ERODE WAP-7 WITH 22633 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN SUPERFAST EXPRESS VIA ALAPPUZHA ENTERING / ARRIVING ERNAKULAM JUNCTION SOUTH RAILWAY STATION OF SOUTHERN RAILWAYS.
22633/Thiruvananthapuram Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin SF Express (via Alappuzha) (PT)
തിരുവനന്തപുരം - ഹസ്രത് നിസാമുദ്ദീൻ സൂപ്പർഫാസ്റ്റ് എക്സ്പ്രസ്സ് तिरुवनंतपुरम सेंट्रल - हज़रत निज़ामुद्दीन सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस (वाया आलप्पुऴा)
TVC/Thiruvananthapuram Central (Trivandrum) -- NZM/Hazrat Nizamuddin
The 22633 / 22634 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Southern Railway zone that runs between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Hazrat Nizamuddin in India.
It operates as train number 22633 from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Hazrat Nizamuddin and as train number 22634 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana & Delhi.
The 22633 / 22634 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express have 1 AC 2 tier, 6 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper class 3 tier, 4 General Unreserved & 2 EOG (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches.
22633/ Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express covers the distance of 3,149 km (1,957 mi) in 48 hours (110 km/hr) & in 51 hours 05 mins as 22634/Hazrat Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthapuram Central Superfast Express (58 km/hr).
The 22633 / 22634 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express runs from Thiruvananthapuram Central via Kollam Junction, Alappuzha, Ernakulam Junction, Shoranur Junction, Mangalore Junction, Madgaon Junction, Panvel, Vasai Road, Surat, Vadodara Junction, Ratlam Junction, Kota Junction, Mathura Junction to Hazrat Nizamuddin.
Both trains are hauled by Erode based WAP-7 from Thiruvananthapuram to Mangaluru & then Ernakulam-based WDP-4D diesel locomotive from Mangaluru to Vadodara, after Vadodara both trains are hauled by a Vadodara-based WAP-7 electric locomotive until Hazrat Nizamuddin and vice versa.
Ernakulam Junction railway station (also known as Ernakulam South, code: ERS) is the biggest railway station in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Controlling 376 train routes at a time, it is the busiest railway junction station in South India. At ₹158 crore (equivalent to ₹167 crore or US$21 million in 2020) in financial year 2018–19, it is the second largest in terms of passenger revenues in Kerala and the fifth largest in Southern Railway. It is an A1 classified station operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division. Ernakulam Junction is also the first fully disabled-friendly railway station in India.
Ernakulam Jn was first opened as Ernakulam South in 1932 when the metre-gauge line then terminating at Ernakulam Terminus railway station (ERG) was extended from Pachalam to the Cochin Harbour Terminus on the Willingdon Island for proximity to the Kochi Port. Ernakulam North, Perumanur (later closed), Mattanchery Halt and CHTS were the newly opened stations on the route. In 1946 the station was converted into broad gauge as part of the Shoranur–CHTS line, linking it directly to the rest of India via the Mangalore–Jolarpet mainline at Shoranur Jn. In 1956 the Ernakulam–Kottayam metre-gauge line was opened and further extended to Kollam in 1958, joining to the Kollam–Trivandrum line, connecting Ernakulam with Trivandrum for the first time.
Since the opening of the Kottayam line made it a junction, Ernakulam South was renamed Ernakulam Junction, and Ernakulam North was renamed Ernakulam Town. This was what made Ernakulam Jn rise to prominence, which was until then just a small wayside station en route to the much busier Cochin Harbour Terminus station. Until 1979 when the Kottayam line was converted into broad gauge, ERS had both broad and metre-gauge tracks. As the coastal line to Alappuzha was opened in 1989, Ernakulam Jn rose to the status of the most premier railway station in central Kerala.
Ernakulam Jn is a railway junction with lines branching off from it to four different directions :
North towards Chennai/Bangalore (via Palakkad) and Mumbai (via Shoranur–Kozhikode)
South towards Thiruvananthapuram via Alappuzha–Kollam
South-west towards Willingdon Island and Cochin Harbour Terminus (CHTS)
East towards Thiruvananthapuram via Kottayam–Kollam
