The 16329/16330 Nagercoil Junction–Mangaluru Junction Amrit Bharat Express is India's 26th non-AC Superfast Amrit Bharat Express train, which runs across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka by connecting the tip of the Indian peninsula to the rest of the country with Mangaluru Junction, the scenic Konkan Railway to the southern and eastern parts of India.
The express train is inaugurated on 23 January 2026 by Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conference.
Overview The train is operated by Indian Railways, connecting and . It is currently operated 16329/16330 on weekly basis.
Rakes It is the 26th Amrit Bharat 2.0 Express train in which the locomotives were designed by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) at Chittaranjan, West Bengal and the coaches were designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India initiative.
Schedule + Train schedule: Nagercoil ↔ Mangaluru Amrit Bharat Express Train no. Station code Departure station Departure time Departure day Arrival station Arrival hours 16329 NCJ 11:40 AM Mangaluru Junction 5:00 AM 17h 20m 16330 MAJN Mangaluru Junction 8:00 AM 10:05 PM 14h 5m
Routes and halts The halts for this 16329/16330 Nagercoil–Mangaluru Amrit Bharat Express are as follows:-
Rake reversal No rake reversal or rake share.
See also Amrit Bharat Express Vande Bharat Express Rajdhani Express
Notes a. Runs a day in a week with both directions.
References