Ernad Express

Ernad Express
ഏറനാട് എക്സ്പ്രസ്സ്
ಎರ್ನಾಡ್ ಎಸ್ಪ್ರೆಸ್ಸ್
எர்னாட் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ்

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway, Indian Railways
Route
Start	Mangalore
Stops	41
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, 4 second sitting coaches, 10 unreserved
Seating arrangements	Indian Rail standard
Catering facilities	No on-board catering
Technical
Rolling stock	Two
Track gauge	Broad
Route map

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 Tamil Nadu. 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.

The AC chair car of Ernad Express

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 Manjeshwar, Kumbala, Kasaragod, Kanhangad, Nileshwar, Cheruvathur, Payyannur, Valapattanam, Kannur, Thalassery, Mahe, Vatakara, Payyoli, Koyilandy, Kozhikode, Feroke, Vallikkunnu, Parappanangadi, Tanur, Tirur, Kuttippuram,Pattambi, Shoranur Junction, Thrissur Railway Station,Chalakudy, Aluva, Ernakulam Junction (South), Thuravoor, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Ambalapuzha, Harippad, Kayamkulam, Karunagappally, Kollam Junction, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Neyyattinkara and Kulitthurai.