Netravati Express
The 16345 / 16346 Netravati Express is a daily Express train connecting capital cities of Kerala and Maharashtra. It operates between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and. The train runs on the Konkan Railway. It is the one and only daily train in Kerala which connects Mumbai to Thiruvananthapuram and vice versa on a daily basis, and this is the first scheduled train service to run the length of the Konkan Railway which started running on March 1, 1998. It was later extended to Thiruvananthapuram.
History
Initially the train the Bombay Kurla –Mangalore Netravati Express was plied between Bombay to Mangalore from April 1, 1987 as link via the inland Poona, Gulbarga, Guntakal, Krishnarajapuram, Palakkad route parting at Shornur Junction. Trains on the old route used to take 48 hours to reach Mangalore from Bombay. After the Konkan Railway line was operational in 1998, the route has been changed via the Konkan Railway and the Mangalore–Bombay running time was reduced drastically to 16 hours. On March 1, 1998, the Bombay Kurla –Mangalore Netravati Express started running via the Konkan, making it the first scheduled service that ran the length of the Konkan Railway. The link express was made a single train till Cochin Harbour Terminus and further extended till Thiruvananthapuram Central from 10 February 2001.Background
Mangalore city is situated at the banks of the Netravati River. Since this trains terminating point was Mangalore back then, the name of the train was set as Netravati Express.Traction
As the route is completely electrified since 30 March 2022, a Royapuram or an Erode-based WAP-7 Vadodara-based WAP-5 Vadodara-based WAP-P5 Vadodara-based Indian locomotive class WAP-5 hauls the train throughout its entire journey.Schedule
- Non Monsoon Schedule
| Train number | Station code | Departure station | Departure time | Departure day | Arrival station | Arrival time | Arrival day |
| 16346 | TVC | Thiruvananthapuram Central | 9:15 Hrs | Daily | Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak | 17:05 Hrs | Daily |
| 16345 | LTT | Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak | 11:40 Hrs | Daily | Thiruvananthapuram Central | 18:05 Hrs | Daily |
Routing
The 16345/46 Netravati Express runs from- Mumbai LTT
- crew Change
Coach composition
The train was upgraded to modern LHB rake on September 26, 2019, with an MPS of 145 kmph. The train consists of 25 coaches:- 1 AC II Tier coach
- 1 AC III Tier coach
- 4 AC III Tier Economy coaches
- 11 Sleeper coaches
- 1 Pantry car
- 4 General coaches
- 1 General coach Divyangjan Friendly
- 1 Generator cars
- 1 Parcel Van
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| VPH | EOG | UR | UR | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | PC | M4 | M3 | M2 | M1 | B1 | A1 | UR | UR | SLR |
No rake sharing. Four dedicated LHB rakes.