Howrah–Kanyakumari Express

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.

Howrah–Kanyakumari Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast Express
StatusOperating
LocaleWest Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
First service1 July 2000 (2000-07-01)
Current operator(s)Southern Railway zone
Route
TerminiHowrah (HWH)
Kanyakumari (CAPE)
Stops29
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
Route map

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.[lower-alpha 1]

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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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][lower-alpha 2] 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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