| KSR Bengaluru – Ernakulam Intercity Express | |
| Type: | Mail/Express/Superfast |
| Locale: | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala |
| First: | Wed 15 April 1998 |
| Operator: | Southern Railway (India) |
| Start: | KSR Bengaluru |
| Stops: | 12 halts |
| End: | Ernakulam Junction |
| Distance: | 587km (365miles) |
| Journeytime: | 10h 40m |
| Frequency: | Daily each way |
| Class: | Unreserved, Second Sitting, AC Chair Car |
| Seating: | Yes |
| Sleeping: | No |
| Catering: | Yes |
| Observation: | Windows |
| Otherfacilities: | Pantry car, Catering |
| Stock: | ICF coach pulled by WAP-4 from Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram or Electric Loco Shed, Erode |
| Trainnumber: | 12677/12678 |
| Speed: | 55km/h average with halts |
Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express is an Intercity express train which runs daily between Bangalore City Junction and Ernakulam Junction via Hosur.
In the railway budget of the year 1997–98, a plan was proposed to introduce a superfast train between Coimbatore and Bangalore.[1] On 15 April 1998, Bangalore–Coimbatore Intercity Express train was inaugurated as Train no: 2677. In the year 2008, the service was extended till Ernakulam as Train no: 12677 after few temporary runs.[2]
On 13 February 2015, the train derailed on its onward journey to Ernakulam from Bangalore, leading to 10 deaths and injuring 150 people.[3] [4] [5]
The train is hauled by an ED or RPM-based WAP-4 throughout the journey. Before the commissioning of electrification of the Bengaluru (Baiyyappanahalli) - Salem line on 2 July 2022, the train used to be hauled by a Golden Rock-based WDP4D (earlier Erode-based), WDG4 or WDP4B or an Erode-based WDM-3D from Bangalore to Erode, and an Erode-based WAP-4 from Erode to Ernakulam.
This train runs daily each way, as Train no: 12677 (Ernakulam Exp) departing Bangalore City Junction at 06:10hrs and reaching Ernakulam Junction at 16:55 hrs and Train no: 12678 (Bangalore Exp) departing Ernakulam Junction at 09:10 hrs and reaching Bangalore City Junction at 19:50 hrs. It covers a distance of in each direction and the journey duration is about 10 hours and 40 minutes.
It runs with an ICF rake. The rake of the train usually contains 6 unreserved coaches, 11 second sitting coaches, 1 AC chair car coach, a pantry car and 2 SLR cars, making a total of 21 coaches.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the train was numbered as 02677/02678 and was hauled by a Golden Rock-based WDP4D or WDP4B throughout the journey.
| LOCO | DL1 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | C1 | PC | D9 | D10 | D11 | D12 | D13 | UR | UR | UR | UR | SLR |
UR – Unreserved
D – Second sitting
C – AC chair car
PC – Pantry car