The Railways has decided to revise the timings of 25 trains, including Netravati and Mangala Express trains, running on the Konkan route from today. Moreover, trains via Konkan will now operate at an average speed of 110km/hr after the speed of these express trains was cut down to 40 to 75km/hr during the monsoon season. The Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Mangala Express (12617) will depart at 1.25 pm instead of 10.30 am. The train will reach Shornur at 4.15 pm and Kannur at 6.39 pm.
The Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Express (12618) will reach the destination one hour early per the revised schedule. The train will reach Shornur at 4.15 am and Ernakulam at 7.30 am. The Thiruvananthapuram-Lokmanya Tilak Netravati Express (16346) will start its journey at 9.15 am and reach Ernakulam, Kozhikode and Kannur at 1.50 pm, 6.05 pm and 7.35 pm respectively.
Other announced timings
1) Train no. 22116 Karmali – Lokmany Tilak Express, which departs from Kankavali at 4.20 pm will have 4.32 pm as the revised timing from November 7.
2) Train no. 12741 Vasco Da Gama – Patna Express, which departs from Rantagiri at 12.50 am will leave at 12.35 am from November 6.
3) Train no. 10103 Mumbai CSMT—Madganon Jn Mandovi Express, which departs from Adavali at 2.06 pm, will leave at 2.03 pm from today.
4) Train no. 12619 Lokmanya Tilak—Mangaluru Central Matsyagandha Express, which departs from Chiplun at 7.46 pm, will leave at 7.40 pm from today.
5) Train no. 12977 Ernakulam – Ajmer Express, which generally leaves from Tirur at 11.49 pm, will leave at 11.29 pm on November 3
6) Train no. 20909 Kochuveli – Porbandar Express, which has 7.25 am as the departure time from Porbandar, will depart at 7.15 am on November 3.
7) Train no. 19260 Bhavnagar – Kochuveli Express, which leaves from Mangaon at 1.24 am, will leave at 1.35 am on November 5
8) Train no. 20910 Porbandar – Kochuveli Express, which leaves from Porbandar at 6.40 pm, will depart at 6.55 pm on November 7
9) Train no. 16345 Lokmanya Tilak – Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express will depart from Mangaluru at 4.25 am and arrive in Thiruvananthapuram at 6.20 pm
10) New departure timings from Mangaluru
Mangaluru - Goa Vande Bharat: 8:30 am
Mangaluru - Goa MEMU: 3:30 pm
Mangaluru - Goa Special: 5:30 am
Mangaluru - Mumbai Matsyagandha: 2:20 pm