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12608/Lalbagh SF Express
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Train No. 12608 KR Bengaluru - Dr MGR Chennai Central Lalbagh Express leaving KSR Bengaluru at 06.20 hrs from 20th  September to 20th  December, 2024 Will Be Skipping Bangalore Cantt (BNC) Due to Re development Works of Pf no. 2 and 3.
Tue Jun 11, 2024 (08:44PM)
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🔹Train No 12608 KSR Bengaluru – MGR Chennai Central Lalbagh Express scheduled to leave KSR Bengaluru at 6.20am on January 21, 2024 is rescheduled to leave at 6.50am.
Sun Jan 21, 2024 (10:42AM)
🔹Train no. 12608/Lalbagh SF Express JCO 05/12/2023 will be fully cancelled due to the ongoing Michaung cyclone at Chennai city.
Mon Dec 04, 2023 (07:49PM)
🔹Train no. 12608/Lalbagh SF Express JCO 13/09/2023, 20/09/2023, 27/09/2023 and 04/10/2023 will be partially cancelled between Katpadi - MGR Chennai Central and will short terminate at Katpadi Jn (KPD).
Thu Sep 07, 2023 (08:22AM)
🔹Train No. 12608 KSR Bengaluru-Dr MGR Chennai Central Daily Lalbagh Express, starting from KSR Bengaluru o­n August 13, 20 & 27, 2023 will be rescheduled by 30 minutes & 80 minutes, respectively.
Fri Aug 11, 2023 (11:06PM)
🔹 Train no. 12608/Lalbagh SF Express JCO 19/04/2023 will be regulated for 10 minutes enroute. 🔹 Train No. 12608 KSR Bengaluru - MGR Chennai Central Lalbagh SF Express, commencing journey from KSR Bengaluru on April 26, 2023, will be rescheduled by 90 minutes.
Mon Apr 10, 2023 (06:40PM)
🔹 Train No. 12608 KSR Bengaluru - MGR Chennai Central Lalbagh SF Express, commencing journey from KSR Bengaluru on April 26, 2023, will be rescheduled by 90 minutes.
Mon Apr 10, 2023 (06:00PM)
·Train No. 12608 KSR Bengaluru – Dr MGR Chennai Central Lalbagh Express scheduled to leave KSR Bengaluru at 06.20 hrs o­n 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th April, 2022 will be partially cancelled between Katpadi - Dr MGR Chennai Central. The train will not run from Katpadi to Dr MGR Chennai Central
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Apr 19, 2022 (07:50AM)
With effect from 20.01.2022, coaches D12, D13, D14, D15 and DL1 shall be treated as unreserved coaches
Thu Jan 13, 2022 (08:47AM)
➡️JCO 26/11/2020 Cancelled due to Cyclone Nivar.
Wed Nov 25, 2020 (08:40PM)
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Today (11:38)   12608/Lalbagh SF Express
Swadesh12608
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The charm and beauty of this train has always been its trademark aggression.

Absolutely ripping through its route, it would fly past its 10ish halts and reach Chennai just before lunchtime. It played the dutiful second-in-command to the Shatabdis, as did its partner Brindavan. This earned it the nickname ‘common man’s Shatabdi,’ after all.

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was no ordinary express. In fact, it was followed an hour later by an express so ordinary in comparison that everyone called that train “The Express.”

Today, with the introduction of the Vande Bharat trains, the priority dynamics have changed.

Point to point Bengaluru - Chennai travellers pack the Vande Bharats. The erstwhile kings of the route, the Shatabdi trains’ purpose has been limited to carrying the waitlists of the Vande Bharat trains.

Where does that leave old Lalbagh?

More halts. A more relaxed timetable, to allow two Vande Bharat trains to overtake it on the way. The aggression is being systematically clawed away at.

Lalbagh has been squarely relegated to the role of trusty people mover. The common man from Kuppam or Sholinghur still waits for this train. It’s still faster than the Express, isn’t it? The unreserved coaches are packed. The passengers are unimpressed. The train screeches to a defeated halt every time it stops somewhere.

But then, as the whistle blows and the WAP-7 wails like it has a sore throat, passengers look out the windows with anticipation. The engine pulls. And pulls. And pulls some more.

The speedometer ticks steadily ahead as the train gets faster and faster. The rails emit sparks and sound like they have a tough time keeping this beast on them.

The train accelerates effortlessly to 130 kilometres per hour. The hand-me-down AC coach still wrongly reads “Shatabdi Express” but doesn’t feel out of place. The train skips Gudiyattam in style, with ballast stones flying off the tracks. A sight to behold. Vintage Lalbagh is back, leaving behind dust in its wake.

But it’s temporary. Another halt approaches, and the train’s new reality dawns on everyone again. Switching to the loop line, the tired train takes a breather while a fresh-looking Vande Bharat overtakes it and zooms ahead.

But Lalbagh’s proven itself once again. Under all the dirt and lethargy, the true aggressive face of this train still waits for a chance to show itself, between every single halt. After the premium trains, there’s no other train to contest it in terms of priority.

The old Lalbagh is not dead. Yet.
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Has this train speeded up or slowed down compared to past TT?
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Slowed down.
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When introduced it used to leave Benguluru at 630 and arrived Chennai at 1145 with 3-4 stoppages then made 1200 now 1220 an increase of 40 mins running time with 11 stops in between.
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In VB era, still common man prefers these heroes
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Three legends of our industry ❤️❤️❤️
Three legendary classes of IR❤️❤️❤️
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Jun 11 (18:30)   20663/Mysuru - MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express | WFD/Whitefield (4 PFs) | KJM/WAP-7/37648
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Taken some pics of today's RFanning along with my assistant from WFD and BYPL including some VBs and some new trains and already witnessed trains... do check them....
Bonus info:- Check the MAS MYS VB pic taken at WFD...👍👍
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Heading back to my home on-board one of the most occupied trains to&fro Bengaluru.... Brindavan SF Express 👍
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Lalbagh SF Express   Katpadi Jn  
@KPD: Katpadi Jn 3 km <--> 5 km @LTI: Latteri   80km/h   22m late
@KPD: Katpadi Jn &82 km/h Xing with #12608: Lalbagh SF Express and being pulled by national offlink Loco... $WAP-7+LGD #30596 👍👍
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Another small vacation to my Southern hometown on-board this demanding train... the Double Decker Express train 👍👍
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@KPD: Katpadi Jn &0 km/h Train no #12607: Lalbagh SF Express being pulled by national offlink loco.... $WAP-7+LGD #30338 👍👍
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