Howrah–Ernakulam Antyodaya Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways connecting in

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and in

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

. It is currently being operated with 22877/22878 train numbers on a weekly basis. It has been a lifeline for the migrant workers from Eastern India. Thousands of workers use this train to travel from

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and

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to the industrial cities in

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and

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Coach composition

The trains is completely general coaches trains designed by

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 ...

with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras as well as facility for potable drinking water and mobile charging points and toilet occupancy indicators.

Service

It averages 63 km/h as 22877 Antyodaya Express starts on Saturday and covering 2285 km in 37 hrs and 59 km/h as 22878 Antyodaya Express starts on Tuesday covering 1968 km in 38 hrs 15 mins."Antyodaya Express To Start Regular Run From March 4"
/ref> This train serves one of the busiest corridor of migrant laborers movement in India. That is from Eastern India to Southern Indian cities of Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Ongole, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Vijaynagaram etc.

Route & halts

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Loco link

Both trains are hauled by a / Tatanagar-based

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

electric locomotives.

Operation

22877 – leaves Howrah Junction on Saturday and reaches Ernakulam Junction on day 3 at morning 6:00 hrs IST 22878 – leaves Ernakulam Junction every Tuesday at 00:20 hrs IST in night and reach Howrah Junction on 2nd day at 14:50 hrs IST

Notes

References

External links

22877/Howrah - Ernakulam Antyodaya Express
India Rail Info
22878/Ernakulam - Howrah Antyodaya Express
India Rail Info {{DEFAULTSORT:Howrah-Ernakulam Antyodaya Express Antyodaya Express trains Rail transport in Kerala Rail transport in West Bengal Rail transport in Odisha Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Rail transport in Tamil Nadu Rail transport in Karnataka 2017 establishments in India Trains from Howrah Junction railway station Rail transport in Howrah Transport in Kochi Railway services introduced in 2017