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	~~The~~ '''Pothigai Superfast Express''' is an overnight Superfast [[train]] service operated between [[Chennai Egmore]] and [[Sengottai]] via [[Villupuram]], [[Trichy]], [[Madurai]] and [[Rajapalayam]] on the [[Southern Railway (India)\|Southern Railway]] zone of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="southrail">{{cite web\|url=http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/press/index.php?id=476&evnt=DETAILS \|title=EXTENDED TO SENGOTTAI \|year=2008 \|work=Southern Railway press release No.186 \|accessdate=2009-04-04 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211041532/http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/press/index.php?id=476&evnt=DETAILS \|archivedate=11 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name="hindu1">{{cite news		'''Pothigai Superfast Express''' is an overnight Superfast [[train]] service operated between [[Chennai Egmore]] and [[Sengottai]] via [[Villupuram]], [[Trichy]], [[Madurai]] and [[Rajapalayam]] on the [[Southern Railway (India)\|Southern Railway]] zone of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="southrail">{{cite web\|url=http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/press/index.php?id=476&evnt=DETAILS \|title=EXTENDED TO SENGOTTAI \|year=2008 \|work=Southern Railway press release No.186 \|accessdate=2009-04-04 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211041532/http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/press/index.php?id=476&evnt=DETAILS \|archivedate=11 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name="hindu1">{{cite news
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	\|title=Pothigai Express to run 6 days a week		\|title=Pothigai Express to run 6 days a week

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{{Infobox rail service
| box_width = 27em
| name = Pothigai Superfast Express

| image = Pothigai Express.jpg

| caption = Pothigai Express
| status = Operating
| trainnumber = 12661/12662
| locale = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| maintenance = {{rws|Tirunelveli Junction}}
| start = [[Sengottai]] '''(SCT)'''
| end = {{rws|Chennai Egmore}} '''(MS)'''
| frequency = Daily
| class = 2A, 3A, SL, SLR, SLRD and UR/GS
| seating = [[Corridor coach]] (UR/GS only)
| sleeping = [[Couchette car]]
| autorack = No
| catering = No
| access = {{Access icon|20px}}
| entertainment = Yes
| baggage =
| owners = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| sharing = [[Nellai Superfast Express]]
| map = [[File:Pothigai Express (MS - SCT) Route map.jpg|250px]]
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The '''Pothigai Superfast Express''' is an overnight Superfast [[train]] service operated between [[Chennai Egmore]] and [[Sengottai]] via [[Villupuram]], [[Trichy]], [[Madurai]] and [[Rajapalayam]] on the [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railway]] zone of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="southrail">{{cite web|url=http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/press/index.php?id=476&evnt=DETAILS |title=EXTENDED TO SENGOTTAI |year=2008 |work=Southern Railway press release No.186 |accessdate=2009-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211041532/http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/press/index.php?id=476&evnt=DETAILS |archivedate=11 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name="hindu1">{{cite news
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/06/stories/2007050610760300.htm
|title=Pothigai Express to run 6 days a week
|last=Staff reporter|date=6 May 2007
|work=[[The Hindu]] online edition
|accessdate=2009-04-04}}</ref><ref name="hindu2">{{cite news
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020659060800.htm
|title=Pothigai Express extended to Senkottai
|last=Special correspondent|date=6 February 2008
|work=The Hindu online edition
|accessdate=2009-04-04}}</ref>

Train 12661 starts daily at 9:00PM departing Chennai Egmore for Sengottai, and train number 12662 in the opposite direction.<ref name="hindu3">{{cite news|title=Timings of Podhigai, Nellai Express trains to change|work=[[The Hindu]] online edition|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/timings-of-podhigai-nellai-express-trains-to-change/article5509139.ece}}</ref>

==Coach Composition ==
The train runs consists of 23 [[Passenger car (rail)|carriages]]:

*1 AC II Tier
*6 AC III Tier
*11 Sleeper
*3 Unreserved
*2 EOG cars.

Its top speed is 110 km/h.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} . It is running with brand new LHB Coaches since 4 September 2018.

==See also==
*[[Vaigai Express]]
*[[Pandian Express]]
*[[Chennai Madurai AC Duronto Express]]
*[[Sethu Express]]
*[[Boatmail Express]]
*[[Rockfort Express]]
*[[Pallavan Express]]
*[[Nellai Superfast Express]]
*[[Silambu Express]]
*[[Tiruchirappalli–Thiruvananthapuram Intercity Express]]

==References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Pothigai Superfast Express}}
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/1626/779/2926 timetable]

{{Railways in Southern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pothigai Express}}
[[Category:Transport in Chennai]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]

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Anomiedia at 10:47, 7 August 2023

->Pi bot: Updating the Commons category from "Category:Pothigai Express" to "Category:Pothigai Superfast Express" to avoid a category redirect