KSR Bengaluru–Ernakulam Intercity Express

Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express is an Intercity express train which runs daily between Bangalore City Junction and Ernakulam Junction via Hosur.

KSR Bengaluru – Ernakulam Intercity Express
Overview
Service typeMail/Express/Superfast
LocaleKarnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
First serviceWed 15 April 1998
Current operator(s)Southern Railway (India)
Route
TerminiKSR Bengaluru
Ernakulam Junction
Stops12 halts
Distance travelled587 km (365 mi)
Average journey time10h 40m
Service frequencyDaily each way
Train number(s)12677/12678
On-board services
Class(es)Unreserved, Second Sitting, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesYes
Observation facilitiesWindows
Other facilitiesPantry car, Catering
Technical
Rolling stockICF coach pulled by WAP-7 from Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed55 km/h (34 mph) average with halts
Route map
(Bangalore–Ernakulam) Intercity Express route map

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

It is hauled by a Golden Rock-based WDP4D (earlier Erode-based), WDG4 or WDP4B or an Erode-based WDM-3D from Bangalore to Erode. From Erode to Ernakulam, it is hauled by an Erode-based WAP-4. 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 4 unreserved coaches, 11 second sitting coaches, 2 AC chair car coaches, a pantry car, a high-capacity parcel van, and 2 SLR cars, making a total of 21 coaches. It is running due to the COVID-19 pandemic as 02677/02678 and is hauled by a Golden Rock-based WDP4D or WDP4B throughout the journey.

For first time, from July 2, 2022, full end-to-end run with electric locomotive run has started using a "WAP-7"(locomotive) based out of Royapuram Electric Loco Shed after the commissioning of electrification along the Bengaluru (Baiyyappanahalli) - Salem line.

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

HCPV – High-capacity parcel van

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 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.
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