Bangalore City–Coimbatore Uday Express
The 22665 / 22666 Bangalore City–Coimbatore Uday Express is the 1st Uday Express series double-decker AC chair train of the Indian Railways connecting Bangalore City in Karnataka and Coimbatore Main in Tamil Nadu. Later , Salem railway division has proposed to extend this train upto Palakkad Town after the lockdown. It is currently being operated with 22665/22666 train numbers on Five Days a week basis.[1][2][3][4][5] It operates at an average speed of 65 km/h.
 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Uday Express |
| First service | 8 June 2018 |
| Current operator(s) | Southern Railways |
| Route | |
| Start | KSR Bengaluru City (SBC) |
| Stops | 6 |
| End | Coimbatore Main (CBE) |
| Distance travelled | 419 km (260 mi) |
| Average journey time | 6h 45m |
| Service frequency | Six Days (except Monday) |
| Train number(s) | 22665 / 22666 |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | AC 3 tier |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Sleeping arrangements | No |
| Catering facilities | On-board Catering, E-Catering |
| Observation facilities | Large windows |
| Entertainment facilities | No |
| Baggage facilities | Yes |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | LHB-Uday |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Operating speed | 64 km/h (40 mph) average including halts |
Coach Composition
Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri Express will be Double-decker train trains with 40% additional passenger capacity. They will run overnight on busy route by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.
This UDAY Express when introduced had a total of 10 AC coaches; 3 coaches with Dining facility with seating capacity of 104 Seats each and 5 coaches without dining with seating capacity of 120 seats. The remaining two will be power cars. However because of low occupancy by passengers, 3 coaches of Double Decker AC Chair Car were replaced with 5 Non-AC Chair Car making it a 12 coaches train.
Service
It averages 62 km/hr as 22665 Uday Express starts from Bengaluru City Junction covering 419 km in 6 hrs 45 mins & 61 km/hr as 22666 Uday Express starts from Coimbatore Main covering 419 km in 6 hrs 55 min.
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a WAP 7 of Royapuram / Erode Locomotive Shed on its entire journey.
Route & Halts
See also
- Bangalore City–Chennai Central Double Decker Express
- 22701-22702 Uday Express
- Uday Express
References
- IRCTC Installs First Ever Automatic Food Vending Machine In Uday Express Get F&B News delivered to your inbox View this in app
- Nag, Devanjana (8 June 2018). "UDAY Express double-decker Coimbatore-Bengaluru train starts today! Check schedule, fare, other details here". Financial Express. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- New double-decker train between Bengaluru and Coimbatore
- INTRODUCTION OF UDAY EXPRESS TRAINS BETWEEN COIMBATORE – KSR BENGALURU – COIMBATORE
- UDAY Express: Indian Railways new double-decker Coimbatore-Bengaluru train ready for flag off this week
External links
