Rani Chennamma Express


The Rani Chennamma Express is a daily train connecting the City of Bengaluru with the Maharashtra cities of Miraj & Kolhapur. This is one of the prestigious trains of the South Western Railway and generally gets the best coaches and locomotives that the infrastructure can support. This train operates daily and covers a distance of 797 km.This train ran up to Miraj Junction till 2002. Further extended up to Kolhapur in 2002 Railway Budget.

Route

The train makes an over-night journey to major cities in north western part of Karnataka - Hubballi-Dharwad, Gokak and Belagavi from Bengaluru. This train leaves Bengaluru at 21:15 and reaches Kolhapur at 13:40 after bifurcating from the main line at Miraj.
This train apart from connecting major cities of Karnataka like Hubballi, Dharwad, Belagavi, Haveri, Davangere, Kadur, Tiptur and Tumkuru to Bengaluru, also caters to smaller towns of Alnavar, Khanapur, Gokak, Miraj, Kudchi, Raibag. The busiest train of south India after Mangalappuram Express..
The only train to get a WAP 7 from Kolhapur to Miraj and vice versa.

Relevance

This train traces its name to the historic queen Rani Chennamma who ruled the northern part of Karnataka state in India. She was a mighty warrior queen who had her capital at Kittur in Belagavi District.
The origin of train can be traced to 1940s when meterguage train was running between Bengaluru and Pune.

Coach composition

From SBC to MRJ and KOP to MRJ :
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SLRURURH1A1B1B2S1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10URURSLRB3S11SLR

B3 AND S11 are attached till/from Londa Junction by Gova Express.