Bilaspur–Chennai Central Superfast Express

The Bilaspur–Chennai Central Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to South East Central Railway zone that runs between Bilaspur Junction and Chennai Central in India. It is currently being operated with 12851/12852 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Service
The 12851/Bilaspur-Chennai Central Weekly SF Express has an average speed of 59 km/h and covers 1415 km in 24h. The 12852/Chennai Central-Bilaspur Weekly SF Express has an average speed of 61 km/h and covers 1415 km in 23h 5m. People are demanding this train to be extended to Rameswaram so it would be the first train to connect Chhattisgarh to Rameswaram.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Bilaspur Junction
 * Raipur Junction
 * Durg Junction
 * Rajnandgaon
 * Gondia Junction
 * Arjuni
 * Wadsa
 * Balharshah Junction
 * Warangal
 * Vijayawada Junction
 * Gudur Junction
 * Tiruvottiyur
 * Chennai Central

Coach composite
The train has standard LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches:

EOG GS GS S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 PC B4 B3 B2 B1 A1 HA1 EOG
 * 1 AC First cum AC Two Tier
 * 1 AC II Tier
 * 4 AC III Tier
 * 1 Pantry Car
 * 10 Sleeper Coaches
 * 2 General Unreserved
 * 2 EOG

Traction
From 10 June 2018, Bilaspur chennai S/F express was hauled by an electric locomotive, as Gondia Balharshah section electrification is now completed. WAP-7 Bhilai is a regular link for this train now for both the sides.

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 12849/12850 Bilaspur - Pune Superfast Express.