Ananthapuri Express is an express train running between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Chennai Egmore

Chennai Egmore

Chennai Egmore , formerly known as Madras Egmore, is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai , South India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains connecting Chennai and southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.This is one of the two main railway terminals in the city along with...

. It is a daily overnight service. From Chennai Egmore train no:16723 departs by 19:15 hours and reaches Trivandrum Central at 11:05 the next day. The parallel train numbered 16724 starts 16:20 Hours from Trivandrum and reaches Chennai around 08:40 hours the next day.

Route

It runs through the shortest route to Chennai via Nagercoil

Nagercoil

Nagercoil is the 12th largest city in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a municipality and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District...

, Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...

, Madurai

Madurai

Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and...

, Trichy and Villupuram than the normal Trivandrum-Chennai route through Kochi

Kochi

-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...

, Palakkad

Palakkad

Palakkad , formerly known as Palghat, is a municipality and a town in the state of Kerala in southern India, spread over an area of 26.60 km2.The city is situated about north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. It is the administrative headquarters of Palakkad District...

 and Erode

Erode

Erode is a city, a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about southwest from the state capital Chennai and on the banks of the rivers Cauvery and Bhavani, between 11° 19.5"...

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Coaches

It has 18 coaches with 5 local ,10 sleeper ,one 1- AC First cum 3 Tier, 1 second class AC and 1 third class AC.

Stoppings

Time Table For Chennai Egmore-Thiruvananthapuram Central Train

Stn Code Stn Name Arrival Dep Distance
MS CHENNAI EGMORE 1 ---- 19:15 0000
TBM TAMBARAM 1 19:39 19:40 0025
CGL CHENGALPATTU 1 20:08 20:10 0056
MMK MADURANTAKAM 1 20:29 20:30 0081
MLMR MELMARUVATTUR 1 20:39 20:40 0092
TMV TINDIVANAM 1 21:09 21:10 0122
VM VILLUPARAM JN 1 22:00 22:05 0159
VRI VRIDHACHALAM JN 22:45 22:47
TPJ TIRUCHCHIRAPALI 01:10 01:20
DG DINDIGUL JN 1 02:45 02:50 0431
KQN KODAIKANAL ROAD 03:09 03:10
MDU MADURAI JN 1 03:50 03:55 0497
TMQ TIRUMANGALAM 1 04:14 04:15 0514
VPT VIRUDUNAGAR JN 1 04:28 04:30 0540
SRT SATUR 1 04:56 04:57 0567
CVP KOVILPATTI 1 05:19 05:20 0588
KDU KADAMBUR 1 05:39 05:40 0610
MEJ VANCHIMANIYACHI 05:54 05:55
TEN TIRUNELVELI 1 06:55 07:00 0653
NNN NANGUNERI 1 07:39 07:40 0681
VLY VALLIYUR 1 07:54 07:55 0695
AAY ARALVAYMOZHI 1 08:19 08:20 0714
NCJ NAGERCOIL JN 1 09:00 09:10 0727
ERL ERANIEL 1 09:29 09:30 0745
KZT KULITTHURAI 1 09:44 09:45 0760
NYY NEYYATTINKARA 1 10:09 10:10 0781
TVC TRIVANDRUM CNTL 11:05 0798