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CHANGES IN DAYS OF TRAIN SERVICES AND TRAIN NUMBERS CONSEQUENT TO INCREASE IN ADVANCE RESERVATION PERIOD TO 120 DAYS
Days of service to be converted from 6 days a week to Daily
Consequent to change in advance reservation period to 120 days, T.No.12685/12686 Chennai Central – Mangalore – Chennai Central Expresses now running 6 days a week will be converted as a Daily Express with effect from 20.8.2012 from Mangalore and 21.8.2012 from Chennai Central.
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in days of service
1)T.No.16043 Puducherry – Mangalore Weekly Express now leaving Puducherry on Tuesdays will leave on Fridays w.e.f. 17.8.2012.
2)T.No.16044 Mangalore – Puducherry Weekly Express now leaving Mangalore on
Mondays will leave on Saturdays w.e.f. 18.8.2012.
Change in Train Numbers and days of operations
Puducherry – Mangalore Weekly Express (Fri)
Existing No:16043 - Revised No.16855 effect from 17.8.2012
Mangalore – Puducherry Weekly Express (Sat)
Existing No:16044 - Revised No.16856 effect from 18.8.2012
CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF TRAINS
T.No.16043/16044 Puducherry – Mangalore – Puducherry Weekly Expresses will be renumbered as T.No.16855/16856 and the composition changed as follows w.e.f. 17.8.2012 from Puducherry and 18.8.2012 from Mangalore.
Present composition: 1 First AC-cum-AC 2-tier, 2 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 4 General Second Class and 2 Luggage-cum-brake van coaches.
Revised composition: 1 AC 2-tier, 1 AC 3-tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 6 General Second Class and 2 Luggage-cum-brake van coaches.