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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL !!!

A Very Happy Happy Birthday to Vaigai SF Express for your 42 years of service to the people and entering into 43rd year!!

We Rail fans celebrated Vaigai exp birthday in a grand manner in presence of Railway officials on 15 Aug 2019 at Madurai Junction!!

Presence of ADRM sir with Vaigai exp T-shirt sponsored by Railfans was one of the proud moments for us and thank u sir and other railway officials (Retired LPs, Current LPs ALPs, Guard etc) for all your presence on this grand event !!

Return 12635 Vaigai Crew was also honoured by cutting cake at MDU jn (LP, ALP, Guard, TTEs etc)

Train - 12636 MDU-MS VAIGAI SF EXPRESS.
12635 MS-MDU VAIGAI SF EXPRESS.

Loco - For 12636 Royapuram RPM WAP7 30577 (HOG Enabled)
For 12635 RPM WAP7 30359 (Non HOG)

Date and Time - 15 Aug 2019/ 06.00 hrs!!

History of Vaigai express:

The Vaigai Express is a super fast Intercity express train running daily between Madurai and Chennai via Tiruchirappalli operated by Southern Railway zone of the Indian railways. The name 'Vaigai Express' has been always popular among not only rail users but also among rail fans of two different generations as the train has won the hearts of thousands of people who have known and experienced it from the early days. Due to the demand for a day train between Madurai and Madras, which gradually began to increase from the 1970s, the Southern Railway decided to introduce a super fast train for the first time on the MG in Southern railway. This train got updated with modern LHB coaches from 30 June 2019.

On 15 August 1977 at 6 am, Down Train No. 135 Vaigai Express began its inaugural journey from Madurai to Madras Egmore, with 16 yellow and green livery coaches and a matching YDM4 diesel loco. When it was introduced in 1977, this train had 16 coaches, hauled by twin-YDM4 diesel locos, and by 1984 it was bifurcated as the Pallavan Express, comprising eight coaches. The Vaigai express clocked the fastest run between Madurai and Madras Egmore over a distance of 497 kilometres (309 mi) on the first day in 7 hours and 5 minutes when it entered Madras Egmore at 1.05 p.m. that afternoon, matching the speed of many Broad Gauge super fast trains on the SR. For safety purposes the train, was slowed down to a journey time of 7 hours and 40 minutes later on. It was the only train in SR which had completely tube lighted interiors and sun control sliding glass shutters installed for the first time in all its eight-second class coaches. The driver and the guard also had a corded telephone system to communicate. With the turntable facility available at Trichy, Chennai and Madurai, the operations staff always ensured that the YDM4 hauling the Vaigai Express always had the short hood facing the front every time its started it journey.

This train also was one of its kind in SR which had its livery changed a number of times from its original yellow-green combination to white-gray-red livery and then again to vermillon red - cream livery and again to cream-brown livery on the MG. The YDM4 for the Vaigai Express had been fitted with a double-tone horn which made it easy for rail users and railway staff alike to identify the loco as well as the train, which was never on use on the other YDM4s which operated on the same route for other trains.This the only MG train on the SR to be fitted with specially enhanced buffers and certified to run at 110 km/h. For the first time on the MG, the ICF manufactured two 40-seat AC chair car coaches exclusively for the Vaigai and Pallavan express. From 12 February 2014, the Vaigai Express is being hauled by electric locomotive WAP-4 from Arakkonam & Erode Loco Shed & WAP-7 from Royapuram Loco Shed from Madurai to Chennai Egmore.