Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express


The Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station - Coimbatore Junction Shatabdi Express is a Shatabdi superfast train between Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M. G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station and Coimbatore Junction in Tamil Nadu.

History

The Shatabdi express which was running from 1995 and 2000 was stopped because it had occupancy of 60 percent as cited by Railways, It was replaced with an Intercity express departing at identical timings. Later, Indian railways introduced a Duronto Express between Chennai and Coimbatore in 2011. It was decided to convert back to Shatabdi and add additional stoppages to increase revenues.

Route and stations

The train has 4 commercial stops in between the starting station and the ending station namely, Jolarpettai Junction, Salem Junction, Erode Junction and Tiruppur. It has also been given a temporary halt In Katpadi Junction.

Rake

The rake has 7 AC Chair Cars, 1 AC Executive chair car and 2 EOG Cars making a total of 10 coaches. The train got new LHB coaches in November 2014. All the passenger coaches are air-conditioned.

Loco link

The rake is pulled by Royapuram WAP-7 or Erode WAP-7