Kanyakumari Express
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- May refer to Howrah-Kanyakumari Express
The Kanyakumari Express is a superfast
Superfast Mail/Express
Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...
train operated by Southern Railway
Southern Railway (India)
The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...
. The train runs between Kanyakumari and Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. It is a daily overnight service. This runs through Tambaram, Chengalpet,Villupuram, Tiruchi,Dindigul,Madurai,Virudhunagar,Vanchi Maniyachi,Tirunelveli,Nagercoil and Kanyakumari. This train connects the state capital with the southernmost point in mainland India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. This was classified as a superfast
Superfast Mail/Express
Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...
train as the average speed of the train is greater than 55 km/h
As per the numbering convention of Indian Railways, this train is alloted a number 12634 for the journey between Kanyakumari and Chennai, 12633 for journey between Chennai and Kanyakumari.