Puducherry–Mangalore Central Express (via Tiruchirappalli)

The Puducherry–Mangalore Central Express is an Express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between Puducherry and Mangalore Central in India. It is currently being operated with 16857/16858 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Service
The 16857/Puducherry–Mangaluru Central Express has an average speed of 47 km/h and covers 865 km in 18h 35m. The 16856/Mangaluru Central–Puducherry Weekly Express has an average speed of 50 km/h and covers 865 km in 17h 10m.

Halts and schedule
The train 16857 leaves Puducherry (Pondicherry – PDY ) at 16:35 on Saturday and reaches Mangaluru (Mangalore Central – MAQ) at 10:10 on Sunday. It returns as 16858 which leaves Mangaluru (Mangalore Central – MAQ) at 17:05 on Sunday and reaches Puducherry (Pondicherry – PDY) at 10:00 on Monday.

Coach composition
The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 15 coaches:


 * 1 AC II Tier
 * 2 AC III Tier
 * 7 Sleeper coaches
 * 6 General Unreserved
 * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Golden Rock Loco Shed-based WDP-4D diesel locomotive from Puducherry to Mangalore and vice versa.

Rake sharing
22604–22603–22606–22605 – Empty to PDY – 16855–16856–16857–16858 – Empty to VM and repeat. PM @VM and SM @ MAQ. Total 2 standard blue ICF rakes

Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction twice:


 * Tiruchirappalli Junction
 * Viluppuram Junction