Service frequency Daily Seating arrangements Yes Current operator Indian Railways | Distance travelled 634 km (394 mi) Train number(s) 16629 / 16630 Average journey time 16 hours 0 minutes Stops 54 | |
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Class(es) 3 tier AC, 2 tier AC, sleeper class, general End Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station | ||
Malabar express arriving kasaragod
The Malabar Express (Malayalam: മലബാര് എക്സ്പ്രസ്സ്) is a train service in India, named after the Malabar coast, the south-western coastal region of India from Mangalore Central to Thiruvananthapuram Central. As the name suggests, it connects the Malabar region in north Kerala to the south. The train has one of the longest running time between Mangalore and Thiruvananthapuram Central. It Shares Rake its Rake with 16603/04 Maveli Express, 12601/02 Mangalore Central-Chennai Central Superfast Mail and 22637/38 West Coast Super Fast Express. The train's locomotive is Erode WAP-4 from Trivandrum to Shoranur and GOC/ED WDP-4D from Shoranur To Mangalore. Malabar Express is one of the most popular trains in Kerala.
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Wap 4 engine coupling with malabar express
History
The train initially ran between Madras and Mangalore. During that time the name of the train was Madras Mangalore Malabar Express. In 1963 the train route was extended to Cochin Harbour Terminus and later this was again extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central.
Route
This train runs between Mangalore Central and Thiruvananthapuram Central. The train no. 16629 starts from Trivandrum at 18:30 hours and reaches Mangalore at 10:10 hours the next day. In the return direction, train no. 16630 leaves Mangalore at 18:15 hours and reaches Trivandrum at 09:10 hours the next day.
Coach composition
It has 23 coaches (13 sleeper class, 4 3-tier AC (after the addition of BE1), 1 2-tier AC, 4 second class, and 1 brake van-cum-second sitter).