Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Chennai Central Weekly Express

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast
First service	15 December 2014; 10 years ago (2014-12-15)
Current operator(s)	Central Railway
Route
Termini	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station (MAS)
Stops	15
Distance travelled	1,269 km (789 mi)
Average journey time	21 hours 40 minutes as LTT–Chennai Express, 22 hours 35 minutes as Chennai–LTT Express
Service frequency	Weekly [a]
Train number(s)	22179/22180
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved General
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Entertainment facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	58 km/h (36 mph)
Route map

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Mumbai in Maharashtra and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station, Chennai of Tamil Nadu. It is currently being operated with 22179/22180 train numbers on a weekly basis.^[1][2]

Service

The 22179/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 1262 km in 21 hrs 40 mins. 22180/Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and 1262 km in 22 hrs 35 mins.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

• Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
• Kalyan Junction
• Pune Junction
• Solapur
• Gulbarga
• Wadi Junction
• Yadgir
• Raichur Junction
• Manthralayam Road
• Guntakal Junction
• Gooty Junction
• Yerraguntla Junction
• Cuddapah
• Renigunta Junction
• Arakkonam Junction
• Perambur
• Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station

Coaches

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Coach composition (Downward – 22179)

The train consists of:

• 1 AC Two-tier coach (A1)
• 4 AC Three-tier coaches (B1, B2, B3, B4)
• 11 Sleeper coaches (S1 – S11)
• 1 Pantry Car
• 3 Unreserved General Sitting Coaches (GS)
• 2 Generator Cars

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	EOG	GS	GS	A1	B1	B2	B3	B4	PC	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	GS	EOG

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Erode based WAP-7 electric locomotive from end to end

Notes

1. Runs one days in a week for every direction.

External links

• 11073/Mumbai LTT – Chennai Central Weekly Express
• 11074/Chennai Central – Mumbai LTT Weekly Express

References

1. Udasi, Sunil (3 December 2015). "Permanent Augmentation of 5 CR Trains with 17 General Second class coaches". Central Railway. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Costlier tatkal tickets in four more trains". The Times of India. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.