Thiruvananthapuram: Following the derailment of the Mangalapuram Express at Kurukutty, services of trains going towards other states from Kerala via Ernakulam were diverted through Tirunelveli on Sunday. The trains are Train No.12626 Trivandrum – New Delhi Kerala Express, Train No.12515 Trivandrum – Guwahati Express, Train No.17230 Hyderabad – Trivandrum Express, Train No.12511 Gorakhpur – Trivandrum Express, Train No.16526 Bangalore – Kanniyakumari Express, Train No.12218 Chandigarh – Kochuveli Express, Train No.19578 Hapa – Tirunelveli Express and Train No.12508 Guwahati-Trivandrum Central Express.
Apart from that many trains were cancelled. This included Train No.56352 Ernakulam-Shoranur Passenger, Train No.56361Shoranur-Ernakulam Passenger, Train No.56379 Ernakulam-Alapuzha Passenger, Train No.56384 Alapuzha-Ernakulam Passenger, Train No.56376 Ernakulam-Guruvayoor Passenger, Train No.56603 Thrissur-Kozhikode Passenger, Train No.56370 Ernakulam-Guruvayoor Passenger, Train No.56371 Guruvayoor- Ernakulam Passenger, Train No.56365 Punalur-Guruvayoor Passenger, Train No.56366 Guruvayoor- Punalur Passenger, Train No.56373 Guruvayoor- Thrissur Passenger, Train No.56374 Thrissur- Guruvayoor Passenger, Train No.56375 Guruvayoor- Ernakulam Passenger, Train No.56043 Guruvayoor-Thrissur Passenger, Train No.56044 Thrissur- Guruvayoor Passenger, Train No.16305 Ernakulam-Kannur Inter City Express ,Train No.16308 Kannur-Alapuzha Inter City Express, Train No.16307 Alapuzha- Kannur Inter City Express,Train No.16306 Kannur-Ernakulam Inter City Express, Train No.16341 Guruvayoor-Thiruvananthapuram Express and Train No.16342 Thiruvananthapuram- Guruvayoor Express.
Many trains including Train No.16346 Thiruvananthapuram-Lokmanya Tilak Netravathi Express, Train No.12202 Kochuveli-Lokmanya Tilak Garibrath bi-weekly Express, and Train No.19261 Kochuveli-Porbandar Express were rescheduled. Apart from that many trains were short terminated and partially cancelled. The Railways has also introduced helpline numbers for the benefit of passengers. The numbers are 9746769960, 9746761072 and 0471-2320012.
