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Island Express (train)
The 16525 /16526 Island Express is an Indian Railways train running between Bengaluru City and Kanyakumari railway station, Kanyakumari. Train no. 16526 runs from Bengaluru to Kanyakumari, and Train No. 16525 runs in the reverse direction. The train runs daily through the state of Kerala (via Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kottayam and Palakkad Junction) and covers the 929 km journey.
No part of the train's route is on an island; the name was given because the predecessor of this train used to end its journey at the Cochin Harbour Terminus station in Willingdon Island, Cochin, until the mid-1970s. At that time, it was the only train that connected Bengaluru (Karnataka state) to Kerala.
Train number 16526 covers the 929 km journey in 18 hours 40 minutes, while train 16525 takes close to 20 hours 50 minutes for the return journey. Due to the extremely slow speed of the train and the large number of stops in Kerala, this train has earned the moniker of being known as the "Supercrawler Express of Kerala". Despite this, the Island Express is still one of the most preferred trains by Keralites residing in Bengaluru for travelling to Kerala. This was the only daily train between Bengaluru and Trivandrum until early 2006.
Island Express has 22 coaches, which include 7 sleeper class coaches (S1–S7), one A/C 3-tier economy coach (M1), 5 A/C 3-tier coaches (B1–B5), two A/C 2-tier coaches (A1, A2), one first-class coach (H1), and the rest being 4 unreserved coaches, earlier was ICF brick red coach rakes.
This train was used to hauled with WDM-2 in 2017 was WDG-4D and now is hauled by a WAP-7, a 6,350 HP AC Passenger Locomotive.
LOCO-SLR-UR-UR-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-M1-B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-H1-A1-A2-UR-UR-EOG
LOCO-EOG-UR-UR-A2-A1-H1-B5-B4-B3-B2-B1-M1-S7-S6-S5-S4-S3-S2-S1-UR-UR-SLR
The exact history of the Island Express is somewhat hazy as surprisingly there are no accurate reports available about the early origins of the train. Legend passed down word of mouth has it that the train that is called the Island Express today started its run in the 1940s as some 3 or 4 slip coaches attached to an ancient 562/561 Cochin–Madras Express which ran out of Cochin Harbor Terminus (CHTS). The slip coaches attached to this would then be detached at Jolarpettai and attached to another train (Bangalore Mail) which would take them to Bangalore. Years passed by and sometime in the 1960s, these slip coaches grew into a separate train which was christened the 25/26 Cochin–Bangalore–Cochin Island Express. It continued to run between Cochin Harbor and Bangalore until 1976 when the Ernakulam–Kottayam–Thiruvananthapuram route was converted to broad gauge. The Island then had to say goodbye to its island as it was extended to Thiruvananthapuram. As new lines were commissioned it was extended to Nagercoil in 1988 and subsequently to Kanniyakumari in 1992.
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Island Express (train)
The 16525 /16526 Island Express is an Indian Railways train running between Bengaluru City and Kanyakumari railway station, Kanyakumari. Train no. 16526 runs from Bengaluru to Kanyakumari, and Train No. 16525 runs in the reverse direction. The train runs daily through the state of Kerala (via Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kottayam and Palakkad Junction) and covers the 929 km journey.
No part of the train's route is on an island; the name was given because the predecessor of this train used to end its journey at the Cochin Harbour Terminus station in Willingdon Island, Cochin, until the mid-1970s. At that time, it was the only train that connected Bengaluru (Karnataka state) to Kerala.
Train number 16526 covers the 929 km journey in 18 hours 40 minutes, while train 16525 takes close to 20 hours 50 minutes for the return journey. Due to the extremely slow speed of the train and the large number of stops in Kerala, this train has earned the moniker of being known as the "Supercrawler Express of Kerala". Despite this, the Island Express is still one of the most preferred trains by Keralites residing in Bengaluru for travelling to Kerala. This was the only daily train between Bengaluru and Trivandrum until early 2006.
Island Express has 22 coaches, which include 7 sleeper class coaches (S1–S7), one A/C 3-tier economy coach (M1), 5 A/C 3-tier coaches (B1–B5), two A/C 2-tier coaches (A1, A2), one first-class coach (H1), and the rest being 4 unreserved coaches, earlier was ICF brick red coach rakes.
This train was used to hauled with WDM-2 in 2017 was WDG-4D and now is hauled by a WAP-7, a 6,350 HP AC Passenger Locomotive.
LOCO-SLR-UR-UR-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-M1-B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-H1-A1-A2-UR-UR-EOG
LOCO-EOG-UR-UR-A2-A1-H1-B5-B4-B3-B2-B1-M1-S7-S6-S5-S4-S3-S2-S1-UR-UR-SLR
The exact history of the Island Express is somewhat hazy as surprisingly there are no accurate reports available about the early origins of the train. Legend passed down word of mouth has it that the train that is called the Island Express today started its run in the 1940s as some 3 or 4 slip coaches attached to an ancient 562/561 Cochin–Madras Express which ran out of Cochin Harbor Terminus (CHTS). The slip coaches attached to this would then be detached at Jolarpettai and attached to another train (Bangalore Mail) which would take them to Bangalore. Years passed by and sometime in the 1960s, these slip coaches grew into a separate train which was christened the 25/26 Cochin–Bangalore–Cochin Island Express. It continued to run between Cochin Harbor and Bangalore until 1976 when the Ernakulam–Kottayam–Thiruvananthapuram route was converted to broad gauge. The Island then had to say goodbye to its island as it was extended to Thiruvananthapuram. As new lines were commissioned it was extended to Nagercoil in 1988 and subsequently to Kanniyakumari in 1992.