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click hereFlagged off by the then Railway Minister Sri Madhavrao Scindia on 1st October 1987 as the Cochin Bilaspur superfast express. Subsequent to the closure of the Cochin Harbour terminus, it started terminating at Ernakulam.
In the railway budget of 2000, it was extended to Trivandrum and in the railway budget of 2005, it was extended to Korba.