Southern Railway has introduced the following changes with effect from July 1, 2000.

The following trains have been extended/renumbered:

• 7057/7058 Cochin-Bilaspur Bi-Weekly Express has been extended upto Trivandrum Central via Kottayam and renumbered as 6328/6327 Trivandrum Central-Bilaspur Bi-weekly Express.

• 7081/7082 Cochin-Indore Weekly Express has been extended upto Trivandrum Central via Alleppey and renumbered as 6326/6325 Trivandrum Central-Indore Weekly Express.

• 6732/6731 Bangalore-Madurai Express has been extended upto Tuticorin.

• 6803/6804 Howrah-Tiruchirappalli Tri-Weekly Express has been extended upto Kanniyakumari once a week and renumbered as 6356/6355 Howrah-Kanniyakumari Weekly Express.

• 6522/6521 Bangalore-Quilon Weekly Express has been extended upto Trivandrum Central and renumbered as 6321/6322 Bangalore-Trivandrum Central Weekly Express.

• 783/784 Virudunagar-Sengottai Passenger has been extended to run from Manamadurai to Quilon and renumbered as 6783/6784 Manamadurai Quilon Express.

The frequency of the following trains has been increased:

• 8564/8563 Bangalore-Visakhapatnam Prashanthi Express will now run daily instead of four days a week with change in timings.

• 7030/7029 Hyderabad Cochin Express will now run daily instead of six days a week.

Re-organisation of services

• 2431/2432 Trivandrum Central-Nizamuddin Rajdhani Bi-Weekly Express will run via Ernakulam Junction, Alleppey, Kayankulam Junction instead of via Ernakulam North, Kottayam, Kayankulam Junction.

• 6502/6501 Bangalore City-Ahmedabad Weekly Express will run via Yeswanthpur and Yelahanka instead of via Bangalore Cantt.

Early Departure of Pallavan Express

• Train 2605 Chennai-Trichy Pallavan Express will depart at 1530 hours and arrive at Tiruchchirappalli at 2050 hours.

A day service to Tiruchchirappalli Junction has been introduced:

• 716/715 Tirunelveli-Erode Passenger via Dindigul, Palayam and Karur, has been diverted to run from Tirunelveli to Tiruchchirappalli Junction via Dindigul and Manaparal.

The following trains will be terminated at/started from Tambaram due to the conversion of metre gauge main line into broad gauge:

• 6853/6854 Tambaram-Tiruchchirappalli Cholan Express from July 2, 2000.

• 6713/6714 Tambaram-Rameswaram Sethu Express - Ex. Tambaram from July 2, 2000 and Ex Rameswaram from July 1, 2000.

• 6701/6702 Tambaram-Rameswaram Express-Ex. Tambaram from July 2, 2000 and Ex. Rameswaram from July 1, 2000.

• 6875/6876 Tambaram-Karaikkudi/Nagore Kamban Express (No.6175/6176 Kamban Express has renumbered). Ex. Tambaram from July 2, 2000 and Ex Karaikkudi/Nagore from July 1, 2000.

• 109/110 Tambaram-Tiruchchirappalli Fast Passenger from July 1, 2000.

• 627/628 Tambaram-Thanjavur Fast Passenger-Ex.Tambaram from July 2, 2000 and Ex. Manamadurai from July 2, 2000.

Following the termination of the metre gauge main line trains at Tambaram, broad gauge diesel multiple unit link shuttle services between Tambaram and Chennai Egmore will commence on July 1, 2000.

Shuttle No.				Station	Shuttle No.
S7	S5	S3	S1		S2	S4	S6	S8
0700	1200	1850	2045 Dep	Egmore	Arr 0640	0855	1840	2025
0755	1245	1935	2130 Arr	Tambaram	Dep0555	0810	1750	1950

Timings of 628 Thanjavur-Tambaram Fast Passenger between Chengalpattu and Tambaram are revised from July 15, 2000. The train will arrive in Chengalpattu at 0250 hours and depart at 0325 hours. It will arrive in Tambaram at 0415 hours. there will not be any changes in the timings between Thanjavur and Chengalpattu.

