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Chennai – Tirupati MEMU
Chennai Moore Market Station
Overview
Service typePassenger
First service1 January 2010; 15 years ago (2010-01-01)
Current operator(s)Southern Railway zone
Route
TerminiMoore Market Complex (MMCC)
Tirupati (TPTY)
Stops25
Distance travelled147 km (91 mi)
Average journey time4h
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)66015/66014 (earlier), 06727/06728 (at present)
On-board services
Class(es)General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsNo
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesOn-board catering
E-catering
Observation facilitiesICF coach
Entertainment facilitiesNo
Baggage facilitiesNo
Technical
Rolling stock2
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed37 km/h (23 mph), including halts

The Moore Market Complex–Tirupati MEMU is a MEMU passenger service belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between Moore Market Complex and Tirupati in India. It was announced in 2013 rail budget.

Service

The 66015/Moore Market Complex–Tirupati MEMU has an average speed of 37 km/h and covers 147 km in 4h. The 66014/Tirupati–Moore Market Complex MEMU has an average speed of 34 km/h and covers 147 km in 4h 15m. However after the CoVid pandemic, the train was re-introduced as a MEMU express special with train no 06727/06728 departing from MASS/TPTY respectively

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train uses either old generational MEMU which has 8 coaches or new generation MEMU (introduced by ICF ) which has 9 coaches out of which .6 are general coaches .3 are general ladies and first class coaches (it is 2 in the case of old gen MEMU)

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 1 times:

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. "South Central Railway gets many projects in Railway Budget 2013". Deccan Chronicle. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013.
  2. "Rail Budget 2013: Andhra Pradesh to get 8 express trains, 4 new lines". The Times of India. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013.

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