The Ministry of Railways has approved a line block of 3 hrs in Ernakulam Town (ERN) to Angamali (AFK) UP line section for 6 days a week. The block will be valid for 34 days from 18.03.2019 to 25.04.2019 except Fridays.
The following temporary changes to the time table are notified:
Train No. 16343/16349 TVC–MDU/NIL Express will have an early start by 60 minutes from 18.03.2019 to 25.04.2019. The train will pick up the existing timings from TCR. The following will be the revised PTT timings of train number 16343 between TVC and TCR:
| Station | Time | |
| Trivandrum Central (TVC) | Departure | 21:00 |
| Varkala (VAK) | Arrival / Departure | 21.34/21.35 |
| Kollam (QLN) | Arrival / Departure | 22.00/22.05 |
| Karunagapalli (KPY) | Arrival / Departure | 22.32/22.33 |
| Kayankulam (KYJ) | Arrival / Departure | 22.50/22.52 |
| Mavelikara (MVLK) | Arrival / Departure | 23.03/23.04 |
| Chengannur (CNGR) | Arrival / Departure | 23.18/23.20 |
| Tiruvalla (TRVL) | Arrival / Departure | 23.30/23.31 |
| Changanaseri (CGY) | Arrival / Departure | 23.41/23.42 |
| Kottayam (KTYM) | Arrival / Departure | 00.10/00.15 |
| Ernakulam Town (ERN) | Arrival / Departure | 01.55/02.00 |
| Idapalli (IPL) | Arrival / Departure | 02.08/02.22 |
| Aluwa (AWY) | Arrival / Departure | 02.20/02.22 |
| Thrisur (TCR) | Arrival / Departure | 03.20/04.20 |