Overview | |||||
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Service type | Express | ||||
Locale | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu | ||||
Current operator(s) | Southern Railways | ||||
Route | |||||
Termini | Chennai Central Tirupati Main | ||||
Stops | Perambur (only train no 16058) Renigunta Junction | ||||
Distance travelled | 146.7 km (91.2 mi) | ||||
Average journey time | 3 hrs 15 min and 3 hrs 55 min | ||||
Service frequency | Daily | ||||
Train number(s) | 16053/16054 | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Class(es) | AC Chair Car, Second Sitting, Unreserved | ||||
Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | No | ||||
Technical | |||||
Operating speed | 45 km/h (28 mph) | ||||
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The Sapthagiri Express (numbered:16057/16058) is an Express train, operated between Chennai Central and Tirupati Main. The train was nostalgic among the millennium generation due to the green and yellow livery of the train in its past. [1] [2]
It is regularly hauled by Arakkonam-based WAP-4 electric locomotive.
★Train No. 16057 departs MGR Chennai Central at 06.25 hours and stops at Ambattur, Tiruvallur, Arakkonam Junction, Tiruttani, Ekambarakuppam, Puttur and Renigunta Junction to reach Tirupati at 09 hours 50 minutes
★Train no 16058 departs Tirupati at 18.00 hours to reach MGR Chennai Central at 22.15 hours. Enroute Chennai Central, it has additional stoppage at Perambur
The train is having Rake Share Arrangement with Train Number 16054/16053 Chennai Central–Tirupati Express
Running with ICF CBC Rake comprises 01 - AC Chair Car (CC) 06 - Second Sitting (D coach) 09 - General SecondClass (GS) 02 - SLR.
★The train no 16057 coming from Chennai Central reverses at Renigunta junction to reach Tirupati Main via Tiruchanur
★The train no 16058 coming from Tirupati reaches Renigunta Junction and reverses its direction of travel to reach Chennai
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