Chennai to Bengaluru by Brindavan Express | ICF Rakes, AC Chair Car Ride & a Beautiful Train Journey

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Train : 06079 Chennai - Bengaluru Brindavan Express
Loco : Royapuram WAP7 #30342

12639/40 Brindavan Express is running as 06079/80 Brindavan COVID Special

Cost of the AC Chair Car Ticket : Rs. 570/-

Thanks to @TRM12130 for the bike ride inside Bangalore

The 12639/12640 Brindavan Superfast Express is a train linking Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station (MAS) and Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station (SBC). It leaves Chennai Central at 07:40 and reaches Bangalore City railway station at 13:40 hours. In the reverse direction, it leaves Bangalore City railway station at 14:45 and reaches Chennai Central at 20:55 hours.

This train introduced in the 1964 as the first intercity express in the Southern Railways. At that time it had stops only at Katpadi Junction and Jolarpettai Junction covering the 360 kilometres (220 mi) in 5 hours. Later due to derailments of some trains the speed was reduced to take 5.5 hours in the 1980s. With increase in stops it has now come to 6 hours. In the early 1980s the train was operated as double decker with ac and non-ac classes, which was later on scrapped, and the train was operated as single deck. In the late 1980s the MAS-JTJ stretch was electrified. JTJ-SBC the train used diesel engines. For the purpose of speed this train used to have twin diesels for the up gradient (deccan) between JTJ and SBC. The Train celebrated its Golden Jubilee run on 1 October 2014.

Brindavan Express will run with LHB coaches from 12th August 2021.

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