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Kasaragod–Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express

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Vande Bharat Express train route in India

Kasaragod - Thiruvananthapuram CentralVande Bharat Express

Overview

Service type

Vande Bharat Express

Status

Operational

Locale

Kerala

First service

25 April 2023 (2023-04-25) (Inaugural run)
26 April 2023; 2 years ago (2023-04-26) (Commercial run)

Current operator

Southern Railways (SR)Thiruvananthapuram Division

Route

Termini

Kasaragod(KGQ)
Thiruvananthapuram Central(TVC)

Stops

Thiruvananthapuram Central-Kollam Jn-Chengannur-Kottayam-Ernakulam Town-Thrissur-Shoranur Jn-Kozhikode-Kannur-Kasargod

Distance travelled

586 km (364 mi)

Average journey time

08hrs 05mins

Service frequency

Six days a week^[a]

Train number

20633 / 20634

Lines used

Shoranur–Mangalore section
Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section
Ernakulam–Kottayam-Kollam line
Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line

On-board services

Classes

AC Chair Car, AC Executive Chair Car

Seating arrangements

Airline style
Rotatable seats

Sleeping arrangements

Catering facilities

On-board catering

Observation facilities

Large windows in all coaches

Entertainment facilities

On-board WiFi
Infotainment System
Electric outlets
Reading light
Seat Pockets
Bottle Holder
Tray Table

Baggage facilities

Overhead racks

Other facilities

Kavach

Technical

Rolling stock

Vande Bharat 2.0
(Last service: 8 Jan 2025)
Vande Bharat 3.0
(First service: 10 Jan 2025)

Track gauge

Indian gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)broad gauge

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz AC Overhead line

Operating speed

110 km/h (68 mph) (maximum)
73 km/h (45 mph) (Avg.)

Average length

480 metres (1,570 ft) (20 coaches)

Track owner

Indian Railways

Rake maintenance

Kochuveli,Thiruvananthapuram

Route map

Legend

20634 ↓					Thiruvananthapuram Central
					Kollam Junction
					Chengannur
					Kottayam
					Ernakulam Town
					Thrissur
					Shoranur Junction
					Kozhikode
					Kannur
20633 ↑					Kasaragod

The 20633/20634Kasaragod - Thiruvananthapuram CentralVande Bharat Express is India's 15thVande Bharat Express train, connectingKasaragod with state capitalThiruvananthapuram inKerala.^[1]^[2] The train service was officially inaugurated on 25 April 2023 byPrime Minister Narendra Modi atThiruvananthapuram Central.^[3] As of July 2023, it is the best-performing Vande Bharat Express train service with an average occupancy of 183 per cent, according to official data.^[4]

Overview

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This train is operated byIndian Railways, connectingKasaragod,Kannur,Kozhikode,Shoranur Junction,Thrissur,Ernakulam Town,Kottayam,Chengannur,Kollam Junction andThiruvananthapuram Central. This is the first Vande Bharat Express train for Kerala^[5] and the third Vande Bharat Express train forSouthern Railways.^[6] It is operated with train numbers 20633/20634 on 6 days a week basis.^[7]^[8]

Rakes

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It was the thirteenth2nd Generation Vande Bharat Express train which was designed and manufactured by theIntegral Coach Factory (ICF) under the leadership ofSudhanshu Mani atPerambur,Chennai under theMake in India initiative.

As per latest updates, the current running rake Has been converted to 20-car rake as this would benefit the passengers heading towards the capital city ofKerala,Trivandrum and other key stations likeKozhikode,Ernakulam Town andKollam. This conversion of 16 coaches to 20 coaches commenced on10 January 2025, starting fromTrivandrum Central railway station.^[9]

This is thethird change in the Vande Bharat Express services afterNew Delhi-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express andVaranasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express.

Service

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The 20633/20634 Kasaragod - Thiruvananthapuram Ctrl Vande Bharat Express operates six days a week except Thursdays, covering a distance of 586 km (364 mi) in a travel time of 8 hours with an average speed of 72 km/h (45 mph). The service has 8 intermediate stops. The Maximum Permissible Speed is 130 km/h (81 mph).

Incidents

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Just a few days after the commercial run of this Vande Bharat Express train, an unidentified man pelted stones on this express train on Monday, 1 May 2023. This incident occurred near theTirur railway station in theMalappuram district in Kerala around 5pm. Despite the crack, this train continued the journey and halted at theShoranur Junction railway station. Once on arrival, the railway protection force inspected the cracks to find out this issue. Luckily no casualties were reported during this incident.^[10]^[11]

On 4 December 2024, the train returning from Kasaragod to Trivandrum faced an engine failure and was held up at the Shoranur Junction. As a result, the train was delayed for an hour.^[12]

Notes

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^Except Thursdays

References

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^"Vande Bharat Express extended to Kasaragod; 130 kmph speed in 3.5 years: Rail min Ashwini Vaishnaw".English.Mathrubhumi. 18 April 2023. Retrieved18 April 2023.
^"Kerala's first Vande Bharat Express to run till Kasaragod".The New Indian Express. Retrieved19 April 2023.
^"PM flags off Vande Bharat service".The Times of India. 26 April 2023.ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved26 April 2023.
^"Kasaragod To Trivandrum Vande Bharat Train Best Performing: Official Data".NDTV.com. Retrieved1 July 2023.
^"PM Narendra Modi to flag off Kerala's first Vande Bharat service in Thiruvananthapuram on April 25".The Hindu. 14 April 2023.ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved14 April 2023.
^"PM Modi to announce Vande Bharat train services in Kerala on April 25".English.Mathrubhumi. 10 April 2023. Retrieved14 April 2023.
^"PM to flag-off Vande Bharat Express on April 25".The Hindu. 22 April 2023.ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved23 April 2023.
^"Rousing reception as Vande Bharat train arrives in Kerala".The Times of India. 15 April 2023.ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved29 April 2023.
^"Kerala's 20-coach Vande Bharat rake reaches Kerala: Total capacity, facilities and more".Kerala's 20-coach Vande Bharat rake reaches Kerala: Total capacity, facilities and more. Retrieved8 January 2025.
^"Stone thrown at Vande Bharat in Kerala within a week of inaugural run; cracks on a window".OnManorama. Retrieved2 May 2023.
^"Stones pelted at Kerala Vande Bharat Express train in Malappuram district, security alerted, probe underway".DNA India. Retrieved2 May 2023.
^"Technical glitch: Vande Bharat halted near Shoranur for more than one hour".English.Mathrubhumi. 4 December 2024. Retrieved4 December 2024.

v t e Vande Bharat Express
Central Railway	Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Madgaon ☆ Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Sainagar Shirdi Mumbai CSMT ⇔ Solapur ★ Kalaburagi ⇔ SMVT Bengaluru ☆ Nagpur Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.☆ Ajni (Nagpur) ⇔ Pune Jn.☆
East Central Railway	Patna Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.★ Patna Jn. ⇔ Ranchi Jn.☆ Patna Jn. ⇔ Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) ☆ Jogbani ⇔ Danapur☆
East Coast Railway	Visakhapatnam Jn. ⇔ Secunderabad Jn.★ Puri ⇔ Rourkela Jn.☆ Bhubaneswar ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ New Jalpaiguri Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Gaya Jn. Howrah Jn. ⇔ Jamalpur Jn.☆
North Central Railway	Agra Cantonment ⇔ Banaras
North Eastern Railway	Gorakhpur Jn ⇔ Prayagraj Jn. Lucknow Jn ⇔ Dehradun Terminal ☆ Gorakhpur Jn. ⇔ Patliputra Jn.☆ Banaras ⇔ Khajuraho Jn.☆
Northeast Frontier Railway	New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Guwahati ☆ New Jalpaiguri Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
Northern Railway	Amritsar Jn. ⇔ Delhi Jn. Anand Vihar Terminal ⇔ Ayodhya Cantonment Jn.★ New Delhi ⇔ Amb Andaura Dehradun ⇔ Anand Vihar Terminal ☆ New Delhi ⇔ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra ★ New Delhi ⇔ Varanasi Jn.★ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ New Delhi ★ SMVD Katra ⇔ New Delhi ★ Hazrat Nizamuddin ⇔ Khajuraho Jn. Meerut City Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Varanasi Jn. ⇔ Deoghar Jn.☆ SMVD Katra ⇔ Srinagar ☆ Srinagar ⇔ SMVD Katra ☆ SMVD Katra ⇔ Amritsar Jn.☆ Firozpur Cantt. ⇔ Delhi Jn.☆ Lucknow Jn. ⇔ Saharanpur Jn.☆
North Western Railway	Ajmer Jn. ⇔ Chandigarh Jn.★ Jodhpur ⇔ Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) ☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Jaipur Jn.☆ Udaipur City ⇔ Agra Cantonment ☆ Jodhpur ⇔ Delhi Cantt.☆ Bikaner Jn. ⇔ Delhi Cantt.☆
South Central Railway	Hazur Sahib Nanded ⇔ Mumbai CSMT ★ Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Tirupati Kacheguda ⇔ Yesvantpur Jn. Secunderabad Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.★
South East Central Railway	Bilaspur Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn. Durg Jn. ⇔ Visakhapatnam Jn.☆
South Eastern Railway	Howrah Jn. ⇔ Puri ★ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Howrah Jn.☆ Ranchi Jn. ⇔ Varanasi Jn.☆ Howrah Jn. ⇔ Rourkela Jn. Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Brahmapur ☆ Tatanagar Jn. ⇔ Patna Jn.☆
South Western Railway	KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Dharwad ☆ Mysuru Jn. ⇔ MGR Chennai Central ☆ SSS Hubballi Jn. ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ SCSMT Kolhapur ⇔ Pune Jn.☆ Belagavi ⇔ KSR Bengaluru ☆ KSR Bengaluru ⇔ Ernakulam Jn.☆
Southern Railway	Chennai Egmore ⇔ Tirunelveli Jn.★ Coimbatore Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment ☆ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central ★ Kasaragod ⇔ Thiruvananthapuram Central ★ Mangaluru Central ⇔ Madgaon Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Coimbatore Jn.☆ MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Mysuru Jn. MGR Chennai Central ⇔ Vijayawada Jn.☆ Chennai Egmore ⇔ Nagercoil Jn.★ Madurai Jn. ⇔ Bengaluru Cantonment
West Central Railway	Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Hazrat Nizamuddin Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) ⇔ Rewa ☆
Western Railway	Mumbai Central ⇔ Gandhinagar Capital ★ Indore Jn. ⇔ Nagpur Jn.☆ Ahmedabad Jn.⇔ Okha ☆ Ahmedabad Jn. ⇔ Mumbai Central Sabarmati (Ahmedabad) ⇔ Veraval Jn.☆
☆ indicates 8 coach trainset \| Standard: 16 coach trainset \| ★ indicates 20 coach trainset

v t e Express trains running through Kerala
Starting fromTrivandrum	Mangalore Vande Bharat Rajdhani Exp Maveli Exp Vanchinad Exp Malabar Exp Venad Exp Ernad Exp Amritha Exp Mangalore Exp Chennai Mail SF Chennai AC SF Chennai SF Trichy Intercity Exp Veraval Exp Korba Exp Aronai Exp Ahilyanagari Exp Shalimar Exp Nizamuddin Expvia KTYM Nizamuddin Expvia ALLP
Starting fromKochuveli	Rajya Rani Exp Kerala Sampark Kranti Exp Antyodaya Exp Hubballi SF Kochuveli–Amritsar Exp SMVT Humsafar Exp Rishikesh SF Porbandar SF Indore Exp Raptisagar Exp LTT Garib Rath Yesvantpur Garib Rath Sri Ganganagar Exp Kochuveli-LTT Exp
Starting fromKollam Jn.	Quilon Mail Exp Ananthapuri SF Tirupati Exp Visakhapatnam Exp
Starting fromErnakulam Jn.	Tea Garden Exp Bilaspur SF Kannur Exp Okha Patna SFvia ASN Velankanni Exp Nizamuddin Exp
Starting fromGuruvayur	Intercity Exp Chennai Egmore-Guruvayur Exp
Starting fromPalakkad Jn.	Palaruvi Exp
Starting fromKozhikode	Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi
Starting fromKannur	Kannur Jan Shatabdi Yesvantpur Exp
Starting fromKasaragod	Kasaragod Vande Bharat
Starting from other states	Parasuram Exp Jayanti Janata Exp Island Exp Vivek Exp Mangalore Mail SF Dadar-Tirunelveli SF Gandhidham–Nagercoil Exp Himsagar Exp Gurudev Exp
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Rakes

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