Sapthagiri Express

The 16057 / 16058 The Sapthagiri Express is an Express train, operated between Chennai Central and Tirupati Main. The train was nostalgic among the millennium generation due to the green and yellow livery of the train in its past.

Traction

earlier was WAM-4 then WAP-7 for first time in 2018. It is regularly hauled by an Erode Loco Shed or Arakkonam Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from end to end. ==Halts==

Halts

★Train No. 16057 departs MGR Chennai Central at 06.25 hours and stops at Ambattur, Tiruvallur, Arakkonam Junction, Tiruttani, Ekambarakuppam, Puttur and Renigunta Junction to reach Tirupati at 09 hours 50 minutes ★Train no 16058 departs Tirupati at 18.00 hours to reach MGR Chennai Central at 22.15 hours. Enroute Chennai Central, it has additional stoppage at Perambur ==Rake sharing==

Rake sharing

The train is having Rake Share Arrangement with Train Number 16054/16053 Chennai Central–Tirupati Express ==Coach composition==

Coach composition

earlier was Running with DEMU coaches in last decades then in 2018 was ICF CBC Rake comprises, now it gets an LHB Blue livery form of Shatabdi Express • 01 - AC Chair Car (CC) • 06 - Second Sitting (D coach) • 09 - General SecondClass (GS) • 02 - SLR. ==Direction reversal==

Direction reversal

★The train no 16057 coming from Chennai Central reverses at Renigunta junction to reach Tirupati Main via Tiruchanur ★The train no 16058 coming from Tirupati reaches Renigunta Junction and reverses its direction of travel to reach Chennai ==See also==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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