The following changes in the days of service and train numbers have been made:

Train No. & Description			Days of Service
	Present	Proposed	Present	Proposed
1.	No.7494 Tirupati-Mumbai CST Bi-weekly Exp. No.7493 Mumbai CST- Tirupati Bi-weekly Exp.	No.6354 Tirupati-Mumbai CST Bi-weekly Exp. No.6353 Mumbai CST- Tirupati Bi-weekly Exp	Thu. Su. Tu Sa	Thu Su Tu Sa
2.	No.6636 Ernakulam-Lok- manya Tilak(T) Netravati Exp. No.6635 Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Ernakulam Jn Netravati Exp	No.6346 Ernakulam Jn-Lok-manya Tilak (T) Netravati Exp No.6345 Lokmanya Tilak (T)-Ernakulam Jn. Netravati Exp.	Daily   Daily	Daily   Daily
3.	No.5011 Cochin-Gorakhpur Raptisagar Tri-weekly Exp. No.5012 Gorakhpur-Cochin Raptisagar Tri weekly Exp.	No.5011 Cochin-Gorakhpur Raptisagar Tri-weekly Exp. No.5012 Gorakhpur-Cochin Raptisagar Tri-weekly Exp	Tu. Thu, Fri. Tu. Sa,Su.	Tu. Wed,Su Thu. Fri, Su
4.	No.5091 Bangalore City- Gorakhpur Weekly Exp. No.5092 Gorakhpur- Bangalore City Weekly Exp.	No.5091 Bangalore City- Gorakhpur Weekly Exp. No.5092 Gorakhpur-Bangalore City Weekly Exp.	Wed   Mon	Mon   Sa
5.	No.5221 Cochin-Barauni Weekly Exp. No.5222 Barauni-Cochin Weekly Exp.	No.5221 Cochin-Barauni Weekly Exp. No.5222 Barauni-Cochin Weekly Exp.	Su.   Wed.	Fri.   Mon.
6.	No.6340 Nagercoil-Mumbai CST 4 days a week Exp. No.6339 Mumbai CST- Nagercoil 4 days a week Exp.	No.6340 Nagercoil-Mumbai CST 4 days a week Exp. No.6339 Mumbai CST- Nagercoil 4 days a week Exp.	Mon,Tu Wed,Sa Mon,W Thu,Fri	Mon,Tu Wed,Fri W,Thu Fri,Su
7.	No.6332 Trivandrum Central- Mumbai CST Weekly Exp. No. 6331 Mumbai CST-Trivandrum Central Weekly Exp.	No. 6332 Trivandrum Central- Mumbai CST Weekly Exp. No.6331 Mumbai CST-Trivandrum Central Weekly Exp.	Fri.   Su.	Sa.   Mon.
8.	No.6505 Mysore-Nizamuddin Weekly Exp. No.6506 Nizamuddin-Mysore Weekly Exp.	No.6217 Mysore-Nizamuddin Weekly Exp. No.6218 Nizamuddin-Mysore Weekly Exp.	Sa.   Tu	Fri.   Mon.
9.	No.2645 Ernakulam Jn- Nizamuddin Weekly Exp. No.2646 Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Jn. Weekly Exp.	No.2645 Ernakulam Jn- Nizamuddin Weekly Exp. No.2646 Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Jn. Weekly Exp.	Fri   Mon	Sa   Tu
10.	No.1018 Bangalore City- Mumbai CST Tri Weekly Exp.	No.1018 Bangalore City- Mumbai CST Tri Weekly Exp	Mon Tu, Sa	Mon. Tu,Fri
11.	No. 1036 Mysore-Mumbai CST Weekly Exp	No.1036 Mysore-Mumbai CST Weedkly Exp	Fr	Sa