HORRIBLY LATE RUNNING SUPERFAST TRAIN OF INDIAN RAILWAYS : Legend Tamil Nadu SF Express Tears Chata
Indian Railways : Seen in video is more than 8 hours late running 12622/Tamil Nadu Superfast Express hauled by Erode [ED] WAP-4 #22728 at Chata station of North Central Railways [NCR]. By mistake I have written 12621 at starting of the video. Railfan Anirudh Jolly can be seen in action as well. It is one of the legendary trains of Indian Railways.
The Tamil Nadu Express or T.N. Express is a passenger train route of the Indian...
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Railways. The train was first started on 7 August 1976 by then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Introduced as a tri-weekly, it was the first State named train of the south. It runs between Chennai Central and New Delhi. It was considered as the fastest non-Rajdhani Express train. In 1976, it was a tri weekly train, then made four times a week just before the 1982 Asian Games and then converted to a daily train by Madhav Rao Scindia in June 1988 and who added Gwalior to the stoppages. Numbered 12621/12622, this train belongs to the Superfast category of Indian Railways.
When first introduced, the train was numbered 121/122 and the train had 13 compartments and was hauled by a single WDM 2 locomotive. After the Madras to Vijayawada line was electrified, the train was hauled by a single WAM 4 electric on that stretch, and a single WDM 2 from Vijayawada to New Delhi. When the Chennai - New Delhi line was partially electrified in the late 1980s, it had to change engines twice in the route, from WAM 4 to WDM 2 at Vijayawada and then from WDM 2 to WAM 4 at Itarsi Junction.[2] When it was a non-daily train, it shared time slots with Andhra Pradesh Express and Kerala Express. The train from Delhi previously split at Katpadi (Vellore) or Jolarpettai, with corresponding train sets departing got Bangalore and Trivandrum (now called Thiruvanthapuram). Similarly, the two portions used to combine at one of these stations and operate to New Delhi. The first Superfast to connect the Southern Metro with the state capital the train beat the record of G T Express which held the superfast train status of the South that time and fastest to reach New Delhi. Timings were not convenient for Delhi travelers, leading to daily and timings altered to leave Chennai in the evening. The Tamil Nadu Express faced a problem with the engine when it had to haul 18+ coaches. The train could not cover the terrains near Itarsi and was regularly late by 2–3 hours while on its way to New Delhi. Mr George Fernandes as Railway Minister, introduced the concept of twin engines and tried to fix the problem. Later the travel time was increased to 33 hours. The train was rescheduled to night later. Though the name is Tamil Nadu Express, the train has no stops in Tamil Nadu other than its originating station Chennai Central.
This train runs via Vijayawada, Warangal, Balharshah, Nagpur, Itarsi Junction, Bhopal Junction, Jhansi Junction, Gwalior, Agra Cantt and Hazrat Nizamuddin to reach New Delhi station. There is no stop between Vijayawada and Chennai. The train takes around 6 hours and 20 minutes to reach Vijayawada from Chennai Central, and 6 hrs and 45 minutes to reach Chennai Central, from Vijayawada. The non-stop run of 431 km between Vijayawada and Chennai Central is the second longest inter-halt journey for any train other than the Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express or the Duronto Express, Kochuveli Dehradun Superfast Express, Kochuveli Amritsar Super Fast Express and Kerala Sampark Kranti Express (between Kota and Vadodara 528 km non stop).
12622/Tamil Nadu SF Express travels 2182 km in 32h 40m with 11 halts at an average speed of 66 km/hr and belongs to Southern Railways [SR].
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