Many devotees from Chennai visit Sabarimalai Swamy Ayyappa temple for having darshan. Now, a special train would run between Chennai Egmore and Kollam in Kerala state.
Information collected is that the special train 06127 would leave Chennai Egmore on 22nd and 24th December At 11:55pm & would reach Kollam the next day at 4:30 pm.
In the same manner, special train 06128 would leave Kollam at 7:35pm on 23rd and 25th December and would reach Chennai Egmore at 12noon the next day.
Train route from Egmore to Kollam:
It must be taken into account that the special train from Chennai Egmore would pass through Perambur, Arakkonam, Katpadi, Jolarpet, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Pallakkad, Trichur and Kollam. The special train ticket bookings have started now.
Chennai - Tirunelveli weekly train:
It is learnt that due to festivals like thaipoosam and irumudi the train operated between Chennai Egmore and Tirunelveli would stop temporarily at Mel Maruvathur.