Brindavan Express

Brindavan Express
Brindavan Superfast Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	1 October 1964;60 years ago (1964-10-01)
Current operator(s)	Southern Railways
Route
Termini	Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station (MAS) Bengaluru City (SBC)
Stops	10
Distance travelled	359 km (223 mi)
Average journey time	6 hours, 10 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12639 / 12640
Line(s) used	Chennai–Bangalore line
On-board services
Class(es)	CC, 2S and UR/GS
Disabled access
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Auto-rack arrangements	No
Catering facilities	No
Observation facilities	Large windows
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	58 km/h (36 mph) average including halts
Route map

The 12639 / 12640 Brindavan Express is a Superfast express train connecting Chennai Central (MAS) and Bengaluru City (SBC). It leaves Chennai Central at 07:40 and reaches Bengaluru City at 13:40 hours. In the reverse direction, it leaves Bengaluru City at 15:00 and reaches Central at 21:05 hours. The train has 22 coaches in its composition.

History

The train is named after the Brindavan Gardens located near Mysore, which is a popular tourist attraction. This train introduced in the 1964 as the first intercity express in the Southern Railways. At that time it had stops only at Katpadi Junction and Jolarpettai Junction covering the 360 kilometres (220 mi) in 5 hours. Later due to derailments of some trains the speed was reduced to take 5.5 hours in the 1980s. With increase in stops it has now come to 6 hours. In the early 1980s the train was operated as double decker with ac and non-ac classes, which was later on scrapped, and the train was operated as single deck. In the late 1980s the MAS-JTJ stretch was electrified. JTJ-SBC the train used diesel engines. For the purpose of speed this train used to have twin diesels for the up gradient (deccan) between JTJ and SBC. The Train celebrated its Golden Jubilee run on 1 October 2014. ^[1]

Loco link

This train is currently hauled by WAP-4, WAP-7 class electric locomotive maintained by Electric Loco Shed Arakkonam, Royapuram of Southern Railway.^{[ citation needed ]}

Train timings

This train is a daily service train with the following departures and arrivals at some of these stations:-

MGR Chennai Central ↔ KSR Bengaluru City Jn (Brindavan Express)
12639		Station Name	Station Code	12640
Arrival	Departure			Arrival	Departure
-	07:40	Chennai Central	MAS	21:10	-
--SKIP--		Perambur	PER	20:33	20:35
08:38	08:40	Arakkonam Junction	AJJ	19:43	19:45
08:58	09:00	Sholinghur	SHU	19:18	19:20
09:13	09:15	Walajah Road Junction	WJR	19:03	19:05
09:38	09:40	Katpadi Junction	KPD	18:43	18:45
10:18	10:20	Ambur	AB	17:58	18:00
10:33	10:35	Vaniyambadi	VN	17:43	17:45
10:53	10:55	Jolarpettai Junction	JTJ	17:28	17:30
11:39	11:40	Kuppam	KPN	16:43	16:45
12:09	12:11	Bangarapet Junction	BWT	16:14	16:15
12:50	12:52	Krishnarajapuram	KJM	15:32	15:34
13:08	13:10	Bangalore Cantonment	BNC	15:20	15:22
13:40	-	Bengaluru City	SBC	-	15:10

Rakes

Earlier with ICF coaches, the train had dedicated rake. Upon launch of LHB coach, the rakes are now shared with Kovai Express (12675/12676).

• 3 Second Class Sitting (Unreserved)
• 13 Second-Class Sitting (Reserved)
• 2 AC Chair Car
• 1 Pantry Car
• 1 EOG
• 1 LSLRD

See also

• Chennai Central–Bengaluru City Shatabdi Express
• Lal Bagh Express
• Chennai–Bangalore Double Decker Express

References

1. Singh, T Francis Sundar (6 October 2014). "Chennai - Bangalore Brindavan Express chugs past 50th year". The Times of India . Retrieved 12 August 2018.