- Island Express (train)
The Island Express is an
Indian Railways train running betweenBangalore and Kanyakumari. Train# 6526 runs from Bangalore to Kanyakumari, and Train# 6525 runs in the reverse direction. The train runs daily viaCoimbatore , and covers the 944 km route in about 20 hours.No part of the train's route is on an island; the name was given because the predecessor of this train used to start its journey from the
Cochin Harbour Terminus station inWillingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala , (Cochin) till the late 1970s. At that time, it was the only train that connected Bangalore (Karnataka state) to Kerala.The Island Express also experienced a horrible railway accident when a large number of its coaches fell into the
lake Ashtamudi Kayal while crossing the railway bridge. Hundreds lost their lives. The driver of the train was later declared unfit for driving.TimeTable
STATION CODE STATION NAME ARRIVAL DEPARTURE CAPE Kanyakumari Starting Station 10:30 NCJ
Nagarcoil JN 10:50 10:55ERL ERANIEL 11:14 11:15
KZT KULITTHURAI 11:29 11:30
NYY NEYYATTINKARA 11:54 11:55
TVC
Trivandrum CNTL 12:45 12:55CRY CHIRAYINKIL 13:14 13:15
KVU KADAKAVUR 13:19 13:20
VAK VARKALA 13:34 13:35
PVU PARAVUR 13:44 13:45
QLN QUILON JN 14:10 14:15
KPY KARUNAGAPALLI 14:40 14:45
KYJ KAYANKULAM 14:53 14:55
MVLK MAVELIKARA 15:09 15:10
CNGR CHENGANNUR 15:24 15:25
TRVL TIRUVALLA 15:34 15:35
CGY CHANGANACHERI 15:44 15:45
KTYM KOTTAYAM 16:20 16:25
PVRD PIRAVAM ROAD 16:39 16:40
ERN ERNAKULAM TOWN 17:55 18:05
AWY ALWAYE 18:23 18:25
AFK ANGAMALI 18:34 18:35
CKI CHALAKUDI 19:01 19:02
IJK IRINJALAKUDA 19:11 19:12
PUK PUDUKAD 19:14 19:15
TCR TRICHUR 19:50 19:55
WKI WADAKANCHERI 20:09 20:10
OTP OTTAPPALAM 20:54 20:55
PGT PALGHAT 21:25 21:30
CBE COIMBATORE JN 22:40 22:45
TUP TIRUPPUR 23:29 23:30
ED ERODE JN 00:20 00:25
SA SALEM JN 01:20 01:25
TPT TIRUPATTUR JN 03:09 03:10
KPN KUPPAM 04:04 04:05
BWT BANGARAPET 04:43 04:45
MLO MALUR 05:14 05:15
WFD WHITEFIELD 05:34 05:35
KJM KRISHNARAJAPURM 06:05 06:10
BNCE BANGALORE EAST 06:26 06:28
BNC BANGALORE CANT 06:46 06:50
SBC
Bangalore CY JN 07:00 Destination StationExternal links
[http://indiarailinfo.com/train/map/916/136/1010 Island Express Route Map]
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