Ahilyanagari Express

Ahilyanagari Superfast Express
Overview
Service type	Superfast
Locale	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Kerala
First service	29 October 1988
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway
Route
Termini	Indore Junction (INDB); Thiruvananthapuram North (TVCN)
Stops	48
Distance travelled	2,645 km (1,644 mi)
Average journey time	47 hours 05 mnutes
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	22645 / 22646
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Ac 3 Tier Economy, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	E-catering
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	57 km/h (35 mph) average including halts.
Route map
Route map

The 22645 / 22646 Ahilyanagari Superfast Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways, running between Indore Junction in Madhya Pradesh and Thiruvananthapuram North in Kerala. From February 2021, the terminal was changed to Thiruvananthapuram North instead of Thiruvananthapuram Central in Kerala.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The name Ahilyanagari signifies the former name of the city of the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, that is, Indore. Previously, it was running between Cochin Harbour Terminus and Indore, and later it was extended to Thiruvananthapuram. In February 2021, its terminal was changed to Kochuveli near Thiruvananthapuram Central

Service

The 22645 Ahilyanagari Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 2645 km in 47 hours and 5 minutes.^[4]

The 22646 Ahilyanagari Express has an average speed of 57 km/h and covers 2645 km in 46 hours 30 minutes.^[5]

The important halts of the train are:

The train consists of 21 coaches as follows:

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
	SLR	UR	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	A1	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	UR	SLR

Railways in Central India
Trunk lines	Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line New Delhi–Chennai main line New Delhi–Mumbai main line
Branch lines/ sections	Bina–Katni line Tatanagar–Bilaspur section Bilaspur–Nagpur section Nagpur–Bhusawal section Allahabad–Jabalpur section Jabalpur–Bhusaval section Agra–Bhopal section Ujjain–Bhopal section Bhopal–Nagpur section Nagpur–Hyderabad line Narkhed–Amravati line Dalli Rajhara–Jagdalpur line Bilaspur–Katni line Indore–Gwalior line
Metro	Bhopal Metro Indore Metro
Defunct lines revived/under revival	Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway Rajputana–Malwa Railway Satpura Railway
Railway zones	South East Central Railway Western Railway West Central Railway
Railway divisions	Ratlam railway division Bhopal railway division Jabalpur railway division Bilaspur railway division Raipur railway division
Rail transport	Rail transport in Chhattisgarh Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) Datia rail accident

Express trains running through Kerala
Starting from Trivandrum	Mangalore Vande Bharat Rajdhani Exp Maveli Exp Vanchinad Exp Malabar Exp Venad Exp Ernad Exp Amritha Exp Mangalore Exp Chennai Mail SF Chennai AC SF Chennai SF Trichy Intercity Exp Veraval Exp Korba Exp Aronai Exp Shalimar Exp Nizamuddin Exp via KTYM Nizamuddin Exp via ALLP
Starting from Kochuveli	Rajya Rani Exp Kerala Sampark Kranti Exp Antyodaya Exp Hubballi SF Kochuveli–Amritsar Exp SMVT Humsafar Exp Rishikesh SF Porbandar SF Indore Exp Raptisagar Exp LTT Garib Rath Yesvantpur Garib Rath Sri Ganganagar Exp Kochuveli-LTT Exp
Starting from Kollam Jn.	Quilon Mail Exp Ananthapuri SF Tirupati Exp Visakhapatnam Exp
Starting from Ernakulam Jn.	Tea Garden Exp Bilaspur SF Kannur Exp Okha Patna SF via ASN Velankanni Exp Nizamuddin Exp
Starting from Guruvayur	Intercity Exp Chennai Egmore-Guruvayur Exp
Starting from Palakkad Jn.	Palaruvi Exp
Starting from Kozhikode	Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi
Starting from Kannur	Kannur Jan Shatabdi Yesvantpur Exp
Starting from Kasaragod	Kasaragod Vande Bharat
Starting from other states	Parasuram Exp Jayanti Janata Exp Island Exp Vivek Exp Mangalore Mail SF Dadar-Tirunelveli SF Gandhidham–Nagercoil Exp Himsagar Exp Gurudev Exp
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