Chennai Mumbai Express
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The Chennai Mumbai Express is an Indian Railways
train which travels between Chennai Central
and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
, Mumbai
, India
. It travels at around 40-50 km/h. This train is numbered 1041 for the Mumbai-Chennai run and 1042 for the Chennai-Mumbai run. Previously, before being transferred to Central Railway, the train was with Southern Railway, with the numbers 6011 and 6012. Nowadays there is super fast train between Dadar (Mumbai) and Chennai which takes roughly 23 hours and 30 minutes for the journey of 1271 kilometres.
In the latest time table effective July 2010. By Mumbai Mail, one can reach Chennai from Mumbai in two nights and one day. The distance is 1250 Kilometers and time taken is 30 hours.
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
train which travels between Chennai Central
Chennai Central
Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...
and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus , is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and historic railway station in Mumbai which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. Situated in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai, it was built as a new railway station on the location of the Bori Bunder Station in 1887...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It travels at around 40-50 km/h. This train is numbered 1041 for the Mumbai-Chennai run and 1042 for the Chennai-Mumbai run. Previously, before being transferred to Central Railway, the train was with Southern Railway, with the numbers 6011 and 6012. Nowadays there is super fast train between Dadar (Mumbai) and Chennai which takes roughly 23 hours and 30 minutes for the journey of 1271 kilometres.
In the latest time table effective July 2010. By Mumbai Mail, one can reach Chennai from Mumbai in two nights and one day. The distance is 1250 Kilometers and time taken is 30 hours.
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