Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express

The 22825 / 22826 Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express is an Superfast train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22825/22826 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Service

The 22825/Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 64 km/h and covers 1659 km in 25h 50m. The 22826/Chennai Central–Shalimar Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 59 km/h and covers 1659 km in 28h 00m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train has Modern LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 19 coaches:

2 AC II Tier
4 AC III Tier
9 Sleeper coaches
2 General Unreserved
2 End on Generation Coaches

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Shalimar to Visakhapatnam. From Visakhapatnam, trains are hauled by a Lallaguda Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive up to Chennai and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with;

22829/22830 Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express
18009/18010 Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express
22851/22852 Santragachi–Mangalore Central Vivek Express.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction once:
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