Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express - Train

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The Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express is an Express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Shalimar and Chennai Central in India. It is currently being operated with 22825/22826 train numbers on a weekly basis.[1][2][3]

Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	24 July 2012; 10 years ago (2012-07-24)
Current operator(s)	South Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Shalimar (SHM) Chennai Central (MAS)
Stops	21
Distance travelled	1,660 km (1,031 mi)
Average journey time	27h 25m
Service frequency	Weekly [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)	22825/22826
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	On-board catering E-catering
Observation facilities	ICF coaches
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	61 km/h (38 mph), including halts

Service

The 22825/Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 61 km/hr and covers 1660 km in 27h 25m. The 22826/Chennai Central–Shalimar Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 57 km/hr and covers 1660 km in 29h 5m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Shalimar
Santragachi Junction
Kharagpur Junction
Cuttack Junction
Bhubaneswar
Khurda Road Junction
Brahmapur
Vizianagaram Junction
Visakhapatnam Junction
Eluru
Vijayawada
Chennai Central

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches:

1 AC II Tier
4 AC III Tier
10 Sleeper coaches
5 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Shalimar to Visakhapatnam. From Visakhapatnam, trains are hauled by a Lallaguda Loco Shed-based WAM-4 electric locomotive uptil Chennai and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 22829/22830 Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express, 18009/18010 Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express and 22851/22852 Santragachi–Mangalore Central Vivek Express.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 1 times:

Visakhapatnam Junction

Notes

Runs one day in a week for every direction.

References

Trains Rescheduled/Partially Cancelled due to Traffic Block
"Arasavalli temple set to get much-needed facelift". The Hindu. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
Change in platform numbers in Visakhapatnam Junction

External links

22825/Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express India Rail Info
22826/Chennai Central–Shalimar Weekly Superfast Express India Rail Info

Railways in Southern India

National network /
trunk lines

Howrah–Chennai main line
New Delhi–Chennai main line
Mumbai–Chennai line

Other lines /
sections

Active

Interstate	Chennai Central–Bangalore City line Coimbatore–Shoranur line Pagidipalli–Nallapadu line Jolarpettai–Shoranur line Kanniyakumari District Railway Kazipet–Vijayawada section Kollam–Sengottai branch line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Nagpur–Secunderabad line Palakkad–Pollachi line Secunderabad–Manmad line Secunderabad–Dhone section Shoranur–Mangalore section Solapur–Guntakal section Guntakal–Vasco da Gama section Thiruvananthapuram–Nagercoil–Kanyakumari line Pune–Miraj–Londa line
Andhra Pradesh	Bhimavaram–Narasapur branch line Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Guntur–Tenali section Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Gudur–Renigunta section Guntakal–Renigunta section Guntakal–Nandyal section Nallapadu–Nandyal section Nandyal–Yerraguntla section Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line Tenali–Repalle branch line Vijayawada–Gudur section Vijayawada–Guntur section Vijayawada–Nidadavolu line Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section
Karnataka	Hassan–Bangalore section Mangalore–Hassan–Mysore line Mysore–Bangalore line Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line Bangalore–Arsikere–Hubli line
Kerala	Ernakulam–Kayamkulam coastal line Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section Nilambur–Shoranur line Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam line
Tamil Nadu	Nagercoil–Tirunelveli line Nilgiri Mountain Railway Viluppuram-Tiruchirappalli Chord line Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line Manamadurai–Virudhunagar line Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur main line Erode–Tiruchirappalli line Madurai–Tirunelveli line
Telangana	Peddapalli–Nizamabad line Motumarri–Vishnupuram section

Inactive

Nilambur–Nanjangud line (Cancelled)
Sabarimala Railway (Proposed)

Urban and
suburban
rail transport

Chennai	Chennai Suburban Railway Chennai MRTS Chennai Metro
Hyderabad	Hyderabad MMTS Hyderabad Metro
Bangalore	Bengaluru Commuter Rail (Proposed) Namma Metro
Kochi	Kochi Metro

Monorails /
Light metros

Bengaluru Monorail
Chennai Monorail
Coimbatore Metro
Kozhikode Light Metro
Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro
Tiruchirappalli Monorail

Defunct railways

Cochin State Forest Tramway
Kundala Valley Railway

Railway divisions

Bangalore
Chennai
Guntakal
Guntur
Hubli
Madurai
Mysore
Palakkad
Salem
Thiruvananthapuram
Tiruchirappalli
Vijayawada

Manufacturing units /
workshops / sheds

Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam
Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock
Electric Loco Shed, Erode
Diesel Loco Shed, Erode
Golden Rock Railway Workshop
Integral Coach Factory
Kollam MEMU Shed
Rail Wheel Factory
Electric Loco Shed, Vijayawada

Railway zones

South Central Railway
South Coast Railway
Southern Railway
South Western Railway

Railway companies

Konkan Railway Corporation
Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation Ltd
East Coast State Railway
Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways
Madras Railway
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

Agitations
and accidents

1928 South Indian railway strike
1932 Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway strike
1974 railway strike in India
1988 Kollam Peruman train accident
Nellore train fire

Railway Divisions

Chennai
Madurai
Palakkad
Salem
Tiruchirappalli
Thiruvananthapuram

See also

Timeline of Southern Railway zone
Kerala Rail Development Corporation
Bholu (mascot)
Madras Time
Thiruvananthapuram–Kasargode Semi High Speed Rail Corridor
Annual passenger earnings details of railway stations in Kerala

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Howrah–Delhi main line
Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line
Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line
Howrah–Chennai main line
Sahibganj loop
Grand Chord
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line
Barauni–Guwahati line
Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Calcutta Chord link line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Kolkata Circular Railway New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah Main and North section Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Kolkata Metro
Kolkata Suburban Railway
Kolkata Circular Railway

Monorail

Kolkata Monorail
Patna Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Mughalsarai Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
Braithwaite & Co.
Burn Standard Company
Bharat Wagon and Engineering
Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Raxaul Junction
Bairgania
Jaynagar
Jogbani
Laukaha Bazar
Thakurganj

Railway companies

East Indian Railway Company
Bengal Nagpur Railway
Indian Branch Railway Company
Indian Railways
Martin's Light Railways