Southern Railway Runs Special Trains and Adds AC Coaches Amid IndiGo Flight Cancellations
December 6, 2025
Southern Railway will help passengers hit by IndiGo Airlines flight cancellations by running special trains and adding extra AC coaches on select routes. On December 6, one additional AC three-tier coach will be added to long-distance trains like Tiruchchirappalli-Jodhpur Humsafar Express (20482), Dr. MGR Chennai Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central Superfast Express (12695), Chennai Central-Mangaluru Central Superfast Express (12601), and Chennai Beach-Mumbai CST Superfast Express (22158). For December 7, AC coaches will be added to Thiruvananthapuram Central-Chennai Central Superfast Express (12696) and Mumbai CST-Chennai Beach Superfast Express (22157). On December 10, the Jodhpur-Tiruchirappalli Humsafar Express (20481) will also get an extra AC coach. Special trains will run too: Secunderabad-Chennai Egmore (07146) at 6:40 p.m. on December 6, and Chennai Egmore-Secunderabad (07147) at 12:30 p.m. on December 7. Others include Nagercoil-Tambaram Superfast on December 7 and Tambaram-Nagercoil Superfast on December 8. This swift action aims to ease the strain on passengers facing air travel troubles.
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Indigo Flight Cancellations
Southern railway
Special Trains
Ac Coaches
Alternate Transport
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