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Rockfort Superfast Express

250 Px
Rockfort Express arriving at Trichy

Overview
Service type Superfast Express
Status Active
Locale Tamil Nadu
First service 1972; 47 years ago (1972)[1]
Current operator(s) Southern Railway zone
Route
Start Tiruchchirappalli Junction (TPJ)
Stops 14
End Chennai Egmore (MS)
Distance travelled 336 km (209 mi)
Average journey time 06:05 hours
Service frequency Daily each way
Train number(s) 12653/12654 (Old numbers 177/178, 6177/6178, 6877/6878, 16177/16178)
Line(s) used Chord line
On-board services
Class(es) 1A, 2A, 3A, SL, GS
Seating arrangements No
Sleeping arrangements Couchette car
Catering facilities No
Entertainment facilities No
Baggage facilities Overhead racks
Baggage carriage
Technical
Rolling stock
WAP7 (RPM/ED)
1 AC First Class
3 AC Two-tier
5 AC Three-tier
09 II SL
3 UR/GS
2 EOG
Track gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification
25 kV AC, 50 Hz
Operating speed 56 km/hr
Track owner(s) Southern Railway zone
Timetable number(s) 21/21A[2]



Route map
Rock Fort Express Route map.jpg

The Rockfort Superfast Express is a Superfast overnight Express rail connecting Tiruchirappalli with Chennai Egmore via Villupuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This train serves as the main connectivity to the state capital for Tiruchirappalli city and the town of Tiruchirappalli District along the route.




Contents






  • 1 Background and Relevance


  • 2 Rakes


  • 3 Schedule


  • 4 Maintenance


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Background and Relevance


The eponymous train is named after the famous 12th-century fortress Rockfort temple in the heart of Tiruchirapalli. The train originally ran between Madras Egmore and Tiruchirappalli Junction on the 'Chord Line'. Later, when the 'Main Line' was closed for operations to facilitate gauge conversion projects, a part of this train was extended to Thanjavur Junction as Rockfort Link Express (6177A/ 6178A). It was further extended to Kumbakonam during the Mahamaham festival. The extended run was truncated effective September 2013. The entire formation now runs up to Tiruchirappalli Junction. Converted as Superfast Express from 08.06.2017 & Renumbered as (12653/12654).


This train originally had a signal-green livery, with a yellow stripe along the upper and lower part of windows. It later was changed to the standard VB Maroon-livery when it was run on the MG. On BG it ran with the Conventional ICF coaches and later it is converted to LHB rake.





Rakes


Rockfort Superfast Express is one of the very few trains in the Indian Railways to have coaches of all the six classes of Indian Railway. It was running with 24 coaches including an AC First Class, AC 2-Tier, First class, AC 3-tier, Sleeper Class and General Sitting compartments. First Class coaches were removed in May 2014, as per railway policy.
New LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches has been allotted for this train. The train runs with LHB coaches from 26 September 2016, due to this the Composition of the train has been changed to accommodate Generator cars with 22 coaches. Later due to greater demand of Unreserved coaches additional GS was added and now running with 23 coaches, making it one of few LHB trains to run with 23 coaches. The train usually runs to full capacity.[a]

























































Loco
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
BSicon LDER.svg EOG GS GS S10 S9 S8 S7 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 A3 A2 A1 H1 GS EOG

The Coaches have RSA with Pandian Superfast Express and Cholan Express



Schedule


The train numbered 12654 departs from Trichy Junction at 22:35 Hours and arrives Viluppuram Junction by 01:40 Hours and reaches Chennai Egmore at 04:40 Hours the next day. The pairing train numbered 12653 starts at 23:30 Hours from Chennai Egmore and arrives Viluppuram Junction by 02:05 and reaches Trichy Junction at 05:15 hours the next day.[b]



Maintenance


The Primary Maintenance of the coaches are managed at SSE/C&W/MDU, there is no Secondary maintenance required.



See also



  • Cholan Express

  • Pallavan Express

  • Tiruchirappalli – Tirunelveli Intercity Express

  • Vaigai Express

  • Pandian Express

  • Vascodagama Express



Notes





  1. ^ The coach composition is subject to change.


  2. ^ The timings are in Indian Standard Time.




References





  1. ^ "Old time table of SR - 1977". IR Southern Zone - Discussion. Retrieved 20 December 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Trains at a Glance July 2013 - June 2014". Indian Railways. Retrieved 19 December 2013.




External links


  • Official website








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