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The 22661 / 22662 Sethu Superfast Express is a Superfast train of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and runs between
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Express trains in India Rail transport in Tamil Nadu Transport in Chennai Transport in Rameswaram Named passenger trains of India {{India-express-train-stub
Chennai Egmore
Chennai Egmore (formerly: Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur)(station code: MS), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one ...
and Rameswaram
Rameswaram (; also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about from ...
via Chord line and Tiruchirapalli
Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of Ta ...
- Karaikudi
Karaikudi is the largest city of Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, the 21st largest urban Agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area ...
- Manamadurai
Manamadurai is a Municipality Town in Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Situated 58 kilometres away from the heart of Madurai on the Cochin - Dhanushkodi National Highway. It is the 4th Largest Urban Agglomeration in the Siva ...
Branch line. It is a standard train consisting of 23 coaches. The train covers a distance of with an average speed of .
Etymology
The King of Ramanathapuram Samasthanam (Princely State) inTamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
bore the title Sethupathy. So the train running through this princely territory is named as Sethu express
The other reason being it connects the peninsular sub continental India with the Island city of Rameshwaram using the Pamban bridge
Pamban Bridge (, romanised: ''pāmban'') was a railway bridge that connected the town of Rameswaram on Pamban Island to Mandapam on mainland India. Opened on 24 February 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in ...
.
Coach composition
Total number of coaches: 23
See also
* Cholan Superfast Express * Pallavan Superfast Express * Pandian Superfast Express * Vaigai Superfast Express * Boatmail Express * Rockfort Superfast Express * Silambu Express * Ananthapuri Express * Pothigai Superfast Express *Pearl City (Muthunagar) Superfast Express
The Pearl City (Muthunagar) Super Fast Express is an overnight Superfast Express train of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The Pearl City (Muthunagar) Superfast Express runs between Thoothukudi and Chennai Egmore via Virudun ...
*Chennai Egmore-Puducherry Express
The Chennai Egmore–Puducherry Auroville Express is an express train belonging to the Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India via . The Express train between Madras and Pondicherry, introduced on 15- 12-1970, was cancelled 1-.4 ...
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