Sapthagiri Express

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{{Short description|Train in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox rail service

| name = Sapthagiri Express

| image =

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| type = Express

| locale = Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu

| first =

| last =

| operator = Southern Railway

| start = {{rws|MGR Chennai Central}} (MAS)

| stops = 8

| end = {{rws|Tirupati}} (TPTY)

| distance = {{convert|147|km|0|abbr=on}}

| journeytime = 4 hrs 10 mins

| frequency = Daily

| class = AC Chair Car, Second Class Seating, General Unreserved

| seating = Yes

| sleeping = No

| autorack = Overhead racks

| catering = On-board catering,
E-catering

| observation = Large windows

| baggage = Available

| otherfacilities = Below the seats

| stock = ICF coach

| trainnumber = 16057 / 16058

| gauge = Broad Gauge

| speed = {{convert|35|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts.

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The 16057 / 16058 The Sapthagiri Express is an Express train, operated between {{rws|Chennai Central}} and {{rws|Tirupati Main}}. The train was nostalgic among the millennium generation due to the green and yellow livery of the train in its past.{{cite web|title=Train Name Index|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/coaching/TAG_2015-16/Train_Name_index.pdf|website=Portal of Indian Railways|accessdate=31 May 2017|page=13|format=PDF}}{{cite news|title=Many trains cancelled, diverted due to rains in TN|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/many-trains-cancelled-diverted-due-to-rains-in-tn/article7887412.ece|accessdate=26 May 2017|work=The Hindu|language=en}}

Traction

It is regularly hauled by an Erode Loco Shed or Arakkonam Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from end to end.

Halts

★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

Rake sharing

The train is having Rake Share Arrangement with Train Number 16054/16053 Chennai Central–Tirupati Express

Coach composition

Running with ICF CBC Rake comprises

01 - AC Chair Car (CC)

06 - Second Sitting (D coach)

09 - General SecondClass (GS)

02 - SLR.

Direction reversal

★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

See also

References

{{Railways in Southern India}}

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Category:Transport in Chennai

Category:Transport in Tirupati

Category:Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh

Category:Rail transport in Tamil Nadu

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