Ernad Express

Ernad Express
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
Status Operating
Locale Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Current operator(s) Southern Railway, Indian Railways
Route
Start Mangalore
No. of intermediate stops 34
End Nagercoil
Distance travelled 690 km
Average journey time 16 hours, 20 minutes
Service frequency Daily
On-board services
Class(es) 1 air conditioned coach, ? second class coaches, 4 unreserved
Seating arrangements Indian Rail standard
Catering facilities No on-board catering
Technical
Rolling stock Two
Gauge Broad

The Ernad Express is an express train run by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways between Mangalore Central railway station in Karnataka and Nagercoil Junction railway station in Tamilnadu. It longitudinally crosses the whole state of Kerala. It was first introduced in 2009 to run between Mangalore and Kochuveli , satellite station of Trivandrum, the capital of kerala as a tri weekly express and later got extended to Nagercoil. Now this train runs as a daily service.

Train number 16605 runs from south to north and on the return journey, the train number 16606 runs from Nagercoil to Mangalore. The train has stoppage at Manjeswar, Kumbala, Kasargod, Kanhangad, Nileswar, Cheruvathur, Payyannur, Valapattanam, Kannur, Thalassery, Mahe, Vatakara, Payyoli, Koyilandi, Kozhikode, Feroke, Vallikkunnu, Parappanangadi, Tanur, Tirur, Kuttippuram, Shoranur Junction, Thrissur, Ernakulam Junction (South), Thuravoor, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalapuzha, Kayamkulam, Kollam Junction, Varkkala, Kochuveli, Thiruvananthapuram Central,Neyyattinkara and Kulitthurai.