Howrah–Kanyakumari Express

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Howrah–Kanyakumari Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast Express
StatusOperating
LocaleWest Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
First service1 July 2000; 21 years ago (2000-07-01)
Current operator(s)Southern Railway zone
Route
StartHowrah (HWH)
Stops29
EndKanyakumari (CAPE)
Distance travelled2,431 km (1,511 mi)
Average journey time42 hours, 35 minutes
Service frequencyWeekly
Train number(s)12665/12666
Line(s) usedHowrah-Chennai main line (HWH – KOK)
Diamond Junction of Chennai (KOK – WST)
Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section (WST – MS)
Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur line (MS – VM)
Chord line (VM – TPJ)
On-board services
Class(es)2A, 3A, SL, SLR, HCPV and UR/GS
Disabled accessDisabled access
Seating arrangementsAC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved.
Catering facilitiesPantry Car
Technical
Operating speed56 kilometres per hour (35 mph)
Track owner(s)Southern Railway zone
Timetable number(s)29/21/29A/21A[1]
Rake maintenanceNagercoil Junction
Rake sharing
  • Mumbai CST - Nagercoil Balaji Express
  • Mumbai Nagercoil Express
Route map
(Howrah - Kanyakumari) Express route map.jpg

The Howrah–Kanyakumari Express is a Superfast inter-city express service connecting Howrah (Kolkata), West Bengal with Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in India. It runs with highly refurbished LHB coaches designed at ICF, Chennai.

Overview[]

This express train was, numbered 6355/6356, introduced during the 1999–2000 Railway Budget as a new weekly train extending the Tiruchirappalli – Howrah Superfast Express, thereby truncating the service of the latter from tri–weekly to bi–weekly.[2] The train connecting Howrah/Kolkata in West Bengal and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu made its inaugural run on 1 July 2000.[3] This train was converted to Superfast category and re-numbered to 2665/2666 from 1 December 2006 onwards.[4][5] Later, the train number was changed to 12665/12666 from December 2010 onwards as a part of train management system over the entire Indian Railways network.[6][7]

Rakes[]

The train has 22 coaches comprising One AC 2-Tier, Three AC 3-tier, Eleven Sleeper class, Three General compartments (Unreserved), Two Sleeper-cum-Luggage rake (SLR), One High-Capacity Parcel Van (HCPV) and one pantry car.[a]

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
BSicon LDER.svg HCPV SLR UR S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 PC S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 A1 B1 B2 B3 UR UR SLR

Schedule[]

The train numbered 12665 leaves Howrah at 16:15 hours every Mondays[8] and arrives Kanyakumari at 10:50 hours on Wednesdays.[9] On the return journey, the train leaves Kanyakumari at 05:30 hours every Saturdays[10] and arrives Howrah at 23:55 hours on Sundays.[11][b] Some of the prominent stoppages includes Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam,Rajahmundry, Eluru,Vijayawada, Ongole, Chennai Egmore, Viluppuram Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Madurai Junction, Tirunelveli Junction and Nagercoil Junction.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The coach composition is subject to change.
  2. ^ The timings are in Indian Standard Time.

References[]

  1. ^ "Trains at a Glance July 2013 - June 2014". Indian Railways. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Over a dozen new trains to begin". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Kanyakumari, Howrah express flagged off". The Hindu. 2 July 2000. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Tiruchi-Howrah Express made superfast". The Hindu. Chennai. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  5. ^ "19 express trains speeded up". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. 2 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Railways to Switch to 'Five' – Digit System for Numbering all its Passenger Carrying Trains from December 2010". Press Information Bureau. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Railways migrate to 5-digit number scheme to monitor trains". The Times of India. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. HWH-MAS main line)" (PDF). Indian Railways. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. Chord Line)" (PDF). Indian Railways. p. 2. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via. Chord Line)" (PDF). Indian Railways. p. 1. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via.HWH-MAS main line)" (PDF). Indian Railways. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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