Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express

The 13351 / 13352 Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express is an Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between Dhanbad Junction and Alappuzha in India. It is currently being operated with 13351/13352 train numbers on a daily basis, earlier it runs between Bokaro and Chennai so it was named as Bokaro-Madrass express.

Service
The 13351/Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 2546 km in 57h. The 13352/Alappuzha–Dhanbad Express has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 2546 km in 55h 30m. From April first 2019 the train will not touch Shornur Junction, pass through link line and will halt at Ottappalam and Wadakkanchery in both directions.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Dhanbad Junction
 * Chandrapura Junction
 * Bokaro Steel City
 * Ranchi Junction
 * Hatia
 * Rourkela Junction
 * Jharsuguda Junction
 * Sambalpur Junction
 * Bargarh Road
 * Balangir
 * Titlagarh Junction
 * Rayagada
 * Vizianagaram Junction
 * Visakhapatnam Junction
 * Rajahmundry
 * Eluru
 * Vijayawada Junction
 * Chennai Central
 * Arakkonam Junction
 * Katpadi Junction
 * Salem Junction
 * Erode Junction
 * Coimbatore Junction
 * Palakkad Junction
 * Thrissur
 * Ernakulam Junction
 * Alappuzha

Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches. It consist one 1st AC, four 2nd AC , six 3rd AC , five Sleeper , three General second class , two SLRD/EOG & one Pantry Car Coach.



Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction two times:


 * Visakhapatnam Junction
 * Chennai Central

Rakes
The train has six dedicated rakes. It ran as link train with 18189/18190 Tatanagar–Alappuzha Express but was discontinued when Indian Railways started phasing out link services.