Chennai To Bodinayakanur : Full Journey : 20601 MAS – BDNK AC Superfast Express : Indian Railways

CHENNAI (TAMIL NADU) TO BODINAYAKANUR (TAMIL NADU) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 20601 MGR CHENNAI CENTRAL – BODINAYAKANUR AC SUPERFAST EXPRESS : 2AC / 2 TIER AC COACH INTERIORS : RPM WAP-7 / GOC WDP-4D LOCOMOTIVE : INDIAN RAILWAYS

20601/MGR Chennai Central – Bodinayakkanur SF Express (PT)
Other Names: A.C. Express
एम.जी.आर. चेन्नै सेंट्रल – बोडिनायक्कनूर सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस
MAS/MGR Chennai Central — BDNK/Bodinayakkanur

The Chennai Central–Bodinayakanur AC Superfast Express is a AC Superfast express train connecting Chennai and Bodinayakanur which lies in Southern Railway zone of Tamil Nadu State in India. This train has been extended upto Bodinayakanur via Teni after the gauge conversion of this route was completed. From 15, June 2023 it made its first run from Bodinayakanur to Chennai.
This train was inaugurated on 3 November 2017, as weekly frequency train service. It was Flagged off by Piyush Goyal (Minister of Railways) and Edappadi K. Palaniswami (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu), For making less time and comfortable journey for Chennai and Madurai Commuters.
This was one of the first two trains operated by Southern Railways with newly manufactured AC Three Tier Economy Coach. It was used to depart as a weekly service from Chennai at Fridays and from Madurai at Saturdays. But after Merging Madurai Duronto Express after Covid Lockdown, It had depart from Chennai on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from Madurai on every Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Services were the service of Ex. Duronto Express and the Saturday Service of the train from madurai changed as sunday service. This train will be operated from weekly to tri-weekly with effect from 10 June 2020 from Chennai and 11 June 2020 from Madurai. There is no changes in timings but changes were made in departure days only in down direction (i.e. from Madurai to Chennai). Earlier it used to run as a fully air conditioned express, but after August 2021, 4 Sleeper Class coaches were attached. Initially, it ran only one day a week from Chennai Central – Madurai by sharing its rakes with Chennai Central – Madurai AC Duronto Express. After June 2020, Duronto Express was fully cancelled and it was made to run on the days that Duranto ran. Stoppages were given at Katpadi, Karur, and Dindigul. In return, it will leave from Madurai on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. It was the first train to carry AC Three Tier Economy Coach in Southern Railway, though some trains carrying 3 Tier Economy Coach passes through Southern Railway Zone, do not belong to Southern Railway. From 25th February 2021, it will run with 1 more additional coach, i.e., AC Three Tier Economy which gives the count as 2. Prior to extending the service to Bodinayakkanur, all the AC three Tire Economy coaches were converted in to Unreserved Coaches there by it becomes the first AC express train to run with Unreserved Coaches.

After the extension to Bodinayakanur from 15th June, the coach position was changed as follows.
1 AC First Cum AC Two Tier
2 AC Two Tier
7 AC Three Tier
4 Sleeper Class
2 General Unreserved
1 Luggage Cum Disabled Coach
1 End on Generator Car

This train with the number of 20601/20602 passes through Katpadi Junction, Salem Junction, Karur Junction and Dindigul Junction, Madurai Junction, Andipatti, Usilampatti, Theni with the length of 728 km with an average speed of 62 km/h.
WAP-7 of Royapuram and Erode loco shed pulls this train from Chennai to Madurai and vice versa. Then WDP-4D of Golden Rock pulls the train from Madurai to Bodinayakanur and vice versa.

Chennai Central, officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, and formerly known as Madras Central (station code: MAS), is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the busiest railway station in South India and one of the most important hubs in the country.

Bodinayakkanur railway station is a railway station on Madurai–Bodinayakkanur branch line, serving the town of Bodinayakkanur in Tamil Nadu state, India. The gauge conversion has been finished and the station has been commissioned to the Indian Railways and it was opened on June 15, 2023.
The station is part of the Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone.
The railway station is located off the Railway Station Road in Suburaj Nagar, Bodinayakkanur. The nearest bus depot is located in Bodinayakkanur while the nearest airport is Madurai Airport, situated 87 kilometres (54 mi) away in Madurai.
The train services to Bodinayakkanur Terminus was inaugurated on 15 June 2023. As of now two trains are being operated to Bodinayakkanur. 20601/20602 M.G.R Chennai Central – Bodinayakkanur, Bodinayakkanur – M.G.R Chennai Central tri weekly superfast express and 06701/06702 Madurai Junction – Bodinayakkanur, Bodinayakkanur – Madurai Junction daily Unreserved special express is bring operated.

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