This train has to bear a bad name as this train will start from Kozhikode and then run through bended way through Thirur,Kuttippuram,Pattambi,Shoranur,
Ottappalam,Palakkad,Coimbatore,Thiruppur,Erode,Salem,Dharmapuri,Hosur,
Bangalore City Junction,Hindupur,Sathyasai Prasanthi Nilayam,Anantapur,Guntakal,Kurnool,Mahbubnagar,Hyderabad Kachiguda,
Kazipet,Nagpur,Betul,Itarsi,Bhopal Junction,Bina,Jhansi,Gwalior,Agra and Mathura.It can start from Thiruvananthapuram Kochuveli,which is another important station,even though small,where some trains started as the space at Thiruvananthapuram Central was caught up by trains.