Mysore Shatabdi LHB coaches at Mysore Station (1)

The 12007/08 Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of the

Shatabdi Express Shatabdi Express trains are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways to connect important metro cities. Shatabdi Express are day-trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains were first introdu ...

category belonging to

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

, Southern Railway zone, that runs between

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 ...

and Mysuru Junction in India. It is the first Shatabdi Express in

South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territo ...

. It operates as train number 12007 from Chennai Central to Mysuru Junction, and as train number 12008 in the reverse direction while also connecting the capital cities of the states of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

and

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

Rake composition & coaches

The 12007/08 Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Shatabdi Express presently has 1 Anubhuti class, 2 Executive class, 12 AC chair car and 2 end-on generator coaches. It does not carry a pantry car coach but catering is arranged on board the train. As is customary with most train services in India, the coach composition may be amended at the discretion of

depending on demand. The train runs with modern

LHB coach Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom and now known as Alstom Transport Deutschland) and mostly ...

es The coaches in Light blue color indicate AC Chair Cars and the coaches in Violet color indicate Executive and Anubhuti Classes.

Service

The 12007 Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Shatabdi Express covers the distance of in 7 hours 00 mins averaging and in 7 hours 25 minutes as 12008 Mysuru Junction–Chennai Central Shatabdi Express averaging including halts. As the average speed of the train is more than , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Schedule

The schedule of this 12007/12008 MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru Shatabdi Express is given below:-

Routing

The 12007/08 Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Shatabdi Express runs from Chennai Central to Mysuru Junction with halts at

Katpadi Katpadi () is a locality in Vellore, at the northern part of Vellore city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Its railway is located on the gauge line between Chennai-Bangalore and Villupuram-Tirupati. Politics and geography Once a village, Katp ...

& KSR Bengaluru. Being a Shatabdi-class train, it returns to its originating station, Chennai Central, at the end of the day.

Loco link

Prior end 2017 due to partial electrification of the route, an

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 ...

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 ...

-based

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 ...

would haul the train between Chennai Central & KSR Bengaluru Station handing over to a

Hubli Hubli, officially known as Hubballi, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The twin cities Hubli–Dharwad form the second largest city in the state by area and population and the largest city in North Karnataka. Hubli is in Dharwad distr ...

-based

WDP-4 The EMD GT46PAC or WDP4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomotive Wo ...

which would then power the train up to Mysuru Junction. Since the entire route is now completely electrified, the train is now hauled end to end by a Royapuram or Erode based

locomotive which are equipped with

head-on generation In rail transport, head-end power (HEP), also known as electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive (or a generator car) at the front or 'head' of a train, p ...

(HOG) technology.

Gallery

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References

External links

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