Kharagpur–Villupuram Superfast Express

Kharagpur–Viluppuram Biweekly Superfast Express

Overview

Service type

Superfast Express

First service

22 February 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02-22)

Current operator(s)

Southern Railway zone

Route

Termini

Kharagpur Junction (KGP)
Viluppuram Junction (VM)

Stops

Distance travelled

1,779 km (1,105 mi)

Average journey time

31h 15m

Service frequency

Bi-weekly

Train number(s)

22603/22604

On-board services

Class(es)

AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved

Seating arrangements

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

On-board catering
E-catering

Observation facilities

ICF coach

Entertainment facilities

Baggage facilities

Other facilities

Below the seats

Technical

Rolling stock

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

57 km/h (35 mph), including halts

Route map

The Kharagpur–Viluppuram Superfast Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between Kharagpur Junction and Viluppuram Junction in India. It is operating with 22603/22604 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Service

The 22603/Kharagpur–Viluppuram Superfast Express has an average speed of 57 km/h (35 mph) and covers 1,779 km (1,105 mi) in 31h 15m. The 22604/Viluppuram–Kharagpur Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h (35 mph) and covers 1,779 km (1,105 mi) in 31h 45m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 18 coaches:

1 AC II Tier
2 AC III Tier
7 Sleeper coaches
6 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Erode Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Kharagpur to Viluppuram and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 22605/22606 Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 1 times:

Visakhapatnam Junction

Demands

There are demands to extend this train till Puducherry from Villupuram Junction.

Notes

Runs one day in a week for every direction.

References

SER TRAIN SERVICES DISRUPTED DUE TO RAIL ROKO
"Change in platform numbers of some trains from tomorrow". The Hindu. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
Trains Not Allowed At Vijayawada Station Till Further Notice

External links

22603/Kharagpur–Villupuram Superfast Express India Rail Info
22604/Villupuram–Kharagpur Superfast Express India Rail Info

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.