Ernakulam
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Superfast Express is a
Superfast train belonging to
Southern Railway zone of
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...
that runs between and
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal in India.
Currently, there are two sets of Ernakulam–
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Superfast Express which is 1st set consists of train number 12683 / 12684 and the second set consists of train number 22607 / 22608. Whereas the first set was started 3 November 2005 and the second set was started on 24 July 2011 and both sets were terminated at and was named as Ernakulam–Bengaluru City Superfast Express but to de-congest Bangalore City these trains were shifted to and renamed as Ernakulam–Banaswadi Superfast Express at 1 Sep 2017. Recently a decision to combine both the Banaswadi expresses and to run it as triweekly between Ernakulam Junction and Banaswadi was taken via Krishnarajapuram.The train now originates from
Sri M Visvesvaraya Terminal,Bengaluru.
Service
The frequency of the first set is bi-weekly and the frequency of the second set is weekly and the distance of both trains are the same with the length of 604 km and the average speed are also the same with 55 km/h with the maximum time of 11 hours 3 mins on both sides.
Routes
Both sets of Ernakulam–
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Superfast Express passes through , , , which lies near
Coimbatore, , , to its destination on both sides.
Traction
As the route is fully electrified a
WAP-4
The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...
of
Erode Loco Shed pulls the train on both sides.
newindianexpress.com
Retrieved 15 June 2019.
External links
12683 Ernakulam - Banaswadi (Bengaluru) Express
India Rail Info
12684 Ernakulam - Banaswadi (Bengaluru) Express
India Rail Info
22607 Ernakulam - Banaswadi (Bengaluru) Express
India Rail Info
22608 Ernakulam - Banaswadi (Bengaluru) Express
India Rail Info
References
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Express trains in India
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