Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express

The 22825 / 22826 Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express is an Superfast train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Shalimar and Chennai Central in India. It is currently being operated with 22825/22826 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Service
The 22825/Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 64 km/h and covers 1659 km in 25h 50m. The 22826/Chennai Central–Shalimar Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 59 km/h and covers 1659 km in 28h 00m.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Shalimar
 * Santragachi Junction
 * Kharagpur Junction
 * Cuttack Junction
 * Bhubaneswar
 * Khurda Road Junction
 * Brahmapur
 * Vizianagaram Junction
 * Visakhapatnam Junction
 * Eluru
 * Vijayawada
 * Chennai Central

Coach composition
The train has Modern LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 19 coaches:


 * 2 AC II Tier
 * 4 AC III Tier
 * 9 Sleeper coaches
 * 2 General Unreserved
 * 2 End on Generation (EOG) Coaches

Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Shalimar to Visakhapatnam. From Visakhapatnam, trains are hauled by a Lallaguda Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive up to Chennai and vice versa.

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with;
 * 22829/22830 Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express
 * 18009/18010 Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express
 * 22851/22852 Santragachi–Mangalore Central Vivek Express.

Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction once:


 * Visakhapatnam Junction