Auroville Express screams with a tigerface WAG7
281 views · Published 9 May 2014 · 0:31 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: Roji Railways · 2014 · Travel & Events
Location:Perungalathur railway station,28KM away from Chennai Egmore and 27KM more to Chengalpattu,Tamilnadu. Time:3rd May 2014 18:51 Offlink Tigerface WAG7 hauled 9 coach 16115 Chennai Egmore-Puducherry Auroville Express horns purposefully and proceeds towards Vandalur. Auroville (City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, near Puducherry in South India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (also known as "The Mother") and designed by architect Roger Anger. As stated in Alfassa's first public message about the township, "Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity." Auroville was founded as a project of the Sri Aurobindo Society on Wednesday 28 February 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, "The Mother". She was spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo, who believed that "man is a transitional being". 16116 departs Puducherry at 05:35 daily and arrives Egmore at 09:30. Travel Time: 3h 55m 6 halts Distance: 196 km Avg Speed: 50 km/hr 16115 departs Egmore at 18:10 daily and arrives Puducherry (Pondicherry) at 22:30. Travel Time: 4h 20m 8 halts Distance: 196 km Avg Speed: 45 km/hr Auroville Express is a fully unreserved train.
