Chennai Central–Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express

Jan Shatabdi Express train in India

MGR Chennai Central – Vijayawada Jn Jan Shatabdi Express

Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express at Kathivakkam

Overview

Service type

Superfast Express, Jan Shatabdi Express

First service

27 August 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-27)

Current operator(s)

Southern Railways (SR)

Route

Termini

MGR Chennai Central (MAS)
Vijayawada Junction (BZA)

Stops

Distance travelled

455 km (283 mi)

Average journey time

7 hours 10 minutes as 12077, 7 hours 10 minutes as 12078

Service frequency

Six days a week ^[a]

Train number(s)

12077 / 12078

On-board services

Class(es)

AC Chair Car, Second Class seating

Seating arrangements

Yes

Sleeping arrangements

Catering facilities

No pantry car attached but on-board catering available

Baggage facilities

Overhead racks

Technical

Rolling stock

LHB coach

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

63 kmph – average

Route map

Legend

12077 ↓

MGR Chennai Central

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

border

Sullurpeta

Nayadupeta

Gudur Junction

Nellore

Kavali

Ongole

Chirala

Tenali Junction

New Guntur

12078 ↑

Vijayawada Junction

The 12077 / 12078 MGR Chennai Central – Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express is a day-train, so called because as it returns to the station of origin on the same day. It connects the two commercial centers of South India – Chennai and Vijayawada. It is one of the fastest and most comfortable trains between Chennai and Vijayawada.^[1]

Overview

Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi runs between Chennai Central and Vijayawada Jn.

The train is numbered as 12077 from Chennai Central. It departs at 07:35 and reaches Vijayawada Junction at 14:45 taking 7 hours 10 minutes to cover 455 km. On the return journey the train is numbered as 12078 and departs from Vijayawada Jn at 15:20 and arrives at Chennai Central at 22:30.^[2]

Frequency. Except Tuesday All Days The Chennai–Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi is an 11-coach train and has 8 Jan Shatabdi class chair cars, 1 AC chair car and 2 luggage-cum-brake vans as part of its seating configuration.^[3]

History

Initially it was operated from Chennai Egmore, after the gauge conversion gained steam, this train was shifted to Chennai Central to facilitate better punctuality of incoming trains from southern Tamil Nadu.

It was allocated with the modern LHB coach from February 2020.

^ Except Tuesdays

Route & halts

Locomotives

It is hauled by a Royapuram or Erode-based WAP-7 locomotive on its entire journey.

References

^ "Janshatabdi Train List". Indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
^ "12077/Chennai Central - Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express - Chennai/MAS to Vijayawada/BZA". India Rail Info. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "12078/Vijayawada - Chennai Central Jan Shatabdi Express - Vijayawada/BZA to Chennai/MAS". India Rail Info. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

Zones and divisions

South Central	Hyderabad Secunderabad
South Coast	Guntakal Guntur Vijayawada Waltair
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hubli Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chennai–Thanjavur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Kothavalasa–Kirandul Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mysore–Bangalore Mysore–Chamarajanagar Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Manmad Tenali–Repalle Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari Vijayawada–Nidadavolu Viluppuram–Tiruchirappalli
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Sections	Duvvada–Vijayawada Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Nandyal Guntakal–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Hassan–Bangalore Kazipet–Vijayawada Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagpur–Secunderabad Nallapadu–Nandyal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Pagidipalli–Nallapadu Secunderabad–Dhone Shoranur–Cochin Harbour Shoranur–Mangalore Solapur–Guntakal Vijayawada–Gudur Vijayawada–Guntur
Inactive	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Railway companies

Active	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) Konkan Railway Corporation (KRCL) Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTCL) Kerala Rail Development Corporation (KRDC)
Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway

Accidents
and incidents

v t e Jan Shatabdi Express
Central Railways	Dadar–Jalna Dadar–Madgaon
East Coast Railways	Bhubaneswar–Howrah
East Central Railways	Howrah–Patna Patna–Ranchi
North Eastern Railways	Dehradun–Kathgodam Manduadih–Patna
Northeast Frontier Railways	Guwahati–Jorhat Town
Northern Railways	New Delhi–Dehradun Haridwar–Amritsar New Delhi–Una Haridwar–Una
North Western Railways	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin
South East Central Railways	Raigarh–Gondia
South Eastern Railways	Howrah–Barbil
South Western Railways	Bengaluru City–Hubli Yesvantpur–Shivamogga Town
Southern Railways	Thiruvananthapuram Central–Kozhikode Chennai Central–Vijayawada Kannur–Thiruvananthapuram Central Mayiladuthurai–Coimbatore
West Central Railways	Kota–Hazrat Nizamuddin Habibganj–Jabalpur