Visakhapatnam is a place where Malayalis are very high in number.

A train between Visakhapatnam and Kollam (Quilon or Coulão), the erstwhile commercial capital of Malabar Coast, was a long-standing demand from the Malayali communities in Andhra Pradesh.

[1] As a result, Indian Railways have started a permanent service between Kollam and Visakhapatnam on 30 January 2014.

Railway used to run special train services between Kollam and Visakhapatnam every year.

This Indian express train article is a stub.