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Chennai–Tirupati MEMU

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Chennai – Tirupati MEMU
Chennai Moore Market Station
Overview
Service typePassenger
First service1 January 2010; 14 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 [a]
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. [1] It was announced in 2013 rail budget.[2]

Service

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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

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The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

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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

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The train reverses its direction 1 times:

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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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