The Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger is a passenger train of the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It runs daily between Mannargudi and Mayiladuthurai Junction in Tamil Nadu.
Rake sharing The Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger (56001/56002) was operated using the same rake as the Mannai Express (16179/16180). After arriving at Mannargudi in the morning as Mannai Express from Chennai Egmore, the rake was deployed in the evening as the Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger. It returned at night from Mayiladuthurai to Mannargudi. During its passenger service run, the air-conditioned coaches of the rake were locked. Later, they were opened again when the rake resumed service as the Mannai Express.
Route and halts The train runs on the Mannargudi–Thiruvarur line and Mayiladuthurai–Thiruvarur line. Important halts of the train are: Mannargudi (MQ) Needamangalam Junction (NMJ) Koradacheri (KDE) Thiruvarur Junction (TVR) Nannilam (NNM) Punthottam (POM) Peralam (PEM) Mayiladuthurai Junction (MV)
Schedule
Mannargudi → Mayiladuthurai Mannargudi → Mayiladuthurai No Code Station Arrival Departure Halt Day Distance (km) Elevation (m) PF Zone 1 MQ Mannargudi – 08:35 – 1 0 17 1 SR 2 NMJ Nidamangalam Jn 08:56 08:57 1m 1 13 27 – SR 3 KDE Koradacheri 09:06 09:07 1m 1 22 20 – SR 4 TMU Tirumanthikunam 09:12 09:13 1m 1 27 14 – SR 5 KU Kulikarai 09:18 09:19 1m 1 32 16 – SR 6 TVR Thiruvarur Jn 09:27 09:30 3m 1 37 10 – SR 7 NNM Nannilam 09:46 09:47 1m 1 52 9 – SR 8 POM Punthottam 09:53 09:54 1m 1 57 10 – SR 9 PEM Peralam 09:59 10:00 1m 1 60 11 – SR 10 MV Mayiladuthurai Jn 10:40 – – 1 76 13 – SR
Mayiladuthurai → Mannargudi Mayiladuthurai → Mannargudi No Code Station Arrival Departure Halt Day Distance (km) Elevation (m) PF Zone 1 MV Mayiladuthurai Jn – 17:15 – 1 0 13 – SR 2 PEM Peralam 17:31 17:32 1m 1 16 11 – SR 3 POM Punthottam 17:37 17:38 1m 1 19 10 – SR 4 NNM Nannilam 17:44 17:45 1m 1 24 9 – SR 5 TVR Thiruvarur Jn 18:05 18:08 3m 1 39 10 – SR 6 KU Kulikarai 18:16 18:17 1m 1 44 16 – SR 7 TMU Tirumanthikunam 18:22 18:23 1m 1 49 14 – SR 8 KDE Koradacheri 18:31 18:32 1m 1 54 20 – SR 9 NMJ Nidamangalam Jn 18:41 18:43 2m 1 63 27 – SR 10 MQ Mannargudi 19:10 – – 1 76 17 1 SR
Coach composition The Mannargudi – Mayiladuthurai Passenger runs between Mannargudi and Mayiladuthurai. It has a rake sharing agreement (RSA) with the Mannai Express operating between Mannargudi and Chennai. These two rakes are also utilized for the operation of the Chendur Express between Chennai and Tiruchendur, as well as the Tiruchendur – Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur (06405 / 06406) passenger services.
It has one AC First Class, one AC Two Tier, one AC Three Tier, nine Sleeper Class, and four Unreserved General Sitting coaches.
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See also Mannargudi railway station Mayiladuthurai Junction railway station Mannai Express
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