Four pairs of trains operating out of Mangaluru Central Railway Station will get one AC 3-tier economy class coach in place of one sleeper class coach.
The revised composition of these trains would have one AC First Class-cum 2-tier AC, one 2-tier AC, five 3-tier AC, nine sleeper class, five general second class and two luggage-cum-brake van coaches — in all 23 coaches.
Train Nos. 16603/16604 Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central Maveli Express gets the AC 3-tier economy coach from September 11-12.
Train Nos. 12602/12601 Mangaluru Central-Chennai Central Superfast Mail gets the coach from September 13 and 16.
Chennai Central-Mangaluru Central West Coast Express (Train Nos. 22637/22638) gets the coach from September 14-15.
Train Nos. 16630/16629 Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central Malabar Express gets the AC 3-tier economy coach from September 17-18, according to Southern Railway’s Palakkad division.