Chennai Central–Mysore Shatabdi Express

The 12007/08 Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of the Shatabdi Express category belonging to Indian Railways, Southern Railway zone, that runs between Chennai Central and Mysuru Junction in India. It is the first Shatabdi Express in South India.

It operates as train number 12007 from Chennai Central to Mysuru Junction, and as train number 12008 in the reverse direction while also connecting the capital cities of the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Service
The 12007 Chennai Central–Mysuru Junction Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 500 km in 7 hours 00 mins averaging 71.43 km/h and in 7 hours 25 minutes as 12008 Mysuru Junction–Chennai Central Shatabdi Express averaging 67.42 km/h including halts.

Loco link
Prior end 2017 due to partial electrification of the route, an Arakkonam or Royapuram-based WAP-4 or WAP-7 would haul the train between Chennai Central & KSR Bengaluru Station handing over to a Hubli-based WDP-4 which would then power the train up to Mysuru Junction.

Since the entire route is now completely electrified, the train is now hauled end to end by a Royapuram or Erode based WAP-7 locomotive which are equipped with head-on generation(HOG) technology.