Indian Railways have started special trains to enable passengers to go from one city to another for COVID duration. These trains are rajdhani like trains and will be having only air conditioned classes. Only confirmed seats will be allotted in these trains. No waiting list or RAC tickets will be issued. No concessional fare allowed. Also Tatkal and Premium Tatkal quota booking wont be permitted in these trains. The passengers travelling on the train will be screened for coronavirus and those found asymptomatic will be allowed to travel.Railway board has also added that it will be mandatory for all the passengers to keep his or her mouth covered by a face cover. 1 covid train runs from Kollam Jn to Varkala - NZM TVC SF SPL (04440).

Kollam Jn to Varkala NZM TVC SF SPL (04440) departs from Kollam Jn station (QLN) at 13:05 and arrives Varkala station (VAK) at 13:28. This train has 1 stoppages.

Jan Shatabdi express as the name indicates is the shatabdi express for Jan (common mass). Basically these trains are an affordable version of Shatabdi trains in India. Therefore Jan Shatabdi trains have either seating arrangements as air-conditioned Chair Car (CC) or non air-conditioned Second Seating (2S) coaches. These are very pocket friendly compared to other trains on same route. These trains are for short distances and does not run overnight just like Shatabdi trains. It does not have onboard catering services which is there in Shatabdi trains. In general these trains are painted in white and blue combination with window panes painted either white or blue. 1 jan-shatabdi train runs from Kollam Jn to Varkala - TVC JANSHATABDI (12075).

Kollam Jn to Varkala TVC JANSHATABDI (12075) departs from Kollam Jn station (QLN) at 19:52 and arrives Varkala station (VAK) at 20:13. This train has 1 stoppages. Kollam Jn to Varkala jan-shatabdi fare is Rs.270 in Chair Car and Rs.70 in Second Seater for this train.