The 12639 / 12640 Brindavan Express is a Superfast express train connecting

MGR Chennai Central Chennai Central (station code: MAS, short for ''Madras''), officially known as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the busiest railway ...

(MAS) and KSR Bengaluru City Jn (SBC). It leaves

at 07:40 and reaches KSR Bengalur at 13:40 hours. In the reverse direction, it leaves KSR Bengaluru at 15:00 and reaches

at 21:05 hours. The train has 22 coaches in its composition

History

This train introduced in the 1964 as the first intercity express in the Southern Railways. At that time it had stops only at

Katpadi Junction Katpadi Junction railway station, also known as Vellore Katpadi Junction railway station (station code: KPD) is an A-category junction railway station located in the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Katpadi Junction is the primary terminus and junc ...

and Jolarpettai Junction covering the in 5 hours. Later due to derailments of some trains the speed was reduced to take 5.5 hours in the 1980s. With increase in stops it has now come to 6 hours. In the early 1980s the train was operated as double decker with ac and non-ac classes, which was later on scrapped, and the train was operated as single deck. In the late 1980s the MAS-JTJ stretch was electrified. JTJ-SBC the train used diesel engines. For the purpose of speed this train used to have twin diesels for the up gradient (deccan) between JTJ and SBC. The Train celebrated its Golden Jubilee run on 1 October 2014.

Loco Link

This train is currently hauled by

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...

class electric locomotive maintained by Electric Loco Shed

Arakkonam Arakkonam () is a railway town and suburb of Chennai within Chennai Metropolitan Area limit, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a population of 78,395 per the census 2011. It is in the newly created Ranipet district, about from Ranipet head ...

Royapuram Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of south India, opening in 1856, and is today ...

of Southern Railway

Train Timings

This train is a daily service train with the following departures and arrivals at some of these stations:-

Rakes

Earlier with ICF coaches, the train had dedicated rake. Upon launch of LHB coach, the rakes are now shared with Kovai Express (12675/12676). * 3 Second Class Sitting (Unreserved) * 13 Second-Class Sitting (Reserved) * 2 AC Chair Car * 1 Pantry Car * 1 EOG * 1 LSLRD

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brindavan Express Transport in Bangalore Transport in Chennai Named passenger trains of India Express trains in India Rail transport in Karnataka Rail transport in Tamil Nadu Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Railway services introduced in 1964