Service type Inter-city Express Stops 29 Service frequency Weekly Start Howrah Current operator Southern Railway zone | Status Operating Distance travelled 2,431 km (1,511 mi) Average journey time 1 day 20 hours End Kanyakumari First service 1 July 2000 | |
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Locale West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu Lines used Howrah–Chennai main line Electrifications 25 kV AC railway electrification, Utility frequency | ||
The Howrah–Kanyakumari Express is a Superfast inter-city express service connecting Howrah (Kolkata), West Bengal with Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in India.
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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. The train connecting Howrah/Kolkata in West Bengal and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu made its inaugural run on 1 July 2000. This train was converted to Superfast category and re-numbered to 2665/2666 from 1 December 2006 onwards. 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.
Rakes
The train has 22 coaches comprising One A/C 2-Tier, Two A/C 3-tier, Eleven Sleeper class, Four General compartments (Unreserved), Two Sleeper-cum-Luggage rake (SLR), One High-Capacity Parcel Van (HCPV) and one pantry car.
Schedule
The train numbered 12665 leaves Howrah at 16:10 hours every Mondays and arrives Kanyakumari at 11:40 hours on Wednesdays. On the return journey, the train leaves Kanyakumari at 07:50 hours every Saturdays and arrives Howrah at 03:20 hours on Mondays. Some of the prominent stoppages includes Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Ongole, Chennai Egmore, Viluppuram Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Madurai Junction, Tirunelveli Junction and Nagercoil Junction.