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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 type	Mail/Express/Superfast
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 each way
Train number(s)	12677/12678
On-board services
Class(es)	Unreserved, Second Sitting, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	Yes
Observation facilities	Windows
Other facilities	Pantry car, Catering
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coaches pulled by WAP-7 from Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	55 km/h (34 mph) average with halts
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 an 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 2nd 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

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