First Time on Youtube Zone transferred Chennai Kanniyakumari Superfast exp with ED WAP4 rushes @MPS
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Channel: Adithya Vaidyanathan · 2014 · Autos & Vehicles
Date and Time: September 7, 2014, 17:49hrs Location: Tirusulam, GST Road, Chennai The first time ever, a video of the Chennai Egmore-Kanniyakumari Superfast express after it has been zone-transferred to South Western Railways, courtesy its RSA with Island express connecting Bangalore and Kanniyakumari. This has come into effect from September 1, 2014. This makes Kanniyakumari express one of those unique trains in IR, wherein both its source and destination are outside the rake zone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- South Western Railway Zone:- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The South Western Railway(Kannada: ನೈಋತ್ಯ ರೈಲ್ವೆ) is one of the 17 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Hubli and comprises 4 divisions namely Hubli, Mysore, Gulbarga and Bangalore. The zone came into existence on April 1, 2003. Important trains operated by this zone are : Karnataka Express (Bangalore–New Delhi), Rani Chennamma Express (Bangalore-Kolhapur), Gol Gumbaz Express (Mysore-Solapur), Basava Express (Mysore-Bagalkote), Jan Shatabdi Express (Bangalore–Hubli), Siddaganga Intercity Express (Bangalore–Dharwad), Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (Bangalore–New Delhi) and (Bangalore–Chandigarh), Hampi Express (Mysore-Hubli), Bangalore-Karwar Express, Bangalore –Chennai Mail, Lalbagh Express (Bangalore–Chennai), Shatabdi Express (Bangalore–Chennai), Tippu Express (Bangalore–Mysore), Rajya Rani Express (Mysore–Bangalore) and Goa Express (Vasco Da Gama–Hazrat Nizamuddin). Plans are afoot to lay more lines & introduce more trains in this zone as the rail density is less compared to other zones and states in India. South Western Railway covers most of the railway lines in the state of Karnataka. Works on various new lines such as Belgaum–Bagalkote-Raichur, Belgaum-Dharwad, Belgaum-Sawantwadi, Bagalkote–Kudachi, Munirabad–Mehboobnagar, Tumkur–Chitradurga–Davangere, Shimoga–Harihar and Tumkur–Rayadurg are yet to be started. Passenger trains were recently introduced on newly laid Kottur–Harihar and Kadur-Chikmagalur line. Karnataka has the least number of electrified and/or doubled broad gauge lines compared to other states in India (5%)- this mentioned with respect to states having any electrified lines or not. This is mentioned in the official web page belonging to the ministry of Railways. Currently the Mysore-Bangalore section is being doubled. The section between Bangalore-Settihally (63 km) has been doubled and thrown open to traffic as of March 2013 . Progress on other sections is in full swing. The Bangalore-Hubli line is being doubled in isolated patches. While Bangalore-Tumkur was doubled and opened to traffic in 2007, progress on other sections has been painfully slow. The doubling of the Arsikere-Birur section of the same line was completed in November 2012. Bellary–Hospet line is completely doubled and opened for traffic, Hubli–Gadag line doubling is in progress. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12633/12634 Kanniyakumari Express, connects Chennai Egmore and Kanniyakumari, the southernmost tip of mainland India. Its a daily service. 12633 departs MS at 17:30hrs and arrives CAPE at 06:50hrs the next day. 12634 departs CAPE at 17:20hrs and arrives MS at 06:50hrs at the next day. ----------------------------------------------------------- Rake/Coach Composition: LOCO-SLRD-GS-S12-S11-S10-S9-S8-S7-S6-S5-S4-S3-S2-S1-B3-B2-B1-A2-A1-HA1-GS-GS-SLRD Indiarailinfo:- http://indiarailinfo.com/train/chennai-egmore-kanyakumari-sf-express-12633-ms-to-cape/914/779/1010
