Chennai to Coimbatore in 6 Hrs 50 Mins | The Fastest Sleeper Class Train Journey in Tamil Nadu

Faster than the Shatabdi Express by at least 10 minutes, this train covers the 497 km from Chennai to Coimbatore in 6 hrs 50 minutes flat.

Train : 12623 Chennai - Thiruvananthapuram SF Mail
Loco : Royapuram WAP7 #30631

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station - Thiruvananthapuram Central Mail is a daily superfast express running between Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai under Southern Railway zone is one of the prestigious train of the Indian railways. This train runs via Kottayam. This train connects Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram along with Six big cities in South India - Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kollam.
Today's 12623/24 Chennai – Thiruvananthapuram Mail, is the successor to the 561/562 Cochin Harbour Terminus (in Kochi) – Madras Express that started running in 1944. It was then the second express train running through Kerala and the first from south Kerala. In 1960, it was renumbered as the 19/20 Cochin Harbour Terminus – Madras Express and in 1965 renamed the 19/20 Cochin Harbour Terminus – Madras Mail. It was then extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central in 1977 when the rail link connecting to Thiruvananthapuram Central via Kottayam was completed and in 1990 it was renumbered 6319/6320 and later 2623/2624.

It is the only daily train from Chennai to the South which does not have a halt at both Arakkonam Junction and Jolarpettai. The train was made to run via Irugur Podanur line due to single line constrains at Coimbatore junction, later it was restored via Coimbatore Junction in 2014. This is the Second Fastest train as 12623 between MAS and CBE, next to Fastest 22207 (MAS TVC Super AC Express).

Conventional ICF coaches of the train were replaced by LHB coaches during January 2017.

The train shares its rake with Cheran Superfast Express. This train is one among the prestigious trains of the Southern Railway Zone.
No.20 Madras Mail, which is a Malayalam movie released in 1990 has most of the scenes shot inside the moving Thiruvananthapuram Mail. The movie starred two of the Malayalam Superstars, Mohanlal and Mamootty.

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