Southern Railway has announced special trains from Chennai to Trichy, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli (Nellai) and Nagercoil.

1. Pongal Special Train Tambaram – Tirunelveli – Tambaram (Train No. 06001 / 06002)
2. Pongal Special Train Egmore – Nagercoil – Egmore (Train No. 06005 / 06006)
3. Pongal Special Train Tirunelveli – Tambaram – Tambaram (Train No. 06039 / 06040) (via Tenkasi, Virudunagar, Madurai, Tiruchchirappalli, Vriddhachalam)
4. Pongal Special Train Tambaram – Nagercoil – Tambaram (Train No. 06004 / 06003)
5. Makar Sankranti Special Train Narsapur – Secunderabad – Vijayawada (Train No. 07455 / 07456)
6. Makar Sankranti Special Train Purna – Tirupati – Purna (Train No. 07607 / 07608)
7. Makar Sankranti Special Train Tirupati – Akola – Tirupati (Train No. 07605 / 07606)
8. Makar Sankranti Special Train Machilipatnam – Secunderabad – Machilipatnam (Train No. 07577 /  07578)
9. Makar Sankranti Special Train Machilipatnam – Kurnool City – Machilipatnam (Train No. 07067 /07068)
10. Makar Sankranti Special Train Secunderabad – Berhampur – Secunderabad (Train No. 07485 / 07486)
11. Makar Sankranti Special Train Secunderabad – Berhampur – Secunderabad (Train No. 07485 / 07486)
12. Makar Sankranti Special Train Kakinada Town – Lingampalli -Kakinada Town (Via Eluru) (Train No. 07275 / 07276)
13. Makar Sankranti Special Train Lingampalli – Kakinada Town – Lingampalli (Via Akividu)  (Train No. 07491 / 07492)
14. Makar Sankranti Suvidha special trains Lingampalli – Kakinada Town  (Train No. 82714)
15. Makar Sankranti Suvidha special trains Visakhapatnam – Yelahanka(Train No. 08577 / 08578)

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In Tamil Nadu, Makar Sankranti is known as Pongal. Pongal, is also referred to as Thai Pongal, is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival of South India. Pongal Holidays 2022 will begin on Friday 14 January 2022 (Pongal), Saturday 15 January 2022 (Thiruvalluvar Day) and ends on Sunday 16 January 2022 (Uzhavar Thirunal).

We expect Southern Railway (SR) announce special train services to clear the extra rush of passengers travelling from chennai to southern districts (Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Nagercoil, Sengottai and Ernakulam Jn) during Pongal Festival.

Similarly South Central Railway (SCR) Sankranti Special Trains Expected route is Hyderabad – Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad – Kakinada Port, Kakinada Port – Tirupati and Hyderabad – Tirupati.

After the Declaration of press release Southern Railway’s Pongal Festival special train and South Central Railway (SCR) Sankranti Special Trains, We will update.

We will update the Schedule, Route, Time Table, Booking Date, Frequency and Fare Details, after the announcement of the Southern and South Central Railway Press Release.

Temporary Halt at Uruli for Shri Prayagdham Trust Annual Festival

Central Railway will provide one minute temporary halt for following trains at Uruli station for the benefit of pilgrims of Shri Prayagdham Trust attending annual festival during Makar Sankranti.

1. Train No. 12779 / 12780 Vasco Da Gama -Hazrat Nizamuddin-Vasco Da Gama Goa Express from 27.12.2021 to 17.01.2022
2. Train No. 12147 Sri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur – Hazrat Nizamuddin- Express on 18.1.2022
3. Train No. 12148 Hazrat Nizamuddin- Sri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur Express on 07.1.2022
4. Train No. 12629 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Yesvantpur Express on 14.1.2022 & 19.1.2022
5. Train No. 12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express on 06.1.2022 & 08.1.2022
6. Train No. 22685 Yesvantpur-Chandigarh Sampark Kranti Express on 16.01.2022
7. Train No. 22686 Chandigarh-Yesvantpur Sampark Kranti Express on 09.1.2022 & 12.1.2022
8. Train No. 12129 Pune-Howrah Azad Hind Express on 14.01.2022.
9. Train No. 12130 Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express on 11.01.2022 & 12.01.2022.
10. Train No. 15029 Gorakhpur-Pune Express on 07.01.2022
11. Train No. 15030 Pune-Gorakhpur Express on 15.01.2022.
12. Train No. 22845 Hatia-Pune Express on 11.01.2022
13. Train No. 22846 Pune-Hatia Express on 16.01.2022.