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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karaikal Weekly Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	27 October 2013; 11 years ago
Current operator(s)	Central Railway zone
Route
Termini	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT); Karaikal (KIK)
Stops	29
Distance travelled	1,628 km (1,012 mi)
Average journey time	30 hours 40 minutes
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	11017/11018
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, AC 3 Tier Economy, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Observation facilities	LHB coach
Entertainment facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	53 km/h (33 mph)
Route map
Route map

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karaikal Weekly Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Maharashtra and Karaikal of Union Territory of Puducherry, near Tamilnadu. It is currently being operated with 11017/11018 train numbers on a weekly basis.^[1]^[2]

Service

The 11017/Mumbai LTT–Karaikal Weekly Express has an average speed of 53 km/h and covers 1628 km in 30 hrs. 40 mins. 11018/Karaikal–Mumbai LTT Weekly Express has an average speed of 48 km/h and covers 1634 km in 33 hrs. 45 mins. This train was initially planned to operate between Mumbai LTT to Velankanni due to huge demand from devotees but later destination changed to Karaikal.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train has standard LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 23 coaches:

1 AC II Tier
5 AC III Tier
1 AC III Tier Economy
10 Sleeper coaches
3 General
2 Luggage cum Generator car

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Kalyan Loco Shed-based WDM-3D or WDP-4D diesel locomotive from Kurla to Guntakal & Royapuram Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Guntakal to Chennai Egmore and Golden Rock based WDM-3D pulls to its end & vice versa.