Howrah–Kanyakumari Express
# Howrah–Kanyakumari Express

The Howrah–Kanyakumari Express is a Superfast inter-city express service connecting Howrah (Kolkata), West Bengal with Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in India. It runs with highly refurbished LHB coaches designed at ICF, Chennai.

## Overview

This express train was, numbered 6355/6356, introduced during the 1999–2000 Railway Budget as a new weekly train extending the Tiruchirappalli – Howrah Superfast Express, thereby truncating the service of the latter from tri–weekly to bi–weekly. The train connecting Howrah/Kolkata in West Bengal and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu made its inaugural run on 1 July 2000. This train was converted to Superfast category and re-numbered to 2665/2666 from 1 December 2006 onwards. Later, the train number was changed to 12665/12666 from December 2010 onwards as a part of train management system over the entire Indian Railways network.

## Rakes

The train has 22 coaches comprising One AC 2-Tier, Three AC 3-tier, Eleven Sleeper class, Three General compartments (Unreserved), Two Sleeper-cum-Luggage rake (SLR), One High-Capacity Parcel Van (HCPV) and one pantry car.

| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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| | HCPV | SLR | UR | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | PC | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | A1 | B1 | B2 | B3 | UR | UR | SLR |

## Schedule

The train numbered 12665 leaves Howrah at 16:15 hours every Mondays and arrives Kanyakumari at 10:50 hours on Wednesdays. On the return journey, the train leaves Kanyakumari at 05:30 hours every Saturdays and arrives Howrah at 23:55 hours on Sundays. Some of the prominent stoppages includes Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam,Rajahmundry, Eluru,Vijayawada, Ongole, Chennai Egmore, Viluppuram Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Madurai Junction, Tirunelveli Junction and Nagercoil Junction.

