Southern Railway has announced special trains for the Dasara festival season between Mangalore and Chennai via Coimbatore on October 5 and 6.
According to an official release, the train no. 06087 Chennai Central–Mangalore Central Superfast Special will leave Chennai Central at 8.45 p.m. on October 5 and reach Mangalore Central at 1 p.m. the next day. The pairing train (06088) will leave here at 8.30 p.m. on October 6 and reach Chennai Central at 12.25 p.m. the next day. The trains will have 13 AC 3-tier coaches. The Chennai-bound train (06088) will have a stop at Perambur.
Another special train will operate between Coimbatore and Chennai Central on October 4 and 6 (06624 and 06623). The Chennai Central-Nagercoil (06089) special train will operate in one direction only on October 5 (via. Erode, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram).