Night train route
Island Express
Bengaluru → Kanniyakumari · India
Kerala’s workhorse since 1940: overnight from Bengaluru’s plateau down the palm-and-backwater coast to the subcontinent’s southernmost station at Kanniyakumari.
How this line was checked
- The 630 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 19874759 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 40 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 21 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Island Express?
The Island Express runs 929 km from Bengaluru to Kanniyakumari.
How long does the Island Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 18 h 40 min for the 929 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Island Express?
Indian Railways, with WAP-7 express rake.
How old is the Island Express?
The line has been in service since 1940. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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