18501 Visakhapatnam - Kollam Jn Express Time Table
- Departs
- 08:20
- Visakhapatnam VSKP
- Arrives
- 14:50 day 2
- Kollam Jn QLN
- Journey
- 30h 30m
- 1563 km · 27 stops
18501 Visakhapatnam - Kollam Jn Express leaves Visakhapatnam (VSKP) at 08:20 and reaches Kollam Jn (QLN) at 14:50 on day 2 of the run. The booked run is 1563 km in 30h 30m, with 27 stops including both ends. It is the slower of the 2 trains booked from Visakhapatnam (VSKP) to Kollam Jn (QLN), at 30h 30m. Runs Tue.
18501 at a glance
| Runs on | Tue |
|---|---|
| Calendar row for this train | to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind |
| Timetable version covers | to |
| Average speed | 51.2 km/h including halts — ours (how) |
| Type | Express · Express |
| Reservation | Reserved (PRS) train. 18501 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide) |
Time table and route
| Station | Arrives | Departs | Halt | Km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSKP Visakhapatnam | start | 08:20 | — | 0 |
| DVD Duvvada | 08:45 | 08:47 | 2m | 18 |
| SLO Samalkot Jn | 10:28 | 10:30 | 2m | 151 |
| RJY Rajamundry | 11:08 | 11:10 | 2m | 201 |
| TDD Tadepalligudem | 11:53 | 11:55 | 2m | 243 |
| EE Eluru | 12:33 | 12:35 | 2m | 291 |
| BZA Vijayawada Jn | 14:15 | 14:25 | 10m | 350 |
| TEL Tenali Jn | 14:58 | 15:00 | 2m | 382 |
| OGL Ongole | 16:53 | 16:55 | 2m | 489 |
| NLR Nellore | 18:18 | 18:20 | 2m | 605 |
| GDR Gudur Jn | 19:08 | 19:10 | 2m | 643 |
| RU Renigunta Jn | 21:25 | 21:35 | 10m | 726 |
| KPD Katpadi Jn | 00:10 +1 | 00:15 +1 | 5m | 850 |
| JTJ Jolarpettai Jn | 01:33 +1 | 01:35 +1 | 2m | 934 |
| SA Salem Jn | 03:05 +1 | 03:10 +1 | 5m | 1058 |
| ED Erode Jn | 04:05 +1 | 04:10 +1 | 5m | 1117 |
| TUP Tiruppur | 04:53 +1 | 04:55 +1 | 2m | 1167 |
| PTJ Podanur Jn | 06:23 +1 | 06:25 +1 | 2m | 1210 |
| PGT Palakkad Jn | 07:37 +1 | 07:40 +1 | 3m | 1261 |
| TCR Thrisur | 09:40 +1 | 09:43 +1 | 3m | 1336 |
| AWY Aluva | 10:47 +1 | 10:49 +1 | 2m | 1391 |
| ERN Ernakulam Town | 11:15 +1 | 11:20 +1 | 5m | 1408 |
| KTYM Kottayam | 12:22 +1 | 12:25 +1 | 3m | 1468 |
| TRVL Tiruvalla | 12:50 +1 | 12:51 +1 | 1m | 1493 |
| CNGR Chengannur | 13:01 +1 | 13:03 +1 | 2m | 1502 |
| KYJ Kayankulam Jn | 13:28 +1 | 13:30 +1 | 2m | 1523 |
| QLN Kollam Jn | 14:50 +1 | end | — | 1563 |
What 18501’s schedule looks like
Of the 2 trains booked from Visakhapatnam (VSKP) to Kollam Jn (QLN), the other is 18567 Visakhapatnam - Kollam Jn Express at 29h 35m.
Its longest run without a stop is 133 km and 1h 41m from Duvvada (DVD) to Samalkot Jn (SLO). The next longest is 124 km and 2h 35m from Renigunta Jn (RU) to Katpadi Jn (KPD).
At 22:00 it is between Renigunta Jn (RU) and Katpadi Jn (KPD), and at 06:00 on day 2 of the run it is between Tiruppur (TUP) and Podanur Jn (PTJ).
6 of its 25 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 10 minutes at Vijayawada Jn (BZA), 10 minutes at Renigunta Jn (RU), 5 minutes at Katpadi Jn (KPD), 5 minutes at Salem Jn (SA), 5 minutes at Erode Jn (ED). The briefest stop is 1 minute at Tiruvalla (TRVL).
The run crosses midnight before Katpadi Jn (KPD); every later time carries a day marker.
It passes its own halfway mark of 782 km at Katpadi Jn (KPD), stop number 13 of 27, and is booked to stand at its stops for 80 minutes in all, 4% of the 30h 30m journey.
Its quickest booked leg is Ongole (OGL) to Nellore (NLR), 116 km at an average of 84 km/h.
After Visakhapatnam it calls first at Duvvada (DVD), Samalkot Jn (SLO), Rajamundry (RJY), Tadepalligudem (TDD) and Eluru (EE).
Its last stops before Kollam Jn are Ernakulam Town (ERN), Kottayam (KTYM), Tiruvalla (TRVL), Chengannur (CNGR) and Kayankulam Jn (KYJ).
Its stops are not evenly spread: 11 of the 25 fall in the first half of the distance and 14 in the second.
The busiest stations on its route are Vijayawada Jn (BZA), where 480 trains call, Katpadi Jn (KPD), where 312 trains call, Ongole (OGL), where 272 trains call.
At BZA it is booked in at 14:15 and away again at 14:25, 350 km into the run.
Other trains that share 18501’s route
From 18501’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.
- 18567 Visakhapatnam - Kollam Jn Express — VSKP to QLN, 25 stations in common with 18501
- 12659 Nagercoil Junction - Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express — NCJ to SHM, 23 stations in common with 18501
- 16317 Kanniyakumari - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Himsagar Express — CAPE to SVDK, 20 stations in common with 18501
- 22503 Kanniyakumari - Dibrugarh Vivek Express — CAPE to DBRG, 20 stations in common with 18501
Reservation chart and seat availability
18501 is booked out of Visakhapatnam at 08:20, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-A: its first reservation chart is expected at about 20:00 on the day before the journey. How we work this out.
It assumes 18501 is charted at Visakhapatnam. The rule is press-reported: no circular number has been located, and the first report covered one zone. Preparation can be later. The circulars, the second chart and what is still unsettled.
Check live seat availability for 18501 — Visakhapatnam to Kollam Jn, fetched when you ask and never stored here (how).
Where this came from
Every time and distance above is read from timetable version , and from nothing else. Where the timetable data comes from.
The 20:00 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.