06337 Okha Ernakulam Holiday Special Express Arriving at Kankavli, Konkan Railway
The 16337 / 16338 Ernakulam–Okha Express also called as Okha Express is bi-weekly Express train running between the cities of Kochi in Kerala and Okha in Gujarat. It mainly connects the people of Kerala living in Saurashtra region. It mainly runs and serve the people of the states of Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Kerala. The time table of the train is amended during monsoon season and the train reaches Ernakulam Junction late by 2 to 3 hours of the original time but the monsoon time table does not affects its return journey. Few years before during monsoon season the train had its service only till Hapa but after that during monsoon also the train run till Okha.
The train first used to run between Cochin and Ahmedabad as Cochin–Ahmedabad Express and then it was extended up to Rajkot Junction making it Cochin–Rajkot Express. During that time the train used to start from Cochin Harbour Terminus station. At that time the train had a single service in a week. After Ernakulam Junction railway station was developed the train's origin was shifted to Ernakulam Junction. One more train was introduced after which train had bi-weekly service.
Coach composition
The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 23 coaches:
1 AC II Tier
3 AC III Tier
13 Sleeper coaches
3 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
1 Pantry Car
Service
16337/ Okha–Ernakulam Express has an average speed of 53 km/hr and covers 2250 km in 42 hrs 30 mins.
The 16338/ Ernakulam–Okha Express has an average speed of 50 km/hr and covers 2250 km in 44 hrs 40 mins.
Route & Halts
The important halts of the train are:
Ernakulam Junction
Thrissur
Shoranur Junction
Tirur
Kozhikode
Kannur
Kasaragod
Mangalore Junction
Madgaon Junction
Ratnagiri
Panvel Junction
Vasai Road
Valsad
Navsari
Surat
Vadodara Junction
Ahmedabad Junction
Rajkot Junction
Jamnagar
Dwarka
Okha
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Ernakulam-based WDM-3A twins locomotive on its entire journey.
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