The 12695 / 12696 M.G.R Chennai Central – Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express is a Daily

Superfast Express India has a system of express trains, operated by Indian Railways which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. , it maintains over of tracks, spanning across in route length, and operates nearly 3,000 ex ...

train connecting

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

. The train was introduced on 30 May 2006 and runs daily from to .

Coach composition

The train has standard

LHB coach Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany and produced by rail coach manufacturing units at Kapurthala, Chennai and Raebareli. They have been used since 2000 on ...

with max speed of . The train consists of 23 coaches: * 1 AC 2 tier * 4 AC 3 tier * 12

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* 2 Unreserved/General * 2 Seating cum luggage rake * 1 FIRST AC As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of

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depending on demand.

Timings

MGR Chennai Central (15:25 PM) →

Thiruvananthapuram Central Thiruvananthapuram Central (station code: TVC,) is an NSG–2 category railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a major railway station that serves the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of ...

(07:35 AM)

(17:20 PM) → MGR Chennai Central (10:00 AM) The important halts on this route are :- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

Express trains in India Transport in Chennai Rail transport in Tamil Nadu Transport in Thiruvananthapuram Rail transport in Kerala Kollam–Chennai trains {{India-express-train-stub