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The 12841 / 12842 Coromandel Express is a superfast express train of Indian Railways. The train runs down the east coast of India between Shalimar railway station, West Bengal, and M. G. R Chennai Central railway station, Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] The train service is run by South Eastern Railway zone. [1]
At about 19:00 IST, the Coromandel Express was intended to pass straight on the up line but was wrongly switched to the parallel up loop line, where it collided with a stationary goods train laden with iron ore. [8] Because of the high speed of the passenger train and the weight of the goods train, 21 coaches of the Coromandel Express derailed.
15 August 1997 – At least 75 people were killed when the up and down trains of the Coromandel Express collided near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. [87] 14 September 1997 – More than 81 people were killed after five cars of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunged into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh. [78] [84]
The main passenger train services along this line are the Howrah–Chennai Mail and the Coromandel Express. Howrah, Kharagpur, Balasore, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Vijayawada, Nellore, Ongole,Gudur and Chennai Central on this line are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian ...
Till the introduction of the Coromandel Express in the mid-seventies, it was the main and fastest train link between Howrah and Chennai (then Madras), with much fewer halts. Presently, this train is the second most important train on the Howrah–Chennai main line after the high speed Coromandel Express.
[6] [7] The Chennai-bound Coromandel Express was incorrectly shunted into the loop line and hit a stationary freight train at the speed of 128 km/h, and the derailed coaches fell on the down line where the Howrah-bound SMVT Bengaluru–Howrah Superfast Express side dashed the General & Sleeper Coaches of Coromandel Express.
Coromandel Express, a train service along the Coromandel Coast; Coromandel!, 1955 historical novel by John Masters; Coromandel screen, an item of furniture; Coromandel wood, another name for calamander; Coromandel, a perfume created for Chanel by Jacques Polge and Christopher Sheldrake
The 12863 / 12864 Howrah-SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express (formerly the Howrah-Yesvantpur Superfast Express), is a Superfast train belonging to the South Eastern Railway zone that runs daily between Howrah Junction and Bengaluru in India. [1] [2] [3] On June 2, 2023, this line was involved in India's worst train accident in decades, with 296 ...