Overview
- Train nos. 26651/26652 will run between KSR Bengaluru and Ernakulam Junction, departing 5:10 am from Bengaluru to arrive 1:50 pm, with the return leaving 2:20 pm to reach 11:00 pm.
- The route will halt at Krishnarajapuram, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad and Thrissur.
- The service is approved to operate six days a week with no run on Wednesdays.
- The Board instructed the two zones to begin operations at the earliest and permitted an inaugural special run before the regular schedule if required.
- The Bengaluru–Ernakulam train is among four newly notified Vande Bharat services, taking the network to 164, and will be Kerala’s third such route as officials cite sustained occupancies above 100%.