Title - 39 trains to run faster

Thirty-nine express trains and 14 passenger trains were speeded by two to 40 minutes with effect from July 1 in the Palakkad division of the Southern Railway.In a press release, the division said that the overall gain on the running of many long-distance trains was five to 100 minutes.The saving for the 39 express trains was 411 minutes in the Palakkad division alone.Following are the express trains that have been speeded up by more than five minutes with saved time in brackets (the number before the train name denoting its number):16627 Chennai Central-Mangalore Express (15), 12653 Tiruchirapalli-Mangalore Express (5), 16604 Trivandrum-Mangalore Express (35), 12685 Chennai Central-Mangalore Express (35), 22851 Santragachi- Mangalore Express (5), 16629 Trivandrum-Mangalore Express (5), 16347 Trivandrum-Mangalore Express (5), 16688 Jammu Tawi- Mangalore Express (5), 16650 Nagercoil- Mangalore Express (5), 16107 Chennai Egmore- Mangalore Express (10), 16527 Yeswantpur-Cannanore Express (5), 16517 Yeswantpur-Kannur Express (5), 16305 Ernakulam South-Cannanore Express (5), 16307 Alleppey-Cannanore Express (5), 16313 Ernakulam South-Cannanore Express (5), 12076 Trivandrum-Calicut Express (5), 16349 Mangalore- Nagercoil Express (5), 10215 Ernakulam-Madgaon Express (40), 19261 Kochuveli-Porbandar Express (40), 12978 Ajmeer- Ernakulam South Express (8), 11097 Pune- Ernakulam Express (8), 12431 Trivandrum-Nizamuddin Express (10), 16043 Puducherry - Mangalore Express (29), 16649 Mangalore- Nagercoil Express (5), 12686 Mangalore- Chennai Central Express (5), 16687 Mangalore- Jammu Tawi Express (5), 16628 Mangalore- Chennai Central Express (10), 16528 Cannanore- Yeshwantpur Express (8), 16306 Cannanore- Ernakulam South Express (8), 12432 Nizamuddin- Trivandrumn Express (8), 16044 Mangalore-Puducherry Express (23), 16350 Nilambur-Trivandrum Express (25).