Southern Railway will run the following special trains: Train No 01063 Mumbai CST-Chennai Central Special will leave Mumbai CST at 11.30am on December 23 and 26 and arrive at Chennai Central at 11.35am the next day. Train No 01064 Chennai Central-Mumbai CST Special will leave Chennai Central at 1.10pm on December 24 and 27 and arrive at Mumbai CST at 03.05pm the next day. Advance reservation will begin on December 18. Train rescheduled: Train No 15629 Chennai Egmore-Guwahati Weekly Express scheduled to leave Egmore at 10.30pm on December 19 is rescheduled for 12.05am on December 20 due to delay of pairing train.
Augmentation: Trains No 16735/16736 Chennai Egmore-Tiruchendur-Chennai Egmore Exp, No 16179/16180 Chennai Egmore-Mannargudi-Chennai Egmore Mannai Exp, No 16346/16345 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Trivandrum-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Netravadi Exp, No 16780/16779 Madurai-Tirupati-Madurai Express, and No 12753/12754 Chennai Central-New Jalpaiguri-Chennai Central Weekly Exp will be augmented with a sleeper class. Train No 12611/12612 Chennai Central-Nizamuddin-Chennai Central Garib Rath Weekly Exp will get an AC 3-tier coach.
Augmentation: Trains No 16735/16736 Chennai Egmore-Tiruchendur-Chennai Egmore Exp, No 16179/16180 Chennai Egmore-Mannargudi-Chennai Egmore Mannai Exp, No 16346/16345 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Trivandrum-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Netravadi Exp, No 16780/16779 Madurai-Tirupati-Madurai Express, and No 12753/12754 Chennai Central-New Jalpaiguri-Chennai Central Weekly Exp will be augmented with a sleeper class. Train No 12611/12612 Chennai Central-Nizamuddin-Chennai Central Garib Rath Weekly Exp will get an AC 3-tier coach.