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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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.
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History
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
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 WAP-4 for its entire journey.
