The 22671/22672 Chennai Egmore–Madurai Junction Tejas Express is India's second semi-high speed Tejas Express introduced by Indian Railways connecting and in

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, after Mumbai CSMT–Karmali Tejas Express. It is currently being operated with 22671/22672 train numbers on six days a week basis.

Coach composition

The 22671/22672 Chennai Egmore–Madurai Junction Tejas Express presently has 1 AC Executive Chair Car, 12 AC Chair Car coaches along with 2 End-on Generator coaches. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

22671/22672 Chennai Egmore–Madurai Junction Tejas Express currently operates 6 days a week, covering 493 km in 6 hrs 30mins (76 km/hr average speed). Max speed is 110 kmph.

Schedule

*22671 TEJAS EXPRESS departs (except Thursday) Chennai Egmore at 06:00 IST (06:00 AM), reaches at 09:55 IST (09:55 AM), then at 11:03 IST (11:03 AM) and reaches its destination Madurai Junction at 12:15 IST (12:15 PM) *22672 TEJAS EXPRESS departs (except Thursday) Madurai Junction at 15:00 IST (03:00 PM), then at 15:45 IST (03:45 PM) then at 17:00 IST (05:00 PM) and reaches its destination Chennai Egmore at 21:15 IST (09:15 PM)

Route & halts

The halts of the train are: * * * *

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Royapuram-based WAP-7 locomotive on its entire journey.

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