Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) will facilitate operation of four pairs of trains on electrical traction with effect from September 20.

Train Nos. 12617 Ernakulam-Hazarath Nizamuddin Mangala Lakshadweep Express and Train No. 12618, Hazrath Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Lakshadweep Express (September 23);
Train No. 16346 Thiruvananthapuram-Mumbai LTT Netravathi Express and Train No. 16345, Mumbai LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Netravathi Express (September 22)
Train No. 12202, Kochuveli-Mumbai LTT Express (September 22) and Train No. 12201 Mumbai LTT-Kochuveli Express (September 23).

The trains thus would run on electric traction (electric locomotive) from end-to-end.