The 18189 / 18190 Tatanagar–Ernakulam Express was an
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train belonging to
South Eastern Railway zone
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that ran between
Tatanagar Junction and
Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction railway station (also known as Ernakulam South, station code: ERS) is an NSG–2 category List of railway stations in India, Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is the m ...
in
India
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. It was operated with 18189/18190 train numbers on daily basis. Till 2020, it ran as a link train between Tata Nagar to Alappuzha by attaching and detaching with Dhanbad - Alappuzha Express at Rourkela. Since, link train services in India was discontinued, this link train service was stopped for many months... After 2021, it was started as a independed train on a weekly basis with the same train number 18189/18190 between Tata Nagar and Ernakulam Junction.
The train service was stopped till Ernakulam instead of Alappuzha. It runs with different timings and route had also been changed. It runs via Gudivada, instead of Eluru route and bypasses Chennai Central by having additional stoppage at Perambur and again bypasses Coimbatore junction with additional stoppage at Podanur Junction. In 2023 it was changed into Tri-Weekly service and after 2024 May it started to run as a daily train service, connecting Jharkhand with Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala. At present, it runs as 18189/18190 Tatanagar - Ernakulam - Tatanagar Express.
History
It ran as a link train which used to get attached to Dhanbad Alappuzha Express at
Rourkela Junction railway station. Indian Railways is currently discontinuing the link services and this train also was discontinued as a link train. In place of this, a new independent train
Tatanagar - Ernakulam Express was introduced for the benefit of passengers with the same train number with different timings and routes .
See also
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Alappuzha railway station
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Dhanbad Junction railway station
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Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express
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Tatanagar - Ernakulam Express
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Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Chennai)
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Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Tirupati)
Notes
External links
18189/Tatanagar– Alappuzha ExpressIndia Rail Info
18190/Alappuzha–Tatanagar ExpressIndia Rail Info
References
Transport in Jamshedpur
Transport in Alappuzha
Express trains in India
Rail transport in Jharkhand
Rail transport in West Bengal
Rail transport in Odisha
Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh
Rail transport in Tamil Nadu
Rail transport in Kerala
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