Island Express (train)
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The Island Express is a common name used for the 6525 Bangalore-Kanyakumari and 6526 Kanyakumari-Bangalore Express(Via Coimbatore} train run by the Indian Railways. It is a daily train and covers its distance in an overnight plus a midday journey.
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 in Willingdon 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 10:55
ERL ERANIEL 11:14 11:15
KZT KULITTHURAI 11:29 11:30
NYY NEYYATTINKARA 11:54 11:55
TVC Trivandrum CNTL 12:45 12:55
CRY 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 Station
