Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Chennai Central Weekly Express

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
First service15 December 2014; 10 years ago (2014-12-15)
Current operator(s)Central Railway
Route
TerminiLokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)
Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station (MAS)
Stops15
Distance travelled1,269 km (789 mi)
Average journey time21 hours 40 minutes as LTT–Chennai Express, 22 hours 35 minutes as Chennai–LTT Express
Service frequencyWeekly [a]
Train number(s)22179/22180
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved General
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesYes
Entertainment facilitiesNo
Technical
Rolling stock2
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed58 km/h (36 mph)
Route map

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Mumbai in Maharashtra and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station, Chennai of Tamil Nadu. It is currently being operated with 22179/22180 train numbers on a weekly basis.[1][2]

Service

The 22179/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 1262 km in 21 hrs 40 mins. 22180/Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and 1262 km in 22 hrs 35 mins.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coaches

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Coach composition (Downward – 22179)

The train consists of:

  • 1 AC Two-tier coach (A1)
  • 4 AC Three-tier coaches (B1, B2, B3, B4)
  • 11 Sleeper coaches (S1 – S11)
  • 1 Pantry Car
  • 3 Unreserved General Sitting Coaches (GS)
  • 2 Generator Cars
Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
EOG GS GS A1 B1 B2 B3 B4 PC S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 GS EOG

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Erode based WAP-7 electric locomotive from end to end

Notes

  1. ^ Runs one days in a week for every direction.

References

  1. ^ Udasi, Sunil (3 December 2015). "Permanent Augmentation of 5 CR Trains with 17 General Second class coaches". Central Railway. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Costlier tatkal tickets in four more trains". The Times of India. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.


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