Starting from tomorrow, 6th December, there will be special trains from Chennai to Thiruvannamalai on the occasion of Karthigai Deepam festival. This was announced by the Southern Railways or SR.
The SR has released a statement regarding this and as per the statement in view of the Karthigai Deepam festival held at Thiruvannamalai the train number 06033/06033 operated between Chennai Beach- Vellore- Chennai Beach would be extended up to Thiruvannamalai.
Information gathered is that from 5th December to 7th December, the Chennai-Thiruvvannamalai special train would run for 3 days. In the return direction, from 6th December to 8th December, Thiruvannamalai – Chennai Beach special train would be operated. It must be noted that this special train would depart from Chennai Beach railway station at 6pm in the evening and would reach Thiruvannamalai at 12:05 am midnight.
In the return direction, the special train would start from Tiruvannamalai at 9:05 am in the morning and would reach Chennai Beach at 15:45 pm in the evening. In the same manner, it has been announced that the train number 06115/06116 Tambaram-Tiruvannamalai-Tambaram special train would operate on 6th and 7th December.