The Chennai Central-Coimbatore-Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express Special train will cover a distance of 497 km in seven hours and five minutes.
Vande Bharat Express: The Indian Railways has introduced another semi-high speed special train between Chennai Central and Coimbatore to cater to the extra rush of traffic, fulfilling the aspirations of the travelling public in the Western region for a pairing train. With this, the national transporter has so far introduced semi-high speed special trains on four different routes in less than a month. They are – New Delhi-Patna Junction, Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli and Howrah-New Jalpaiguri.
The Vande Bharat Special train between Chennai Central and Coimbatore will run as train number 06035 in Chennai Central-Coimbatore route and as train number 06036 in Coimbatore-Chennai Central route.
According to a report in Financial Express, the Chennai Central-Coimbatore-Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express Special train will cover a distance of 497 km in seven hours and five minutes. This will be the fourth fastest train on the route after CBE Vande Bharat, MAS-TVC Superfast Mail, and TVC AC Superfast Express. These trains cover the same distance in 06:00 hrs, 06:52 hrs, and 06:58 hrs respectively.
Chennai Central-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Express Stoppage, frequency
These are – Katpadi Junction, Jolarpettai, Salem Junction, Erode Junction, and Tiruppur railway stations. The train will run as a Weekly Special between the two stations. It will operate only on Tuesdays. This semi-high speed train will be in service till January 30, 2024.
Train No. 06035 Dr MGR Chennai Central – Coimbatore Vande Bharat Special will depart from Dr MGR Chennai Central at 07:10 hrs on November 28, December 5, 12, 19, 26 & January 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2024, reaching Coimbatore at 14:15 hrs the same day (10 Services).
In the return direction, Train No. 06036 Coimbatore Dr MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Special will depart from Coimbatore Jn. at 15:05 hrs on November 28, December 5, 12, 19, 26 & January 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2024, reaching Dr MGR Chennai Central at 21:50 hrs the same day (10 Services).
Stoppages
The train will halt at Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, and Tiruppur.