Chennai–Madurai AC Duronto Express

Chennai–Madurai AC Duronto Express

Overview
Service type	AC Duronto
Status	Permanently withdrawn from service
Locale	Tamil Nadu
First service	15 December 2012; 12 years ago (2012-12-15)
Last service	March 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03)
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Chennai Central (MAS) Madurai Junction (MDU)
Stops	1
Distance travelled	555 km (345 mi)
Average journey time	8 hrs 30 minutes
Service frequency	Bi-Weekly
Train number(s)	22205/22206
On-board services
Class(es)	First AC, Second AC, Third AC
Observation facilities	Large Windows
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	71 km/h (45 mph)

Chennai Madurai Duronto Express was a Duronto Express belonging to Indian Railways which was operated fully Air-Conditioned Superfast Bi-weekly train connecting Chennai and Madurai via Salem in Southern Railway zone. This train was cancelled with effect from 10 June 2020.

This Duronto Express now converted to a Chennai Central–Madurai AC Superfast Express. It runs three days a week along with the Chennai Central–Madurai AC Superfast Express (20601 / 20602) which runs once a week.

Background

The ever-growing inflow to the State Capital from Madurai and its neighboring districts and the heavy rail traffic on the Tambaram-Villupuram-Madurai section, is the prime reason behind operating the train from Chennai Central. And hence the fact that it takes a longer route via Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindugal. The train makes only one commercial halt at Salem Junction across the Chennai-Salem-Madurai line. It is now running with LHB rakes (Linke Hoffman Busch) from 26 JUNE 2018 and is maintained at Chennai Central.

Coach composition

The train consists of one 1 AC First/Executive Class (1A), 2 AC Two-tier (2A), 9 AC Three-Tier (3A) and 2 EOG.

Loco

EOG

Gallery

Chennai Central - Madurai Duronto arrived Madurai Junction
Duronto halted Parallel with Punalur-Madurai fast passenger
Duronto halted at Madurai Junction
A View of AC 2-tier (2A) Coach

Notes

Technical Halt.

References

"New Duronto train services to Madurai, T'puram from December 15". The Times of India. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Southern Railway cancels 9 train services due to low occupancy". The Hindu. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
"Chennai-Madurai Duronto by October". IBNLive.in. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Travel Chennai-Madurai non-stop on Duronto Express". The New Indian Express. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Chennai-Madurai Duronto Express likely from Nov". The Hindu. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Madurai-Chennai Central Duronto Express likely from June". The Hindu. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Two more non-stop Duronto trains from city". The Hindu. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

v t e Duronto Express
Operational	Mumbai Central–Hapa Pune-Ahmedabad Mumbai LTT–Prayagraj Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Jammu Tawi Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Ernakulam Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–New Delhi Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Mumbai CSMT–Howrah Howrah–Pune Mumbai Central–Indore Mumbai Central–Jaipur Mumbai Central–New Delhi Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Patna–Kolkata Sealdah–Bikaner Sealdah–Puri Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Secunderabad Yesvantpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad
Defunct	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–Puri Chennai–Coimbatore Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Amritsar–Chandigarh Lucknow–New Delhi Howrah–Digha Allahabad–New Delhi Chennai–Madurai

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Railway companies

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