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	The train numbered 12665 leaves {{rws\|Howrah}} at 16:15 hours every Mondays<ref name="HWH-CAPE1 (Via. HWH-MAS main line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. HWH-MAS main line) \|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29.pdf \|work=[[Indian Railways]] \|accessdate=25 February 2014 \|page=2 \|format=PDF \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717130215/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29.pdf \|archivedate=17 July 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> and arrives {{rws\|Kanyakumari}} at 10:50 hours on Wednesdays.<ref name="HWH-CAPE2 (Via. Chord Line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. Chord Line)\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/21.pdf\|work=[[Indian Railways]]\|accessdate=25 February 2014\|page=2\|format=PDF}}</ref> On the return journey, the train leaves {{rws\|Kanyakumari}} at 05:30 hours every Saturdays<ref name="CAPE-HWH1 (Via. Chord Line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via. Chord Line)\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/21A.pdf\|work=[[Indian Railways]]\|accessdate=25 February 2014\|page=1\|format=PDF}}</ref> and arrives {{rws\|Howrah}} at 23:55 hours on Sundays.<ref name="CAPE-HWH2 (Via. HWH-MAS main line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via.HWH-MAS main line) \|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29A.pdf \|work=[[Indian Railways]] \|accessdate=25 February 2014 \|page=2 \|format=PDF \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818103657/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29A.pdf \|archivedate=18 August 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>{{efn\|The timings are in [[Indian Standard Time]].}}		The train numbered 12665 leaves {{rws\|Howrah}} at 16:15 hours every Mondays<ref name="HWH-CAPE1 (Via. HWH-MAS main line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. HWH-MAS main line) \|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29.pdf \|work=[[Indian Railways]] \|accessdate=25 February 2014 \|page=2 \|format=PDF \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717130215/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29.pdf \|archivedate=17 July 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> and arrives {{rws\|Kanyakumari}} at 10:50 hours on Wednesdays.<ref name="HWH-CAPE2 (Via. Chord Line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. Chord Line)\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/21.pdf\|work=[[Indian Railways]]\|accessdate=25 February 2014\|page=2\|format=PDF}}</ref> On the return journey, the train leaves {{rws\|Kanyakumari}} at 05:30 hours every Saturdays<ref name="CAPE-HWH1 (Via. Chord Line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via. Chord Line)\|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/21A.pdf\|work=[[Indian Railways]]\|accessdate=25 February 2014\|page=1\|format=PDF}}</ref> and arrives {{rws\|Howrah}} at 23:55 hours on Sundays.<ref name="CAPE-HWH2 (Via. HWH-MAS main line)">{{cite web\|title=Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via.HWH-MAS main line) \|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29A.pdf \|work=[[Indian Railways]] \|accessdate=25 February 2014 \|page=2 \|format=PDF \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818103657/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29A.pdf \|archivedate=18 August 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>{{efn\|The timings are in [[Indian Standard Time]].}}
	Some of the prominent stoppages includes {{rws\|Kharagpur}}, {{rws\|Bhubaneswar}}, {{rws\|Visakhapatnam}},{{rws\|Rajahmundry}}, {{rws\|Eluru}},{{rws\|Vijayawada}}, {{rws\|Ongole}}, {{rws\|Chennai Egmore}}, {{rws\|Viluppuram Junction}}, {{rws\|Tiruchirappalli Junction}}, {{rws\|Madurai Junction}}, {{rws\|Tirunelveli Junction}} and {{rws\|Nagercoil Junction}}.		Some of the prominent stoppages includes {{rws\|Kharagpur}}, {{rws\|Bhubaneswar}}, {{rws\|Visakhapatnam}},{{rws\|Rajahmundry}}, {{rws\|Eluru}},{{rws\|Vijayawada}}, {{rws\|Ongole}}, {{rws\|Chennai Egmore}}, {{rws\|Viluppuram Junction}}, {{rws\|Tiruchirappalli Junction}}, {{rws\|Madurai Junction}}, {{rws\|Tirunelveli Junction}} and {{rws\|Nagercoil Junction}}.
			There is a heavy demand for this train for stoppage in Vallioor railway station.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2025}}

	==See also==		==See also==

>Surfrazyusuf at 10:47, 16 May 2021

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
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| name = Howrah–Kanyakumari Express
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| type = [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast]] [[Passenger rail terminology#Express service|Express]]
| status = Operating
| locale = [[West Bengal]], [[Odisha]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] & [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]
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| start = {{rws|Howrah}} '''(HWH)'''
| stops = 29
| end = {{rws|Kanyakumari}} '''(CAPE)'''
| distance = {{convert|2431|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 42 hours, 35 minutes
| frequency = Weekly
| trainnumber = 12665/12666
| line_used = [[Howrah-Chennai main line]] '''([[Howrah railway station|HWH]]{{snd}}[[Korukkupet railway station|KOK]])'''<br>Diamond Junction of Chennai '''([[Korukkupet railway station|KOK]]{{snd}}[[Washermanpet railway station|WST]])'''<br>[[Guntakal–Chennai Egmore section]] '''([[Washermanpet railway station|WST]]{{snd}}[[Chennai Egmore|MS]])'''<br>[[Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur line]] '''([[Chennai Egmore|MS]]{{snd}}[[Viluppuram Junction railway station|VM]])'''<br>[[Chord Line, Tamil Nadu|Chord line]] '''([[Viluppuram Junction railway station|VM]]{{snd}}[[Tiruchirappalli Junction|TPJ]])'''
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| seating = AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved.
| catering = Pantry Car
| speed = {{convert|56|km/h}}
| owners = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| routenumber = 29/21/29A/21A<ref>{{cite web|title=Trains at a Glance July 2013 - June 2014 |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?id=0,1,304,366,537 |work=[[Indian Railways]] |accessdate=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221065438/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?id=0%2C1%2C304%2C366%2C537 |archivedate=21 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| sharing = *[[Mumbai CST - Nagercoil Balaji Express]]
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The '''Howrah–Kanyakumari Express''' is a Superfast [[inter-city rail|inter-city]] [[Passenger rail terminology#Express service|express service]] connecting [[Howrah]] ([[Kolkata]]), [[West Bengal]] with [[Kanyakumari]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]]. It runs with highly refurbished LHB coaches designed at ICF, Chennai.

