Tambaram - Sengottai Tri-weekly East delta Superfast Express is an express train of the

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connecting

Tambaram Tambaram is a city located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The city is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation. Etymology Tambaram is an ancient town referred to as Taamapuram in an inscrip ...

in the South Indian metropolis of

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with

Sengottai Sengottai (also known as Shencottah, Chenkotta or Shenkottai) is a town in the Tenkasi district, of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the gateway to southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Spread over an area of 2.68 km2 with a population of over 26,823, ...

Tenkasi Tenkasi () is a town and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Tenkasi is the third largest city in tenkasi district after Kadayanallur and Sankarankovil. Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural ...

district of

. It is operating as a tri weekly East delta super fast express train via Tiruturaipoondi Junction,

Aruppukkottai Aruppukottai is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aruppukottai's classical name is "Sengattu irukkai idathuvali". Aruppukottai is about 50 km from Madurai. It is in the middle of Vellore-T ...

, Tirunelveli Junction with 20683/20684 train numbers. It is the third longest running train within

by traveling 750 km. It has been inaugurated by the

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on 08/04/2023. Upon inaugural, the train numbered 20683 is to be operated as weekly train departing at 21 Hrs from Tambaram railway station every Sunday and reach Sengottai at 10:50 Hrs the next day. The return train numbered 20684 will depart Sengottai at 16:15 Hrs every Monday and reach Tambaram next day at 6:05 Hrs. It is Mainly For The Thirunelveli -Tenkasi section, karaikudi - thiruvarur section People to Connect With The State Capital Chennai.

Coach Composition

It has 17 coaches with single dedicated LHB Coach rake. It has # 1 SLR # 1 EOG # 3 General Unreserved Coach # 2 AC 2 Tire Coach # 5 AC 3 Tire Economy Coach # 5 Non AC Sleeper Coach

Stoppages

# Tambaram # Villupuram junction # Tirupadripuliyur # Mayiladuthurai Junction # Thiruvarur Junction # Tiruturaipundi Junction # Muthupet #

Pattukkottai Pattukkottai is a major town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and also important town in Delta districts and Commercial town of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Pudukkottai district Coastal areas. The town came to prominence th ...

# Aranthangi # Karaikudi Junction #'' Manamadurai Junction (Technical Halt only)'' #

# Virudhunagar Junction # Tirunelveli Junction # Cheranmahadevi # Kallidaikurichi # Ambasamudram # Paavurchattiram # Tenkasi Junction # Sengottai

Traction

Royapuram Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of South India, opening in 1856, and is today ...

Based WAP - 7 hauls the train from

to Thiruvarur Jn. A Golden Rock ( GOC) based WDP - 4D hauls the Train from Thiruvarur Jn to

as the Thiruvarur - Karaikudi section is unelectrified and vice - versa.

References

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