The 18041 / 18042 Shalimar–Chennai Central Express is an express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between the city Shalimar of West Bengal and Chennai Central of Tamil Nadu in India.
It operates as train number 18041 from Shalimar to Chennai Central and as train number 18042 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. Services • 18041/ Shalimar–Chennai Central Express has an average speed of 63 km/h and covers 1644 km in 26h 0m.
• 18042/ Chennai Central–Shalimar Express has an average speed of 49 km/h and covers 1644 km in 33h 15m.
Route and halts The Important Halts of the train are : Shalimar Santragachi Junction Kharagpur Junction Balasore Bhadrak Cuttack Junction Bhubaneswar Khurda Road Junction Brahmapur Vizianagaram Junction Simhachalam Duvvada Samalkot Junction Rajahmundry Vijayawada Junction Ongole Nellore MGR Chennai Central
Schedule • 18041 - 2:45 PM (Monday) [Shalimar]
• 18042 - 6:45 PM (Tuesday) [MGR Chennai Central]
Coach composition
General Unreserved - 4 Sleeper Class - 8 AC 3rd Class - 3 AC 2nd Class - 1
Traction As the entire route is fully electrified it is hauled by a Howrah Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Shalimar to Chennai Central and vice versa.
Rake reversal or rake share No rake Reversal or rake share.
See also Trains from Shalimar :
Shalimar–Secunderabad AC Superfast Express Samarsata Express Shalimar–Udaipur City Weekly Express Thiruvananthpuram–Shalimar Express Shalimar–Porbandar Superfast Express
Trains from Chennai Central :
Chennai Rajdhani Express Bengaluru City–Chennai Central Shatabdi Express Chennai Central–Ahmedabad Humsafar Express MGR Chennai Central–Mysuru Vande Bharat Express Chennai–Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express
Notes a. Runs one day in a week with both directions
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