Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express

Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express

Overview
Service type	Express
First service	17 September 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-17)
Current operator(s)	South Central Railway zone
Route
Termini	Tirupati (TPTY) Puducherry (PDY)
Stops	9
Distance travelled	303 km (188 mi)
Average journey time	6h 45m
Service frequency	Weekly [a]
Train number(s)	17413/17414
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	On-board catering E-catering
Observation facilities	ICF Utkrisht rakes
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	45 km/h (28 mph), including halts
Route map

The Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to South Central Railway zone that runs between Tirupati and Puducherry in India. It is currently being operated with 17413/17414 train numbers on a weekly basis.^[1][2][3]

Service

The 17413/Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 303 km in 6h 45m. The 17414/Puducherry–Tirupati Weekly Express has an average speed of 41 km/h and covers 303 km in 7h 25m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

• Tirupati
• Pakala Junction
• Chittoor
• Katpadi Junction
• Vellore Cantonment
• Arni Road
• Polur
• Tiruvannamalai
• Thirukkovilur
• Viluppuram Junction
• Puducherry

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 10 coaches:

• 8 General Unreserved
• 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
• 2 sleeper coaches

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Arakkonam Loco Shed or Erode Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Tirupati to Puducherry and vice versa.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 1 times:

• Viluppuram Junction

See also

• Tirupati railway station
• Puducherry railway station

Notes

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

References

1. Delhi Metro records highest ever ridership of 26 lakhs
2. "Trains, the new conduit for PDS rice smugglers". The Times of India. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
3. 3 trains flagged off

External links

• 17413/Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express India Rail Info
• 17414/Puducherry–Tirupati Weekly Express India Rail Info