The Machalipatnam-Yeshwantpur-Machilipatnam Tri-Weekly Express will run via Sri Satya Sai Prasanti Nilayam.

A release from South Western Railway said that Machalipatnam-Yeshwantpur Tri-weekly Express (Train no 7211) will leave Machilipatnam at 3.15 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and reach Yeshwantpur at 7.25 am the next day. In the return direction, Yeshwantpur-Machalipatnam Tri-Weekly Express (No 7212) will leave Yeshwantpur at 2.45 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and reach Machalipatnam at 6.35 am the next day. The first service from Yeshwantpur will commence on December 2 (Tuesday).

The train will run from Machalipatnam via Gudivada, Vijayawada, Guntur, Donakonda, Markapur, Cumbum, Giddalur, Nandyal, Dhone, Gooty, Anantapur, Dharmavaram, Sri Sathya Sai Prashanthi Nilayam, Hindupur and Yelahanka to reach Yeshwantpur.

The above mentioned arrival and departure timings at Yeshwantpur are the correct timings and wrong timings have been specified in the railway time table, the release added.

Special trains

To clear extra rush of traffic during Sabarimala season, the following special trains will be run between Nizamabad and Kollam via Yelahanka and Krishnarajapuram.

Weekly Special will leave Nizamabad at 4.15 pm on Fridays and reach Kollam at 12.05 am on Sundays.

Kollam-Nizamabad

In the return direction, the Kollam-Nizamabad Weekly Special will leave Kollam on Sundays at 01.45 am on and reach Nizamabad at 10 am the next day.

The first service from Nizamabad will be on December 5 and the last service will be from January 9, 2009. From Kollam, the first service will commence on December 7 and the last service will be on January 11, 2009.