==Overview==
This express train was, numbered 6355/6356, introduced during the 1999–2000 Railway Budget as a new weekly train extending the [[Tiruchirappalli – Howrah Superfast Express]], thereby truncating the service of the latter from tri–weekly to bi–weekly.<ref>{{cite web|title=Over a dozen new trains to begin|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2000/rjun2000/r30062000.html|work=[[Press Information Bureau]]|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref> The train connecting [[Howrah]]/[[Kolkata]] in [[West Bengal]] and [[Kanyakumari]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] made its inaugural run on 1 July 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kanyakumari, Howrah express flagged off |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/02/stories/0402223d.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140226180241/http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/02/stories/0402223d.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 July 2000|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref> This train was converted to Superfast category and re-numbered to 2665/2666 from 1 December 2006 onwards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tiruchi-Howrah Express made superfast|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/42-trains-to-be-speeded-up/article3054717.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 November 2006|accessdate=25 February 2014|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=19 express trains speeded up |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/02/stories/2006120205490400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108210005/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/02/stories/2006120205490400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 December 2006|accessdate=25 February 2014|location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]}}</ref> Later, the train number was changed to 12665/12666 from December 2010 onwards as a part of train management system over the entire Indian Railways network.<ref>{{cite web|title=Railways to Switch to 'Five' – Digit System for Numbering all its Passenger Carrying Trains from December 2010|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=65917|work=[[Press Information Bureau]]|date=23 September 2010|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Railways migrate to 5-digit number scheme to monitor trains|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Railways-migrate-to-5-digit-number-scheme-to-monitor-trains/articleshow/7132909.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 December 2010|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>

==Rakes==
The train has 22 coaches comprising One AC 2-Tier, Three AC 3-tier, Eleven [[Couchette car|Sleeper class]], Three General compartments (Unreserved), Two Sleeper-cum-Luggage rake (SLR), One High-Capacity Parcel Van (HCPV) and one [[pantry car]].{{efn|The coach composition is subject to change.}}

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==Schedule==
The train numbered 12665 leaves {{rws|Howrah}} at 16:15 hours every Mondays<ref name="HWH-CAPE1 (Via. HWH-MAS main line)">{{cite web|title=Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. HWH-MAS main line) |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29.pdf |work=[[Indian Railways]] |accessdate=25 February 2014 |page=2 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717130215/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29.pdf |archivedate=17 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and arrives {{rws|Kanyakumari}} at 10:50 hours on Wednesdays.<ref name="HWH-CAPE2 (Via. Chord Line)">{{cite web|title=Train Time Table for HWH-CAPE (Via. Chord Line)|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/21.pdf|work=[[Indian Railways]]|accessdate=25 February 2014|page=2|format=PDF}}</ref> On the return journey, the train leaves {{rws|Kanyakumari}} at 05:30 hours every Saturdays<ref name="CAPE-HWH1 (Via. Chord Line)">{{cite web|title=Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via. Chord Line)|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/21A.pdf|work=[[Indian Railways]]|accessdate=25 February 2014|page=1|format=PDF}}</ref> and arrives {{rws|Howrah}} at 23:55 hours on Sundays.<ref name="CAPE-HWH2 (Via. HWH-MAS main line)">{{cite web|title=Train Time Table for CAPE-HWH (Via.HWH-MAS main line) |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29A.pdf |work=[[Indian Railways]] |accessdate=25 February 2014 |page=2 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818103657/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/pdf/29A.pdf |archivedate=18 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>{{efn|The timings are in [[Indian Standard Time]].}}
Some of the prominent stoppages includes {{rws|Kharagpur}}, {{rws|Bhubaneswar}}, {{rws|Visakhapatnam}},{{rws|Rajahmundry}}, {{rws|Eluru}},{{rws|Vijayawada}}, {{rws|Ongole}}, {{rws|Chennai Egmore}}, {{rws|Viluppuram Junction}}, {{rws|Tiruchirappalli Junction}}, {{rws|Madurai Junction}}, {{rws|Tirunelveli Junction}} and {{rws|Nagercoil Junction}}.

==See also==
* [[Tiruchirappalli – Howrah Superfast Express]]
* [[Cholan Express]]
* [[Pallavan Express]]
* [[Vaigai express]]
* [[Tiruchirappalli – Tirunelveli Intercity Express]]
* [[IRCTC]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110315075343/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/ Southern Railway - Official Website]

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