The following special trains will be run to clear the extra rush of traffic.
Train No.06017 Tirunelveli – Chennai Egmore special train (via.Chord line) will leave Tirunelveli at 22.55 hrs. on 02.05.2015 (Saturday) and arrive Chennai Egmore at 11.55 hrs. the next day.
Train No.06018 Chennai Egmore – Tirunelveli special train (via.Chord line) will leave Chennai Egmore at 20.20 hrs. on 03.05.2015 (Sunday) and arrive Tirunelveli at 09.45 hrs. the next day.
Composition of the trains: Sleeper Class – 15, General Second Class – 4 & luggage-cum-brake van coaches - 2.
The trains will stop at Kovilpatti, Satur, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Tiruchchirappalli, Vridhachalam, Villupuram, Chengalpattu and Tambaram. Train No.06017 Tirunelveli – Chennai Egmore special train will stop at Mambalam also.
Advance reservation for the above trains will commence on 26.04.2015.