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Malabar Express
Malabar Express is the Oldest train In this route
The 16629 / 16630 Malabar Express is an Daily Slowest Night Express train service in India, named after the Malabar Coast, the south-western coastal region of India that runs from Port City Mangaluru Central In Karnataka and Thiruvananthapuram Central in Keralas State Capital . As the name suggests, it connects the two ends of the Malabar region (the Southern and the Northern). This train has one of the longest running time between Mangaluru Central and Thiruvananthapuram Central And it is the slowest train among all other trains from Mangaluru Central to Thiruvananthapuram Central and vice versa . HistoryThe train initially ran between Madras and Calicut from 1888 & later extended to Mangalore to become Malabar Express. On July 1, 1940, the train route was extended to Cochin Harbour Terminus which later got extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central to become Trivandrum Mangalore Malabar Express TractionIt is hauled by an Erode based WAP-4 or Royapuram based WAP-7 electric locomotive on its entire journey. ServiceThis train runs between Mangalore Central and Thiruvananthapuram Central. The train no. 16629 starts from Trivandrum at 18:40 hours and reaches Mangalore at 10:25 hours the next day. In the return direction, train no. 16630 leaves Mangalore at 18:15 hours and reaches Trivandrum at 09:00 hours the next day. It runs via Trunk route Kottayam Coach compositionIt has 23 coaches (10 sleeper class, 4 3-tier AC, 1 2-tier AC, 1 AC first class-cum-2-tier, 5 second class, and 2 brake van-cum-second sitter). Route and haltsThis train has 51 halts.[1] Some of the halts are:
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