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Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express

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Service type
  
Shatabdi Express

Service frequency
  
Daily, except Tuesday

Class(es)
  
CC, Ex

Distance travelled
  
496,000 m

Current operator
  
Indian Railways

Average journey time
  
6h 40m

Train number(s)
  
12243/12244

Seating arrangements
  
Yes

Distance travelled
  
496,000 m

Stops
  
4

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Start
  
Chennai Central railway station

End
  
Coimbatore Junction railway station

Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express is a Shatabdi superfast train between Chennai Central and Coimbatore Main Junction in Tamil Nadu.

Contents

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History

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The Shatabdi express which was running earlier was converted to Duronto Express, a non-stop train 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.

Rake

Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express FIRST TIME EVER Coimbatore Shatabdi Express with LHB Coaches Departs

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.

The rake is pulled by Royapuram WAP-7 or WAP-4 for its entire journey.

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References

Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express Wikipedia