Netravati Express


The Netravati Express is a daily express train connecting capital cities of Kerala and Maharashtra. It operates between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. The train runs on the Konkan railway.

History

Initially the train the Bombay Kurla – Mangalore/Cochin Netravati Express was plied between Mumbai to Mangalore/Kochi as link via the inland Pune, Gulbarga, Dharmavaram, Krishnarajapuram, Palakkad route parting at Shornur Junction. Trains on the old route used to take 48 hours to reach Mangalore from Mumbai. After the Konkan Railway line was operational in 1998, the route has been changed via the Konkan Railway and the Mangaluru-Mumbai running time was reduced drastically to 16 hours. On March 1, 1998, the Bombay Kurla – Mangalore/Cochin Netravati Express started running via the Konkan, making it the first scheduled service that ran the length of the Konkan Railway. The link express was made a single train till Kochi and further extended till Thiruvananthapuram from 10 February 2001.

Background

city is situated at the banks of the Netravati River. Since this trains terminating point was Mangaluru back then, the name of the train was set as Netravati Express.

Traction

A WDP-4D,belonging to Golden Rock,or a WDM-3D of Erode Shed hauls the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Mangaluru Junction after which a Royapuram or an Erode based WAP-7 hauls the train for the remainder of its journey.

Routing

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Coach composition

In the early stages Netravati express had ICF coaches which was added upto 23 coaches :
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The train was upgraded to modern LHB rake on September 26, 2019, with an MPS of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches :
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