Coimbatore:In order to clear extra rush of traffic on the Coimbatore-Chennai sector, a special train would be run from here to Chennai on Aug 16.

The train number 623 would run via Erode-Jolarpetti, with composition of 10 sleeper class coaches and nine general class coaches, a southern railway press release said here today.

It would depart from the city at 11.45 PM. It was scheduled Chennai to reach at 8.30 AM the next day, with stops at Tiruppur,Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Katpadi, Arakkonam and Perambur,the release said.