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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian express train}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox rail service<br />
| color= ffba01<br />
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| name = '''Auroville Express'''<br />
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| image = Pondicherry Express at MS.jpg<br />
| image_width = 300px<br />
| caption = Chennai Egmore - Pondicherry (Puducherry) Auroville Express at Chennai Egmore Railway Station<br />
| type = [[Mail/Express]]<br />
| locale = [[Tamilnadu]] & [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]] <br />
| website = {{URL|https://indianrailways.gov.in/}}<br />
| first = <br />
| last =<br />
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]<br />
| formeroperator = [[Indian Railways]] <br />
| ridership = [[Mail/Express]]<br />
| ridership2 = [[Mail/Express]] <br />
| start = {{stnlnk|Chennai Egmore}} '''(MS)'''<br />
| stops = 12<br />
| end = {{stnlnk|Puducherry}} '''(PDY)'''<br />
| distance = {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}}<br />
| journeytime = 4hrs 05min<br />
| frequency = Daily<br />
| class = <br />
* Non A/C Chair Car (D) 2<br />
* Unreserved (GS) 7<br />
* GSLRD 2<br />
| access = {{Access icon|20px}}<br />
| seating = Yes<br />
| sleeping = No<br />
| autorack = <br />
| catering = On-board catering <br /> E-catering<br />
| observation = Large Windows<br />
| entertainment = No<br />
| baggage = No<br />
| otherfacilities = No<br />
| stock = <br />
* [[WAP-4]] Locomotive from [[Electric Loco Shed, Erode]], [[Arakkonam]] <br />
* [[WAP-1]] Locomotive from [[Electric Loco Shed, Erode]]<br />
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|al=on|allk=on}}<br />
| electrification = [[25kV AC]] [[Utility frequency|50 Hz]]<br />
| trainnumber = <br />
* 16115 (Down) <br />
* 16116 (Up) <br />
| speed = <br />
{{convert|49|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, including halts<br />
| trainlength = 11 Coaches<br />
| routenumber = 12<br />
| owners = [[Indian Railways]] <br />
| maintenance = {{rws|Chennai Egmore}} <br />
| map = <br />
| map_state =<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Chennai Egmore–Puducherry Auroville Express''' is an [[Express trains in India|express]] train belonging to the [[Southern Railway zone]] that runs between {{stnlnk|Chennai Egmore}} and {{stnlnk|Puducherry}} in India via {{stnlnk|Viluppuram Junction}}. The Express train between Madras and Pondicherry, introduced on 15- 12-1970, was cancelled 1-.4-1988. <ref>https://164.100.77.150/bitstream/123456789/261258/1/PQ_152_22121989_S7_p35_p35.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=July 2025}}</ref> It is currently being operated with 16115/16116 train numbers on a daily basis.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/cyclone-vardah-southern-railway-cancels-31-trains/articleshow/55943205.cms Cyclone Vardah: Southern Railway cancels 31 trains ]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/southern-railway-cancels-39-trains-departing-from-chennai/articleshow/55951685.cms Southern railway cancels 39 trains departing from Chennai]</ref><ref>[http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in//view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=4652&did=1478773082999232D770EC9BA01324E716F290926F201.web91 PERMANENT AUGMENTATION OF COACHES IN TRAINS]</ref><br />
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== Service==<br />
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The 16115/Chennai Egmore–Puducherry Auroville Express has an average speed of 46&nbsp;km/h and covers 196&nbsp;km in 4h 15m. The 16116/Puducherry–Chennai Egmore Auroville Express has an average speed of 49&nbsp;km/h and covers 196&nbsp;km in 3h 55m.<br />
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[[File: Puducherry Pondicherry Express.jpg|300px|thumb|right]]<br />
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==Coach composition==<br />
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The train runs consists of 11 [[Passenger car (rail)|carriages]]:<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|-<br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#12ad2b;"| <span style="color:#ffffff;"> Loco</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#804a00;"| <span style="color:#ffffff;"> 1</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 2</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 3</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 4</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 5</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 6</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 7</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#7d0552;"| <span style="color:#ffffff;"> 8</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#7d0552;"| <span style="color:#ffffff;"> 9</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#ffd801;"| <span style="color:#000000;"> 10</span><br />
!scope="col" rowspan="1" style="background:#804a00;"| <span style="color:#ffffff;"> 11</span><br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BSicon LDER.svg|24px]] ||<span style="color:#000000;"> SLRD</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">D1</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">D2</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">UR</span>||<span style="color:#000000;">SLRD</span><br />
|}<br />
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== Traction==<br />
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Both trains are hauled by an <br />
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam|Arakkonam Loco Shed]], [[Electric Loco Shed, Erode|Erode Loco Shed]] -based [[WAP-4]] <br />
* [[Electric Loco Shed, Erode|Erode Loco Shed]] -based [[WAP-1]] <br />
electric locomotive from Chennai to Puducherry and vice versa.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Chennai Egmore railway station]]<br />
* [[Puducherry railway station]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://indiarailinfo.com/train/4625 16115/Chennai Egmore–Puducherry Express] India Rail Info<br />
* [https://indiarailinfo.com/train/4618 16116/Puducherry–Chennai Egmore Express] India Rail Info<br />
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[[Category:Express trains in India]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in Puducherry]]<br />
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 2010]]<br />
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