The Madurai Junction–Chennai Egmore Superfast Express or Mahal Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train 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 and in India. It operates as train number 22624 from Madurai Junction to Chennai Egmore and as train number 22623 in the reverse direction, serving the state of

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. It shares its rakes with 12651/12652

Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Express The 12651 / 12652 ''Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Express'' is one of the Sampark Kranti Express trains, operating on India's broad-gauge network that connects in Tamil Nadu and in New Delhi, a distance of approximately in 42 hours approximate ...

. From April 2021, it runs with brand new LHB rakes.

Coaches

The 22624 / 23 Mahal Superfast Express presently has * 1 AC 2 tier * 2 AC 3 tier * 8 Sleeper class * 4 General Unreserved * 2 EOG (End-On Generator) As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Timings

*22624 Madurai Junction–Chennai Egmore Superfast Express departs Madurai Junction every Thursday & Saturday at 20.50 and reaches Chennai Egmore at 06.55 the next day. *In return, 22623 Chennai Egmore–Madurai Junction leaves Chennai Egmore every Friday & Sunday at 22.05 and reaches Madurai Junction at 08.10 the next day.

Routeing

The 22624 / 23 Mahal Superfast Express runs from via , , , , to .

Traction

As the route is yet to be electrified, it is hauled end-to-end by a

Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for diesel locomotives of the Indian Railways. It is located near Tondiarpet railway station (TNP) of the Southern Railway zone in the ...

-based

WDM-3A The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) ...

WDG-3A The Indian locomotive class WDG-3A is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1994 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW),Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad-gauge (W), Diesel (D), Goods traffic (G) engin ...

locomotive.

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