KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Intercity Express

KSR Bengaluru – Ernakulam Jn. Intercity Superfast 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, Royapuram or Electric Loco Shed, Erode
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	210 MEGAWATTS
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph) average with halts
Route map

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

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

The train is hauled by an ED or RPM-based 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 WDP4D (earlier Erode-based), WDG4 or WDP4B 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 19:50 hrs. It covers a distance of 587 kilometres (365 mi) in each direction and the journey duration is about 10 hours and 40 minutes.

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

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

1. "Indian Railway Budget 1997–1998". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
2. "Southern Railways revises train timings". The Hindu. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
3. "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.
4. "9 dead as inter-city train derails near Bengaluru". The Hindu. No. 13 February 2015. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
5. "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.