Chennai–Tirupati MEMU explained

Chennai – Tirupati MEMU
Type:Passenger
Operator:Southern Railway zone
Start: (MMCC)
Stops:25
End: (TPTY)
Distance:147km (91miles)
Journeytime:4h
Frequency:Daily
Class:General Unreserved
Seating:No
Sleeping:Yes
Catering:On-board catering
E-catering
Observation:ICF coach
Entertainment:No
Baggage:No
Stock:2
Trainnumber:66015/66014 (earlier), 06727/06728 (at present)
Speed:37km/h, including halts

The Moore Market Complex–Tirupati MEMU is a MEMU passenger service belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India. [1] It was announced in 2013 rail budget.[2]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: South Central Railway gets many projects in Railway Budget 2013. https://archive.today/20130410231500/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130226/news-current-affairs/article/south-central-railway-gets-many-projects-railway-budget-2013. dead. 10 April 2013. Deccan Chronicle. 26 February 2013.
  2. News: Rail Budget 2013: Andhra Pradesh to get 8 express trains, 4 new lines. https://web.archive.org/web/20130302035341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-27/rail-budget/37329703_1_purna-parli-vaijnath-nizamabad-lokmanya-tilak-dhone-gooty. dead. 2 March 2013. The Times of India. 27 February 2013.