KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Intercity Express
 ERANAMKULAM BANGLORE INTERCITY SUPERFAST EXPRESS | |||||
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Intercity Superfast Express | ||||
| Locale | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala | ||||
| First service | Wed 15 April 1998 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Southern Railway (India) | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | KSR Bengaluru Ernakulam Junction | ||||
| Stops | 12 halts | ||||
| Distance travelled | 587 km (365 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 10h 40m | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12677/12678 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Unreserved, Second Sitting, AC Chair Car | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | No | ||||
| Auto-rack arrangements | YES | ||||
| Catering facilities | Yes | ||||
| Observation facilities | Windows | ||||
| Entertainment facilities | YES, AVAILABLE | ||||
| Baggage facilities | ABOVE SEATS | ||||
| Other facilities | Pantry car, Catering | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | ICF coach pulled by WAP-4 from Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam or Electric Loco Shed, Erode | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum with halts | ||||
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Train No. 12677 / 12678 K.S.R Bengaluru City Junction – Ernakulam Jn Intercity Superfast Express is an Daily Intercity Superfast express train which runs daily between K.S.R Bengaluru City Junction and Ernakulam Junction via Hosur.
History
[edit]In the railway budget of the year 1997–98, a plan was proposed to introduce a superfast train between Coimbatore and Bangalore.[1] On 15 April 1998, Bangalore–Coimbatore Intercity Express train was inaugurated as Train no: 2677. In the year 2008, the service was extended till Ernakulam as Train no: 12677 after few temporary runs.[2]
On 13 February 2015, the train derailed on its onward journey to Ernakulam from Bangalore, leading to 10 deaths and injuring 150 people.[3][4][5]
Train information
[edit]The train is hauled by an Erode (EDDX or EDE) or Arakkonambased WAP-4 throughout the journey. Before the commissioning of electrification of the Bengaluru (Baiyyappanahalli) - Salem line on 2 July 2022, the train used to be hauled by a Golden Rock based WDP-4D (earlier Erode-based), WDG-4 or WDP-4B or an Erode based WDM-3D from Bangalore to Erode, and an Erode-based WAP-4 from Erode to Ernakulam.
This train runs daily each way, as Train no: 12677 (Ernakulam Exp) departing Bangalore City Junction at 06:10hrs and reaching Ernakulam Junction at 16:55 hrs and Train no: 12678 (Bangalore Exp) departing Ernakulam Junction at 09:10 hrs and reaching Bangalore City Junction at 21:00 hrs. It covers a distance of 587 kilometres (365 mi) in each direction.
It runs with an ICF rake. The rake of the train usually contains 6 unreserved coaches, 11 second sitting coaches, 1 AC chair car coach, a pantry car and 2 SLR cars, making a total of 21 coaches.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the train was numbered as 02677/02678 and was hauled by a Golden Rock-based WDP4D or WDP4B throughout the journey.
Rake/coach composition
[edit]| LOCO | DL1 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | C1 | PC | D9 | D10 | D11 | D12 | D13 | UR | UR | UR | UR | SLR |
SLR – Sitting cum luggage rake
UR – Unreserved
D – Second sitting
C – AC chair car
PC – Pantry car
References
[edit]- ^ "Indian Railway Budget 1997–1998". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Southern Railways revises train timings". The Hindu. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "10 dead, over 150 injured as Ernakulam-bound Inter City SF Express derails near Bengaluru". Yahoo India. No. 13 February 2015. Yahoo India. PTI. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "9 dead as inter-city train derails near Bengaluru". The Hindu. No. 13 February 2015. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "2 Killed, Several Injured as Train Derails Near Tamil Nadu's Hosur". NDTV Convergence Limited. No. 13 February 2015. NDTV Convergence Limited. Press Trust of India. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.