Coimbatore–Jaipur Superfast Express

Coimbatore–Jaipur Express

Overview

Service type

Superfast Express

First service

1 January 1998 (1998-01-01)

Current operator(s)

North Western Railways

Route

Termini

Coimbatore Main Junction
Jaipur Junction

Stops

Distance travelled

2,678.4 km (1,664.3 mi)

Average journey time

44 hours 55 minutes

Service frequency

Weekly

Train number(s)

12969/12970

On-board services

Class(es)

AC First, AC Two Tier, AC Three Tier, Sleeper, General Unreserved

Seating arrangements

Yes

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

Yes

Technical

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

59 km/h (37 mph) average with halts

Route map

Coimbatore–Jaipur Superfast Express is a Superfast Express weekly train run by Indian Railways between Coimbatore Main Junction in Tamil Nadu and Jaipur in Rajasthan.It runs with the numbers 12969/12970. It is now running with LHB coaches from January 2021.

Service and schedule

The train leaves Jaipur on every Tuesdays at 7.35pm and reaches Coimbatore on every Thursdays at 4.50pm. In return it leaves Coimbatore at 9.25am on every Fridays, to reach Jaipur on Sundays at 6.45am by covering the total distance of 2,678.4 kilometres (1,664.3 mi) in approximately 45 hours.

Route and stations

This train passes through 37 intermediate stations including Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Nagda, Ujjain, Bhopal, Itarsi, Nagpur, Balharshah, Warangal, Vijayawada, Gudur, Chennai Central, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem and Erode. It gets its reversal done three times in its journey at Sawai Madhopur, Nagda and at Chennai Central.

Coach and rake

1 AC First Class Cum AC Two Tier
2 AC Two Tier
6 AC Three Tier
6 Sleeper Class
1 Pantry Car
4 General Unreserved
2 Generator Cars

It shares its rakes with

Jaipur - Chennai Central Express
Jaipur - Mysore Express

The train is pulled by Erode WAP-4, Vadodara WAP-4 and Bhagat Ki Kothi WDP-4B.

References

External links

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

Accidents
and incidents

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