The 12083/12084 Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore ''Jan Shatabdi Express'' is a

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train connecting and in

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. The passenger service is one among the twenty

trains in India other than

Chennai Central–Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express The 12077 / 12078 MGR Chennai Central – Vijayawada ''Jan Shatabdi Express'' is a day-train, so called because as it returns to the station of origin on the same day. It connects the two commercial centers of South India – Chennai and Vijay ...

that runs within Tamil Nadu.

Overview

This passenger service was introduced under

, had its inaugural run on 20 January 2003 between and in

, flagged-off by then Union Minister of State for Railways, A. K. Moorthy, as a trial service for a limited period of three months. Apart from the

running within Tamil Nadu, this service is one among twenty Jan Shatabdi Express trains in India.

Service

During June 2004, the Southern Railway zone announced that the service would run until 15 July 2004. As the service initially received poor patronage the railways were forced to operate the service in reverse direction

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Coimbatore–Thanjavur expecting a better response. During

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2005–2006,

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, the then

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announced the extension of service up to pending

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. The service was once again extended to , as announced during Railway Budget 2008–2009 by

, the then Minister of Railways pending gauge conversion. The service initially numbered as 20832084 was changed to 1208312084 since December 2010 onwards as a part of train management system over the entire Indian Railways network.

Rakes

Route

This Jan Shatabdi Express service initially originated from to via and with single rake halting back at Thanjavur Junction, had to reverse the point of service owing to poor patronage. Despite extension of service, the train originating in Coimbatore Junction traverses through , , Erode Junction, , Tiruchirappalli Junction, where it reverses the loco and proceeds to Thanjavur Junction, and the final destination, . The service follows the same route and pattern during the return journey too.

Schedule

Developments

As a part of Go Green initiative, of the 6 chosen non-Air conditioned coach of this passenger train, one bearing No.CZ026256 was fitted with 16 solar photovoltaic panels capable of producing each and aggregating up to . Built at a cost of , the solar panels are designed to be capable of withstanding wind velocities, vibrations and shocks while the train is running, and enough to power all the fans and lights in the coach in addition to saving of

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per coach for every year. Thus becoming the first train in Southern Railway zone and

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as well to be fully operated with

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coaches. Being primarily maintained at Carriage and Works Depot in under

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, the train is one among the others to have retro fitment of Biotoilets at a cost of for each coach.

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