Two Jan Shatabdi services in the State slip below the superfast speed mark and get new express numbers
2 November 2026
The Railways has taken away the superfast tag from two Jan Shatabdi services running inside the State.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode pair, numbered 12075 and 12076, will run as an ordinary express as 16376 and 16375.
The Thiruvananthapuram-Kannur pair, 12081 and 12082, becomes 16380 and 16379.
The reason given is that the trains do not keep up the average speed of 55 kilometres an hour that the Railway Board fixes for a superfast service.
The change takes effect from the first of January 2027, and timings and stops stay as they are.
With the superfast surcharge gone, non-air-conditioned fares are expected to fall by fifteen rupees and air-conditioned fares by forty-five rupees.
Six trains, among them the Lokmanya Tilak-Thiruvananthapuram North bi-weekly and the Yesvantpur-Thiruvananthapuram North, had already been moved down from superfast to express.
Southern Railway plans to raise six express trains in its other divisions to superfast in exchange.
In plain words
Superfast surcharge Superfast surcharge — An extra charge added to the fare of a train classified as superfast, which goes away when the classification is withdrawn.