RPM WAP-7 #30541 hauled 12695 Chennai-Trivandrum SF overtakes Erode WAP-4 #22548 hauled 16356 Mangaluru-Kochuveli Antyodaya at Kayankulam.
12695 ran ahead of Antyodaya till Ernakulam and departed at 3.25 am. 16356 Departed Ernakulam at 04.10. But as 12695 takes a longer route via Kottayam and 16356 takes the shorter Alappuzha route, both trains reached Kayankulam at the same time, and this overtake happened as scheduled.