The Puducherry–Mangalore Central Express is an Express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 16857/16858 train numbers on a weekly basis.PERMANENT AUGMENTATION OF TRAINSPit line repair work at Mangaluru central, train schedules changed

Service

The 16857/Puducherry–Mangaluru Central Express has an average speed of 47 km/h and covers 865 km in 18h 35m. The 16856/Mangaluru Central–Puducherry Weekly Express has an average speed of 50 km/h and covers 865 km in 17h 10m.

Halts and schedule The train 16857 leaves Puducherry (Pondicherry – PDY ) at 16:35 on Saturday and reaches Mangaluru (Mangalore Central – MAQ) at 10:10 on Sunday. It returns as 16858 which leaves Mangaluru (Mangalore Central – MAQ) at 17:05 on Sunday and reaches Puducherry (Pondicherry – PDY) at 10:00 on Monday.

16858 MAQ–PDY EXPRESS (SUNDAY) Station name Station code Arrival Departure DayMangalore Cntl MAQ - 17:05 1 KasaragodKGQ17:4317:451KannurCAN 19:07 19:10 1 Thalassery TLY 19:28 19:30 1 Mahe MAHE 19:39 19:40 1 Kozhikode CLT 20:27 20:30 1 Tirur TIR 21:03 21:05 1 Shoranur Jn. SRR 22:05 22:15 1 Palakkad Jn. PGT 22:57 23:00 1 Coimbatore Jn. CBE 00:35 00:40 2 Tiruppur TUP 01:23 01:25 2 Erode Jn. ED 02:15 02:20 2 Karur Jn. KRR 03:22 03:252 Tiruchirapalli Jn. TPJ 05:15 05:25 2 Srirangam SRGM 05:42 05:432 Ariyalur ALU 06:29 06:30 2 Vridhachalam Jn. VRI 07:28 07:30 2 Viluppuram Jn. VM 08:40 08:50 2 Pondicherry PDY 10:00 - 2

16857 PDY–MAQ EXPRESS (SATURDAY) Station name Station code Arrival Departure Day Pondicherry PDY - 16:35 1 Viluppuram Jn. VM 17:20 17:301 Vridhachalam Jn. VRI 18:15 18:17 1 Ariyalur ALU 19:14 19:15 1 Srirangam SRGM 20:00 20:02 1 Tiruchirapalli Jn. TPJ 20:50 21:00 1 Karur Jn. KRR 22:08 22:10 1 Erode Jn. ED 23:45 23:50 1 Tiruppur TUP 00:28 00:30 2 Coimbatore Jn. CBE 01:50 01:55 2 Palakkad Jn. PGT 03:22 03:25 2 Shoranur Jn. SRR 04:20 04:25 2 Tirur TIR 05:03 05:05 2 Kozhikode CLT 05:47 05:50 2 Mahe MAHE 06:34 06:352 Thalassery TLY 06:48 06:50 2 Kannur CAN 07:22 07:25 2 Kasaragod KGQ 08:49 08:50 2 Mangalore Cntl MAQ 10:10 - 2

Coach composition

The train has standard LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 21 coaches: Generator car 2 AC II Tier 3 AC III Tier 9 Sleeper coaches 4 General Unreserved 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Arakkonam Electric Shed-based WAP-4 Electric locomotive from Puducherry to Mangalore and vice versa.

Rake sharing Train number Train Class Source Destination Via 16855 Mangaluru Weekly Express Express Pondicherry (PDY) Mangalore Cntl. (MAQ) Salem 16856 Puducherry Weekly Express Express Mangalore Cntl. (MAQ) Pondicherry (PDY) Salem 16857 Mangaluru Express Express Pondicherry (PDY) Mangalore Cntl. (MAQ) Thiruchirapalli 16858 Puducherry Express Express Mangalore Cntl. (MAQ) Pondicherry (PDY) Thiruchirapalli 22604 Viluppuram–Kharagpur Express Superfast Viluppuram Jn. (VM) Kharagpur Jn. (KGP) - 22603 Kharagpur–Viluppuram Express Superfast Kharagpur Jn. (KGP) Viluppuram Jn. (VM) - 22605 Purulia–Viluppuram Express Superfast Purulia Jn. (PRR) Viluppuram Jn. (VM) - 22606 Viluppuram–Purulia Express superfast Viluppuram Jn. (VM) Purulia Jn. (PRR) - 22604–22603–22606–22605 – Empty to PDY – 16855–16856–16857–16858 – Empty to VM and repeat. PM @VM and SM @ MAQ. Total 2 standard blue ICF rakes amp.indiarailinfo.com/train/959

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction twice:

See also

Puducherry railway station Mangaluru Central railway station Puducherry–Mangalore Central Weekly Express

Notes

References

External links

16857/Puducherry–Mangaluru Central Weekly Express India Rail Info 16858/Mangaluru Central–Puducherry Weekly Express India Rail Info