West Coast Superfast Express
Introduction The 22637 / 22638 '''West Coast Superfast Express''' is a daily train connecting the city of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, with the port city of Mangalore in Karnataka via Palakkad Junction. It is one of the trains connecting the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea and the oldest train. From August 1, 2021, 22637 Chennai Central - Mangalore Central '''West Coast Superfast Express''' runs with new timings.The name traces to the location of Mangalore which is on the west coast of India. It is one of the oldest trains and also provides a day-time connectivity to Coimbatore from Chennai.The train shares its rake with the Mangalore Mail which also traverses the same route.In 2014 Ministry of Indian Railways Announced the Service Type of West Coast Express as Superfast The Schedule and Train Number also Changed from 16627/16628-> 22637/22638.
History Introduced in 1965 as an Express train sharing rakes with Mangalore Mail, It was later upgraded to Superfast Express train in June 2014.
Loco link and coach composition When introduced, it ran with a WDM-2 from Erode Diesel Loco Shed for the whole journey. Later after 1990 when the route electrified till Erode, it used electric locomotive from Chennai to Erode and a diesel loco from Erode to Mangalore. After electrification till Mangalore was completed, it now uses WAP-4 / WAP-7 in its entire journey.It has a total of 23 coaches excluding the locomotive. It has 1 HCPV or High Capacity Parcel Van, 2 Guard Vans (One at each end). 4 General Compartments (1 GS compartment illegally occupied by RMS), 11 Sleeper coaches, 4 AC Three Tier, 1 AC Two Tier. and an RMS. When it departs Mangalore Central as 22638 for the return journey to Chennai, the RMS or Rail Mail Service coach is put at the end of the train.
Station stops ===Chennai to Mangalore===List of stops on the West Coast Express from Chennai to Mangalore.StateStation CodeStationArrival/DepartureDistance (km)Tamil Nadu MAS '''Starts 13:15''' 0 AJJ Arakkonam14:23/14.25 68 WJR Walajah Road Junction14.53/14.55 104 KPD 15:20/15.25 129 JTJ 16:48/16:50 214 TPT 16:59/17:00 221 MAP Morappur17:34/17:35 268 BQI Bommidi17:54/17:55 291 SA 18:32/18:35 334 SGE Sankaridurg19:14/19.15 373 ED 19:40/19:45 394 TUP 20:28/20.30 444 CBE 21:27/21:30 494 PTJ 21:44/21:45 500Kerala PGT 22:52/22:55 550 OTP 23:19/23:20 581 SRR 23:45:23:50 594 KTU Kuttippuram00:17/00:18 624 TIR 00:32/00:33 639 PGI 00:46/00:47 655 CLT 01:12/01:15 681 BDJ 01:51/01:52 727 TLY 02:14/02:15 749 CAN 02:37/02:40 770 PAY Payyannur03:04/03:05 803 NLE Nileshwar railway station03:24/03:25 823 KZE 03:34/03:35 833 KGQ Kasaragod railway station03:54/03:55 856Karnataka  MAQ '''05:30 (Ends)''' 902===Mangalore to Chennai===List of stops on the West Coast Express from Mangalore to Chennai.StateStation CodeStationArrival/DepartureDistance (km) Karnataka MAQ '''Starts 23:45''' 0Kerala KGQ Kasaragod railway station00:23/00:25 45 KZE 00:43/00:45 69 NLE Nileshwar railway station00:54/00:55 78 PAY Payyannur01:11/01:12 98 CAN 01:42/01:45 131 TLY 02:03/02:05 152 BDJ 02:23/02:25 174 CLT 03:00/03:05 221 PGI 03:29/03:30 246 TIR 03:43/03:45 262 KTU Kuttippuram03:59/04:00 277 SRR 04:40/04:50 307 OTP 05:18/05:20 320 PGT 05:55/06:00 351Tamil Nadu PTJ 07:09/07:10 401 CBE 07:22/07:25 407 TUP 08:08/08:10 457 ED 09.10/09:20 507 SGE Sankaridurg09:44/09:45 528 SA 10:17/10:20 567 BQI Bommidi10:58/10:59 610 MAP Morappur11:18/11:20 633 TPT 11:59/12:00 680 JTJ 12:15/12:17 688 KPD 13:25/13:27 772 WJR Walajah RoadRoad Junction13:48/13:50 797 AJJ Arakkonam14:18/14:20 833 PER 15:08/15:10 896 MAS '''15:50 (ends)''' 901
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