Pothigai Express

Pothigai Superfast Express
	File:POTHIGAI EXPRESS.jpg Pothigai Superfast Express is at Tiruchchirappalli Junction
Overview
Service type	Superfast
Status	Active
Locale	Tamil Nadu
First service	Mon Sep 20, 2004
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway zone
Ridership	Superfast
Route
Termini	Sengottai (SCT); Chennai Egmore (MS)
Distance travelled	667 km (414 mi)
Average journey time	11 hours 35 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12661/12662
On-board services
Class(es)	2A, 3A, SL, UR/GS & EOG
Disabled access
Seating arrangements	Corridor coach (UR/GS only)
Sleeping arrangements	Couchette car
Auto-rack arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On-Board Catering, e-Catering
Observation facilities	Large Windows
Other facilities	CCTV Cameras in all Coaches
Technical
Rolling stock	MS-DG WAP-7 from Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram, [{WAP-4]] from Arakkonam & Erode Electric Shed; DG-SCT WDM-3D from Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock;
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Broad Gauge
Electrification	25kV AC, 50 Hz (High Voltage Traction)
Operating speed	67 km/h (42 mph)
Track owner(s)	Southern Railway zone
Rake maintenance	Tirunelveli Junction
Rake sharing	Nellai Superfast Express (12631/12632)
Route map
Route map

The Pothigai Superfast Express is an overnight Superfast train service operated between Chennai Egmore and Sengottai via Villupuram, Trichy, Madurai, Sivakasi, Rajapalayam and Sankarankovil on the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Train 12661 starts daily at 8:40 PM departing Chennai Egmore for Sengottai, and train number 12662 in the opposite direction.^[4]

Schedule

12661 ~ Chennai Egmore → Sengottai ~ Pothigai Superfast Express
Station	Station Code	Arrival	Departure	Day
Chennai Egmore	MS	-	20:40	1
Tambaram	TBM	21:08	21:10
Chengalpattu Junction	CGL	21:38	21:40
Villupuram Junction	VM	23:13	23:15
Vriddhachalam Junction	VRI	23:55	23:57
Tiruchchirappalli Junction	TPJ	01:50	01:55	2
Dindigul Junction	DG	03:02	03:05
Madurai Junction	MDU	04:20	04:25
Virudhunagar Junction	VPT	05:13	05:15
Thiruthangal	TTL	05:29	05:30
Sivakasi	SVKS	05:36	05:37
Srivilliputhur	SVPR	05:52	05:53
Rajapalayam	RJPM	06:05	06:07
Sankarankoil	SNKL	06:28	06:30
Pamba Kovil Shandy	PBKS	06:42	06:43
Kadayanallur	KDNL	06:59	07:00
Tenkasi Junction	TSI	07:28	07:30
Sengottai	SCT	08:15
12662 ~ Sengottai → Chennai Egmore ~ Pothigai Superfast Express
Sengottai	SCT	-	18:20	1
Tenkasi Junction	TSI	18:33	18:35
Kadayanallur	KDNL	18:49	18:50
Pamba Kovil Shandy	PBKS	19:02	19:03
Sankarankoil	SNKL	19:15	19:17
Rajapalayam	RJPM	19:40	19:42
Srivilliputhur	SVPR	19:54	19:55
Sivakasi	SVKS	20:08	20:10
Thiruthangal	TTL	20:16	20:17
Virudhunagar Junction	VPT	20:38	20:40
Madurai Junction	MDU	21:45	21:50
Dindigul Junction	DG	22:47	22:50
Tiruchchirappalli Junction	TPJ	00:10	00:15	2
Vriddhachalam Junction	VRI	01:43	01:45
Villupuram Junction	VM	02:50	02:55
Chengalpattu Junction	CGL	04:18	04:20
Tambaram	TBM	04:48	04:50
Chennai Egmore	MS	05:40	-

This train having 22 coaches

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	EOG	UR	S9	S8	S7	S6	S5	S4	S3	S2	S1	B6	B5	B4	B3	B2	B1	A2	A1	UR	UR	EOG

Chennai Egmore ➡ Dindigul Junction

Dindigul Junction ➡ Sengottai

^ "EXTENDED TO SENGOTTAI". Southern Railway press release No.186. 2008. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
^ Staff reporter (6 May 2007). "Pothigai Express to run 6 days a week". The Hindu online edition. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
^ Special correspondent (6 February 2008). "Pothigai Express extended to Senkottai". The Hindu online edition. Retrieved 4 April 2009. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Timings of Podhigai, Nellai Express trains to change". The Hindu online edition.

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