The 22157 / 22158 Mumbai–Chennai Mail is a train belonging to

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that runs between Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus & in India. It operates as train number 22157 from Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to Chennai Egmore and as train number 22158 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

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Coach composition

The train consists of: * 1 AC Two Tier * 4 AC Three Tier coaches * 9 Sleeper Class * 2 General Unreserved * 2 Sitting cum Luggage Rakes

Service

The 22157 Mumbai CSMT–Chennai Egmore Mail covers the distance of in 23 hours 20 mins (55 km/hr) & in 23 hours 30 mins as 22158 Chennai Egmore–Mumbai CSMT Mail (55 km/hr).

Routeing

The 22157 / 22158 Mumbai CSMT–Chennai Egmore Mail runs from

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bombay station code: CSMT ( mainline)/ST ( suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The terminus was ...

(CSMT) via , , , , , , , , ,

Kadapa Kadapa (colonial spelled Cuddapah) is a city in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Rayalaseema region, and is the district headquarters of YSR Kadapa district. As of the 2022 Census of India, the city had a popula ...

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Chennai Egmore Chennai Egmore, formerly known as Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur (station code: MS), is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in t ...

Traction

As the entire Chennai-Mumbai line is electrified, this train is hauled end to end by a Royapuram based WAP-7.

Operation

It runs on a daily basis.

Rake sharing

It shares its rakes with 22153/22154 Chennai Egmore-Salem Superfast Express.

Gallery

11042 Chennai Central Mumbai CSMT Express - AC 2 tier coach.jpg, ''11042 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station–Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express'' – AC 2 tier coach 11042 Chennai Central Mumbai CSMT Express - AC 3 tier coach.jpg, ''11042 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station–Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express'' – AC 3 tier coach Mumbai Chennai Mail - Sleeper Class coach.jpg, ''Mumbai CSMT – MGR Chennai Central Mail'' –

Sleeper Class The sleeping car or sleeper (often ) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car. The first such cars s ...

coach 11042 Chennai Central Mumbai CSMT Express - Pantry Car coach.jpg, ''11042 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station–Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express'' –

Pantry A pantry is a room or cupboard where beverages, food, and sometimes dishes, household cleaning products, linens or provisions are stored within a home or office. Food and beverage pantries serve in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. Etymol ...

coach 11042 Chennai Central Mumbai CSMT Express about to be shunted off to the marshalling yard.jpg, ''11042 Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station–Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Express'' about to be shunted off to the

marshalling yard A classification yard (American and Canadian English (Canadian National Railway use)), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian, and Canadian English (Canadian Pacific Railway use)) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway ya ...

Dedicated Intercity trains of India This article seeks to list all the trains that ply between two cities in India. The trains listed in the set of cities must be the originating & terminating cities respectively. Only Cities with more than one train between them to be listed. Ahm ...

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Chennai Central Weekly Express Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting , Mumbai in Maharashtra and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Cen ...

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External links

Mumbai Chennai Mail

Chennai Mumbai Mail
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