Anantapuri Express

Anantapuri Express
Overview
Service type Mail/Express
Status Operating
Locale Kerala & Tamil Nadu
First service 30 June 2002 (2002-06-30)(initial run between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Chennai Egmore)[1]
1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)(extended to Kollam Junction)[2]
Current operator(s) Indian Railway
Route
Start Kollam Junction (QLN)
Stops 30
End Chennai Egmore (MS)
Distance travelled 859 km (534 mi)
Average journey time 17 hours 5 minutes
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 16723/16724
On-board services
Class(es) AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, 12 Sleeper 3 tier, 4 Unreserved
Seating arrangements Chair car & Bench seat
Sleeping arrangements Couchette cars
Catering facilities No
Observation facilities Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock WAP-7, WAP-4
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian gauge
Electrification 25 kV AC 50 Hz
Operating speed 50 km/h (31 mph)
Rake maintenance Rameswaram
Rake sharing Sethu Express
Route map

Ananthapuri Express is an express train running between Kollam Junction and Chennai Egmore via Thiruvananthapuram Central, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai and Tirunelveli through the trunk line and chord lines in Southern India. It is a daily overnight service. From Chennai Egmore, train no:16723 departs by 19:50 hours and reaches Kollam Junction at 13:00 hours the next day. The parallel train numbered 16724 starts 15:00 Hours from Kollam and reaches Chennai around 08:05 hours the next day. Proposal of the train was on 30 June 2002[1] Central budget of railways, operating six days a week. Later in 2005 it is made daily train. In the beginning it ran between Chennai Egmore and Thiruvananthapuram Central. In 2017 Central budget, it is extended[2] to Kollam with effect from 1 November 2017.[3][4]

Route

It runs along the Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram trunk line and other chord lines through one among the shortest routes from Kollam to Chennai via Thiruvananthapuram, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Trichy, Villupuram and Chengalpattu.

Halts

Kollam Junction → Varkala Sivagiri → Thiruvananthapuram Central → Neyyattinkara → Parassala → Kuzhithurai → Eraniel → Nagercoil Junction → Aralvaimozhi → North Panagudi → Valliyur → Nanguneri → Tirunelveli Junction → Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction → Kadambur → Kovilpatti → Satur → Virudhunagar Junction → Tirumangalam → Madurai Junction → Kodaikanal Road → Dindigul Junction → Tiruchirappalli Junction → Vriddhachalam Junction → Viluppuram Junction → Tindivanam → Melmaruvathur → Maduranthakam → Chengalpattu Junction → Tambaram → Mambalam → Chennai Egmore[5]

Schedule

16723 - Starts for Chennai Egmore daily at 7:50 PM IST and reach Kollam Jn next day at 1:30 PM IST

16724 - Leaves Kollam Jn every day at 15:00 HRS IST and reach next day Morning 8:10 AM IST


Incident

The engine of 16723 Express caught fire at Kollam Junction on 16 July 2018. [6].

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "New Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai express train from June 30". The Hindu. 18 June 2002.
  2. 1 2 "Extended destination of three daily trains running through the state". Times of India. 25 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Southern Railway - Gateway of South India". Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "India Rail Info - Anantapuri Express". Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "16723-Chennai Egmore-Kollam Junction Anantapuri Express". India Rail Info. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. ↑ []
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