Nearest Railway Stations are Kottayam & Chengannur. The devotees coming by Train from Ernakulam side are advised to alight at Kottayam Railway Station and those from Thiruvananthapuram side at Chengannur Railway station. However for pilgrims intending to visit Erumeli, Kottayam Railway Station will be more convenient.
Pampa is the nearest place to Sabarimala that can be accessed by road. Sabarimala is about 5 Kms away from Pamba. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation operates buses to Pampa from Kottayam & Chengannur Railway stations.
Towards South (Trivandrum)
Train No. |
Arr. at Kottayam |
Arr. at Chengannur |
|
16348 |
Mangaluru - Thiruvananthapuram Express (daily) |
00:38 |
01:26 |
16344 |
Amritha Express (daily) |
02:50 |
03:28 |
16350 |
Nilambur Road - Thiruvananthapuram Express (daily) |
02:50 |
03:28 |
12697 |
Chennai Central- Thiruvananthapuram Express (Mon) |
03:10 |
03:38 |
12777 |
Hubballi - Kochuveli Express (Thu) |
03:10 |
03:49 |
15906 |
Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Express (Wed) |
03:40 |
04:20 |
16561 |
Yesvantpur - Kochuveli Express (Fri) |
03:40 |
04:20 |
12695 |
Chennai Central - Thiruvananthapuram Express (daily) |
04:10 |
04:48 |
16630 |
Malabar Express (daily) |
04:45 |
05:30 |
16303 |
Vanchinad Express (daily) |
06:05 |
06:51 |
16381 |
Mumbai CST - Kanyakumari Express (daily) |
06:30 |
07:10 |
04426 |
Hazrat Nizamuddin - Thiruvananthapuram SF (Mon) |
07:25 |
08:12 |
12623 |
Chennai Central - Thiruvananthapuram Express (daily) |
08:05 |
08:45 |
16526 |
Bangalore- Kanyakumari Island Express (daily) |
09:05 |
09:49 |
12257 |
Yesvantpur - Kochuveli Express (Mon,Wed, Fri) |
09:35 |
10:15 |
12081 |
Jan Satabdi Express (Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri,Sat) |
10:50 |
11:21 |
22654 |
Hazrat Nizamuddin - Thiruvananthapuram SF (Wed) |
10:50 |
11:15 |
12626 |
Kerala Express (daily) |
11:15 |
11:55 |
22660 |
Dehradun - Kochuveli Express (Wed) |
11:40 |
12:16 |
22647 |
Korba - Thiruvananthapuram Express (Mon, Fri) |
13:50 |
14:28 |
17230 |
Sabari Express (daily) |
14:38 |
15:20 |
16649 |
Parashuram Express (daily) |
15:15 |
15:59 |
16318 |
Himsagar Express (Tue) |
15:30 |
16:16 |
12201 |
Mumbai LTT - Kochuveli Express (Thu, Sat) |
16:45 |
17:22 |
12660 |
Gurudev SF Express (Fri) |
16:45 |
17:22 |
22113 |
Mumbai LTT - Kochuveli Express (Sun, Wed) |
16:45 |
17:22 |
16301 |
Venad Express (daily) |
18:40 |
19:18 |
12508 |
Guwahati - Thiruvananthapuram Express (Sun) |
18:50 |
19:30 |
12516 |
Guwahati- Thiruvananthapuram Express(Fri) |
18:50 |
19:30 |
06335 |
Guwahati - Kochuveli Express (Sat) |
19:05 |
19:50 |
16311 |
Bikaner - Kochuveli Express (Thu) |
23:15 |
23:59 |
16335 |
Gandhidham - Nagercoil Express (Sat) |
23:15 |
23:59 |
16333 |
Veraval - Thiruvananthapuram Express(Fri) |
23:15 |
23:59 |
19260 |
Bhavnagar - Kochuveli Express (Mon) |
23:15 |
23:59 |
06012 |
Krishnarajapuram - Nagercoil Express (Mon) |
23:54 |
|
07115 |
Hyderabad - Kochuveli Express (Sun) |
23:55 |
00:35 |
Towards North (Ernakulam)
Train No. |
Name |
Arr. at |
Arr. at |
16343 |
Amritha Express (daily) |
00:37 |
01:18 |
16349 |
Thiruvannathapuram -Nilambur Express (daily) |
00:37 |
01:18 |
15905 |
Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh Vivek Express (Fri) |
02:40 |
03:43 |
16302 |
Venad Express (daily) |
07:21 |
08:05 |
16650 |
Parasuram Express (daily) |
08:33 |
09:38 |
17229 |
Sabari Express (daily) |
09:20 |
10:23 |
16382 |
Kanniyakumari - Mumbai Express (daily) |
11:11 |
12:20 |
06336 |
Kochuveli - Guwahati Express (Sun) |
13:55 |
14:35 |
16525 |
Kanyakumari-Bangalore Island Express (daily) |
15:21 |
16:08 |
16312 |
Kochuveli - Bikaner Express (Sat) |
17:32 |
18:30 |
16336 |
Nagercoil - Gandhidham Express (Tue) |
17:32 |
18:30 |
16334 |
Thiruvananthapuram -Veraval Express (Mon) |
17:32 |
18:30 |
19259 |
Kochuveli - Bhavnagar Express (Thu) |
17:32 |
18:30 |
16317 |
Kanyakumari-VaishoDevi Himsagar Express (Fri) |
18:10 |
19:00 |
16304 |
Vanchinad Express (daily) |
20:07 |
20:55 |
16629 |
Malabar Express (daily) |
21:27 |
22:25 |
07116 |
Kochuveli - Hyderabad Express (Mon) |
22:10 |
23:05 |
18568 |
Kollam - Vishakhapatnam Express (Fri) |
22:17 |
22:50 |
06048 |
Kollam - Chennai Central Sabarimala Express (Thu) |
22:24 |
23:03 |
16347 |
Thiruvananthapuram -Mangalore Express (daily) |
23:00 |
23:43 |
SABARI SPECIAL TRAINS
The following special trains will be run to clear the extra rush of traffic in view of Sabari festival season.
