The 16057 / 16058 The Sapthagiri Express is an

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, operated between and . The train was nostalgic among the millennium generation due to the green and yellow livery of the train in its past.

Traction

It is regularly hauled by an Erode Loco Shed or Arakkonam Loco Shed-based

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electric locomotive from end to end.

Halts

★Train No. 16057 departs MGR Chennai Central at 06.25 hours and stops at

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, Tiruttani, Ekambarakuppam, Puttur and Renigunta Junction to reach

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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

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Rake sharing

The train is having Rake Share Arrangement with Train Number 16054/16053

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Coach composition

Running with ICF CBC Rake comprises 01 - AC Chair Car (CC) 06 - Second Sitting (D coach) 09 - General SecondClass (GS) 02 - SLR.

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

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