Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express

The Purulia–Viluppuram Superfast Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between Purulia Junction and Viluppuram Junction in India. It is currently being operating with 22605/22606 train numbers on a weekly basis. Extended up to Tirunelveli Junction soon by southern railway press release

Service
The 22605/Purulia–Viluppuram Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 57 km/h and covers 1992 km in 34h 15m. The 22606/Viluppuram–Purulia Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 1992 km in 35h 30m.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Purulia Junction
 * Adra Junction
 * Cuttack Junction
 * Bhubaneswar
 * Khurda Road Junction
 * Brahmapur
 * Vizianagaram Junction
 * Visakhapatnam Junction
 * Eluru
 * Vijayawada Junction
 * Katpadi Junction
 * Tiruvannamalai
 * Viluppuram Junction
 * Tiruvannamalai
 * Viluppuram Junction

Coach composition
The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 18 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 an Erode Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Purulia to Viluppuram and vice versa.

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 22603/22604 Kharagpur–Villupuram Superfast Express.

Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 1 times:


 * Visakhapatnam Junction

Demands
There are demands to extend this train till Puducherry from Villupuram Junction.