram to Manamadurai and from Chennai Egmore to Trichy to manage the Ayudha Puja festival rush. These include a 12-coach MEMU train from Tambaram to Manamadurai.

The unreserved MEMU special train from Chennai Egmore to Trichy is scheduled to depart at 7:00 PM. It will be operated via Panruti, Sirkazhi, Kumbakonam, and Thanjavur.

For the return direction, unreserved MEMU special trains are scheduled to depart from Manamadurai to Tambaram on October 17 at 10:45 AM and on October 20 at 2:45 PM.