The 16707 / 16708 Mangaluru–Tirunelveli Express is an express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between the city Mangaluru Junction of Karnataka and Tirunelveli Junction of Tamil Nadu in India.
It operates as train number 16707 from Mangaluru Junction to Tirunelveli Junction and as train number 16708 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Services • 16707/ Mangaluru–Tirunelveli Express has an average speed of 40 km/h and covers 751 km in 18h 45m.
• 16708/ Tirunelveli–Mangaluru Express has an average speed of 49 km/h and covers 751 km in 15h 10m.
Route and halts The Important Halts of the train are : Mangaluru Junction Kasaragod Kanhangad Kannur Thalassery Vadakara Kozhikode Tirur Shoranur Junction Palakkad Junction Palakkad Town Kollengode Pollachi Junction Udumalaipettai Palani Oddanchatram Dindigul Junction Madurai Junction Virudhunagar Junction Satur Kovilpatti Tirunelveli Junction
Schedule • 16707 - 1:00 PM (Thursday) [Mangaluru Junction]
• 16708 - 3:45 PM (Wednesday) [Tirunelveli Junction]
Coach composition
General Unreserved - 4 Sleeper Class - 8 AC 3rd Class - 3 AC 2nd Class - 1
Traction As the entire route is fully electrified it is hauled by a Royapuram Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Mangaluru Junction to Tirunelveli Junction and vice versa.
Rake reversal or rake share The train will reverse 1 time :
Palakkad Town
The train will rake sharing with Purulia–Tirunelveli Superfast Express (22605/22606).
See also Trains from Mangaluru Junction:
Mumbai CSMT–Mangaluru Junction Superfast Express Thiruvananthapuram North–Mangaluru Junction Antyodaya Express Nagercoil Junction–Mangaluru Junction Amrit Bharat Express Gomteshwara Express Madgaon–Mangaluru Intercity Express
Trains from Tirunelveli Junction:
Chennai Egmore–Tirunelveli Vande Bharat Express Tirunelveli–Bilaspur Express Tirunelveli–Jamnagar Express Tirunelveli–Gandhidham Humsafar Express Nellai Express
Notes a. Runs one day in a week with both directions.
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