Mumbai To Chennai : Full Journey : 12163 Dadar - Chennai Express : Indian Railways

MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) TO CHENNAI (TAMILNADU) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 12163 DADAR - CHENNAI EGMORE SUPERFAST EXPRESS : LOCOMOTIVE CHANGE FROM ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE BZA WAP4 TO DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE PUNE WDP4D AT PUNE JUNCTION : LOCOMOTIVE CHANGE FROM DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE PUNE WDP4D TO ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE BZA WAP4 AT WADI JUNCTION : 3AC / 3 TIER AC COACH INTERIORS : INDIAN RAILWAYS.

12163/Dadar - Chennai Egmore SF Express (PT)
दादर - चेन्नै एग्मोर सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस दादर - चेन्नै एषुंबूर सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस
DR/Dadar Central -- MS/Chennai Egmore

The 12163/12164 Dadar Terminus - Chennai Egmore Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - Central Railways zone that runs between Dadar Terminus and Chennai Egmore in India. | state covering : 4 (Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and maharastra) It operates as train number 12163 from Dadar Terminus to Chennai Egmore and as train number 12164 in the reverse direction serving the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu.
The 12163/64 Dadar Terminus - Chennai Egmore Superfast Express covers the distance of 1279 kilometres in 23 hours 15 mins as 12163 Dadar Terminus - Chennai Egmore Superfast Express (55.01 km/hr) & 1281 kilometres in 23 hrs 15 mins as 12164 Chennai Egmore - Dadar Terminus Superfast Express (55.29 km/hr).
The 12163/64 Dadar Terminus - Chennai Egmore Express runs via Khandala railway station, Pune Junction, Adoni, Guntakal Junction, Renigunta Junction to Chennai Egmore.
Due to the part electrification of the route, the 12163/64 Dadar Terminus - Chennai Egmore Superfast Express is hauled by 3 locomotives during its run.
A WCAM 2/2P or WCAM 3 from the Kalyan shed or WAP 4 of the Bhusawal shed hauls the train from Dadar Terminus up to Pune Junction after which a WDM 3A from the Pune or Guntakal shed takes over until Wadi Junction handing over to a Royapuram based WAP 4 or WAP 7 which powers the train until Chennai Egmore.
12163 Dadar Terminus - Chennai Egmore Superfast Express leaves Dadar Terminus on a daily basis at 20:30 hrs IST and reaches Chennai Egmore at 19:45 hrs IST the next day.
12164 Chennai Egmore - Dadar Terminus Superfast Express leaves Chennai Egmore on a daily basis at 06:50 hrs IST and reaches Dadar Terminus at 06:00 hrs IST the next day.
It shares its rake with the 22153/22154 Chennai Egmore - Salem Junction Superfast Express.

The train consists of:
1 AC First cum AC Two-tier coach (HA1)
1 AC Two-tier coach (A1)
3 AC Three-tier coaches (B1, B2, B3)
8 Sleeper Coaches (S1 - S8)
2 Unreserved General Sitting Coaches (GS)
1 Pantry Car
2 Sitting cum Luggage Rakes

Chennai Egmore (formerly known as Madras Egmore) (station code: MS) is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in the city and the other three railway stations are Chennai Central railway station, Tambaram railway station and Chennai Beach railway station. The station was built in 1906–1908 as the terminus of the South Indian Railway Company. The building built in Gothic style is one of the prominent landmarks of Chennai.
As of 2013, the station handles about 35 main line trains and 118 suburban trains, and about 150,000 people daily.

Dadar railway station is one of the major interchange railway stations of Mumbai Suburban Railway. It serves the Dadar area in Mumbai, India.
This railway station lies on both the Central line named as Dadar Central with station code DR and Western line named as Dadar Western with station code DDR. It's also a terminal for Mumbai Suburban Railway as well as Indian Railways.
Dadar railway station has 15 platforms, In that, 7 platforms consist of the Western side which is two platforms of the slow suburban route, three platforms of the fast suburban route and the last two platforms are the terminus of the Suburban and Long Distance trains which are also known as Dadar Midtown Terminus.
The remaining 8 platforms consist of the Central line, which is of three platforms on the slow suburban route with middle-slow suburban terminal, three platforms are on the fast suburban route with middle-fast suburban terminal, and the last two platforms are the terminus of long-distance trains which is also known as Dadar Central Terminus or Dadar Terminus.
Dadar is the busiest railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Dadar railway station handles a total of 88 long-distance trains. In which 12 trains are on the Western line side in which 3 long-distance trains originate and terminate at Midtown Terminus and 9 long-distance trains halt at the fast suburban route of Western line.
Whereas, 76 trains are on the Central line side in which 11 long-distance trains originate and terminate at Central Terminus and 65 long-distance trains halt at the fast suburban route of Central line.
Dadar railway station was inaugurated in the year 1868.