Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express

The Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to South Central Railway zone that runs between Tirupati and Puducherry in India. It is currently being operated with 17413/17414 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Service
The 17413/Tirupati–Puducherry Weekly Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 303 km in 6h 45m. The 17414/Puducherry–Tirupati Weekly Express has an average speed of 41 km/h and covers 303 km in 7h 25m.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * Tirupati
 * Pakala Junction
 * Chittoor
 * Katpadi Junction
 * Vellore Cantonment
 * Arni Road
 * Polur
 * Tiruvannamalai
 * Thirukkovilur
 * Viluppuram Junction
 * Puducherry

Coach composition
The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 10 coaches:


 * 8 General Unreserved
 * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
 * 2 sleeper coaches

Traction
Both trains are hauled by an Arakkonam Loco Shed or Erode Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Tirupati to Puducherry and vice versa.

Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 1 times:


 * Viluppuram Junction