1.Special fare special train from Chennai Central to Kollam |
Train No.06041 Chennai Central – Kollam special fare special train will leave Chennai Central at 18.20 hrs. on Mondays and Wednesdays from 13.11.2017 to 17.01.2018 and reach Kollam at 11.00 hrs. the next day. |
2.Special fare special train from Kollam to Chennai Central |
Train No.06042 Kollam – Chennai Central special fare special train will leave Kollam at 16.15 hrs. on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14.11.2017 to 11.01.2018 and on 18.01.2018 and reach Chennai Central at 08.30 hrs. the next day. |
3.Suvidha special train from Kollam to Chennai Central |
Train No.82640 Kollam – Chennai Central Suvidha special train will leave Kollam at 16.15 hrs. on 16.01.2018 and reach Chennai Central at 08.30 hrs. the next day. |
4.Suvidha special train from Chennai Central to Kollam |
Train No.82635 Chennai Central – Kollam Suvidha special train will leave Chennai Central at 22.30 hrs. on Fridays from 17.11.2017 to 19.01.2018 and reach Kollam at 14.30 hrs. the next day. |
5.Suvidha special train from Kollam to Chennai Central |
Train No.82636 Kollam – Chennai Central Suvidha special train will leave Kollam at 15.15 hrs. on Sundays from 19.11.2017 to 17.12.2017 and on 07th & 21stJanuary, 2018 and reach Chennai Central at 07.20 hrs. the next day. |
6.Special fare special train from Kollam to Chennai Central |
Train No.06044 Kollam – Chennai Central special fare special train will leave Kollam at 15.15 hrs. on 24th & 31st December, 2017 and 14thJanuary, 2018 and reach Chennai Central at 07.20 hrs. the next day. |
MORE SABARI SPECIAL TRAINS |
1.Special fare special trains between Chennai Central – Kollam |
Train No.06047 Chennai Central – Kollam special fare special train will leave Chennai Central at 18.20 hrs. on Thursdays from 16th November, 2017 to 18th January, 2018 and reach Kollam at 10.30 hrs. the next day. |
2.Special fare special trains between Chennai Egmore – Kollam (via Perambur) |
Train No.06049 Chennai Egmore – Kollam special fare special train will leave Chennai Egmore at 14.45 hrs. on Mondays from 20th November, 2017 to 15th January, 2018 and reach Kollam at 05.50 hrs. the next day. |
3.Special fare special train from Kollam to Hyderabad (via Katpadi, Tiruttani, Gudur, Vijayawada, Kazipet) |
Train No.07110 Kollam – Hyderabad special fare special train will leave Kollam at 02.15 hrs. on 15th November & 01st December, 2017 and reach Hyderabad at 10.30 hrs. the next day. |
4.Special fare special train from Kollam to Hyderabad (via Katpadi, Tiruttani, Guntakal, Raichur) |
Train No.07142 Kollam – Hyderabad special fare special train will leave Kollam at 02.15 hrs. on 27th November, 2017 and reach Hyderabad at 08.30 hrs. the next day. |
5.Special fare special train from Kollam to Nizamabad |
Train No.07144 Kollam – Nizamabad special fare special train will leave Kollam at 02.15 hrs. on 19th & 23rd November, 2017 and reach Nizamabad at 13.15 hrs. the next day. |
6.Special fare special train from Kollam to Kakinada Town |
Train No.07212 Kollam – Kakinada Town special fare special train will leave Kollam at 09.30 hrs. on 12th, 17th, 21st, 25th & 29th November, 2017 and reach Kakinada Town at 13.30 hrs. the next day. |
ADDITIONAL SABARI SPECIAL TRAINS |
1.Special fare special train from Chennai Central to Kollam |
Train No.06045 Chennai Central – Kollam special fare special train will leave Chennai Central at 12.30 hrs. on Sundays from 19th November 2017 to 21stJanuary, 2018 and reach Kollam at 07.00 hrs. the next day. |
2.Special fare special train from Chennai Central to Kollam |
Train No.06051 Chennai Central – Kollam special fare special train will leave Chennai Central at 18.20 hrs. on Tuesdays from 21st November 2017 to 16th January, 2018 and reach Kollam at 11.00 hrs. the next day. Train No.06052 Kollam – Chennai Central special fare special train will leave Kollam at 16.15 hrs. on Wednesdays from 22nd November, 2017 to 17th January, 2018 and reach Chennai Central at 08.30 hrs. the next day. Composition:AC 3-tier – 2, Sleeper Class – 12, General Second Class – 2 & Luggage-cum-brake van – 2 coaches. Stoppages:Arakkonam, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Changanasseri, Tiruvalla, Chengannur and Kayankulam. Train No. 06052 will stop at Perambur also. |