The 22807 / 08 Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to

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that runs between Santragachi Junction and

Chennai Central Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central) (station code: MAS), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone ...

in India. It operates as train number 22807 from Santragachi Junction to Chennai Central and as train number 22808 in the reverse direction, serving the 4 states of

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and

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Coaches

The 22807 / 08 Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Express has 1 AC First Class, 4 AC 2 tier, 10 AC 3 tier and 2 End on Generator cum Luggage Rack Coaches. In addition, it carries a

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coac

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 22807 Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Express covers the distance of 1655 kilometres in 27 hours 45 mins (59.64 km/h) and in 26 hours 30 mins as 22808 Chennai Central–Santragachi AC Express (62.45 km/h). As the average speed of the train is above , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 22807 / 08 Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Express runs from Santragachi Junction via Kharagpur Junction, Cuttack Junction,

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, Khurda Road Jn,

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, Vijayawada Junction, Gudur Junction to Chennai Centra

It reverses direction of travel at

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, a Santragachi-based Indian locomotive class WAP-7, WAP-7

locomotive hauls the train from Santragachi railway station, Santragachi Junction up to

and afterwards a

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-based

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

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locomotive hauls the train to Chennai Central railway station, Chennai Central.

Operation

22807 Santragachi–Chennai Central AC Express runs from Santragachi Junction every Tuesday and Friday reaching Chennai Central the next da

22808 Chennai Central–Santragachi AC Express runs from Chennai Central every Thursday and Sunday, reaching Santragachi Junction the next da

References

* http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,5,268&dcd=3553&did=139124247753895977870EF61F32487E507DB6445DCF3.web103 * http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/superfast-express-train-between-chennai-santragachi/article5587410.ece * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gvcQFym2OI * http://www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=3493&id=0,5,268 * http://www.railnews.co.in/mosr-flags-off-santragachi-chennai-superfast-ac-exp-and-howrah-amta-emu-local/ * http://www.traveliks.com/trains/22807-santragachi-chennai-central-sf-ac-express-train-timings-schedule-22807 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8owYouNdblA

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santragachi-Chennai Central SF AC Express Rail transport in Howrah Transport in Chennai Rail transport in Odisha Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Rail transport in Tamil Nadu AC Express (Indian Railways) trains Railway services introduced in 2014