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{{Infobox rail service
| name = Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| caption =
| type = Intercity Express
| locale = [[Karnataka]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]]
| first = Wed 15 April 1998
| last =
| operator = [[Southern Railway (India)]]
| ridership =
| start = [[KSR Bengaluru]]
| stops =12 halts
| end = [[Ernakulam Junction]]
| distance = {{convert|587|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 10h 40m
| frequency = Daily each way
| class = Unreserved, Second Sitting, AC Chair Car
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = No
| autorack =
| catering = Yes
| observation = Windows
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| otherfacilities=Pantry car, Catering
| stock = Engine:WDM3A or WDP4D of [[Diesel Loco Shed, Erode]] or [[Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock]] from Bangalore to Erode;WAP-4 of [[Electric Loco Shed, Erode]] from Erode to Ernakulam, [[ICF coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 12677/12678
| speed = {{convert|55|km/h|abbr=on}} average with halts
| map = [[File:(Bangalore – Ernakulam) Intercity Express route map.png|300px|(Bangalore–Ernakulam) Intercity Express route map]]
| map_state =
}}

'''Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express''' is an [[Intercity Express (Indian Railways)|Intercity express]] train which runs daily between [[Bangalore City Junction]] and [[Ernakulam Junction]] via Hosur.

==History==
In the railway budget of the year 1997–98, a plan was proposed to introduce a superfast train between [[Coimbatore]] and Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web | title = Indian Railway Budget 1997–1998| url = http://pib.nic.in/archive/bud9798/railbud.html |accessdate = 14 February 2015}}</ref> On 15 April 1998, Bangalore–Coimbatore Intercity Express train was inaugurated as Train no: 2677. In the year 2008, the service was extended till Ernakulam as Train no: 12677 after few temporary runs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Southern Railways revises train timings|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/southern-railway-revises-train-timings/article1288027.ece|accessdate=14 February 2015|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 July 2008}}</ref>

On 13 February 2015, the train [[Anekal derailment|derailed]] on its onward journey to [[Ernakulam]] from [[Bangalore]], leading to 10 deaths and injuring 150 people.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 dead, over 150 injured as Ernakulam-bound Inter City Express derails near Bengaluru|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/ernakulam-bound-inter-city-express-derails-near-bangalore-025728554.html|accessdate=13 February 2015|work=Yahoo India|agency=PTI|issue=13 February 2015|publisher=Yahoo India|date=13 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=9 dead as inter-city train derails near Bengaluru|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/100-injured-as-bangaloreernakulam-train-derails-near-hosur/article6889984.ece|accessdate=13 February 2015|issue=13 February 2015|work=The Hindu|date=13 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=2 Killed, Several Injured as Train Derails Near Tamil Nadu's Hosur|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/several-injured-as-bangalore-ernakulam-express-derails-near-karnataka-border-739217|accessdate=13 February 2015|work=NDTV Convergence Limited|agency=Press Trust of India|issue=13 February 2015|publisher=NDTV Convergence Limited|date=13 February 2015}}</ref>

==Train information==
It is hauled by an Golden Rock-based WDP4D (earlier Erode-based), WDG4 or WDP4B or an Erode-based WDM-3A from Bangalore to Erode. From Erode to Ernakulam, it is hauled by an Erode-based WAP-4. This train runs daily each way, as Train no: 12677 (Ernakulam Exp) departing Bangalore City Junction at 06:15 hrs and reaching Ernakulam Junction at 16:55 hrs and Train no: 12678 (Bangalore Exp) departing Ernakulam Junction at 09:10 hrs and reaching Bangalore City Junction at 19:50 hrs. It covers a distance of {{convert|587|km}} in each direction and the journey duration is about 10 hours and 40 minutes. It runs with an ICF rake. The [[Rake (train)|rake]] of the train usually contains 4 unreserved coaches, 11 second sitting coaches, 2 AC chair car coaches, a pantry car, a high-capacity parcel van, and 2 SLR cars, making a total of 21 coaches. It is running due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as 02677/02678 and is hauled by a Golden Rock-based WDP4D or WDP4B throughout the journey.

=== Rake/coach composition ===

{|class="wikitable" style= "text-align:center; width: 60%"
| '''LOCO'''
| SLR
| UR
| UR
| D1
| D2
| D3
| D4
| D5
| D6
| D7
| '''PC''',
| D8
| D9
| D10
|D11
|C1
|C2
|UR
|UR
|SLR
|'''HCPV'''
|}
SLR – Sitting cum luggage rake

UR – Unreserved

D – Second sitting

C – AC chair car

PC – Pantry car

HCPV – High-capacity parcel van

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Kerala]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Transport in Kochi]]