No.20 മദ്രാസ് മെയിൽ ഫസ്റ്റ് ക്ലാസ്സ് യാത്ര | AC First Class Coupe | Trivandrum Chennai Mail 🤩

No.20 മദ്രാസ് മെയിൽ ഫസ്റ്റ് ക്ലാസ്സ് യാത്ര | AC First Class Coupe | Trivandrum Chennai Mail 🤩 End to End Journey

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Our Coach
4:25 - Coaches of Mail
5:27 - Journey Begins
7:23 - Seat Allocation in First AC
9:42 - Fare and Features
10:55 - Journey Continues
12:31 - Bathroom in First AC
13:08 - Brief History
14:06 - Journey Continues
22:34 - Trains to Chennai from Kerala
26:24 - Our Berth
27:54 - Nearing Chennai
33:14 - Our Destination
36:27 - Suburban Journey
38:57 - Our Room
39:56 - Conclusion

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Journey Fare (12624 Thiruvananthapuram - MGR Chennai Central Superfast Mail):

AC First Class: 3070 Rs
AC 2 Tier: 1825 Rs
AC 3 Tier: 1285 Rs
Sleeper: 490 Rs
Second Class: 270 Rs

Background Music Credits: Ambient Corporate (Epidemic Sound)

Chennai Central–Thiruvananthapuram Central Mail is a daily Superfast Express mail train running between Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai Central under Southern Railway zone that connects the Capital city of Tamilnadu with the Capital City of Kerala. It is one of the prestigious train of the Indian Railways. This train runs via Kottayam. This train connects Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram along with six big cities in South India – Salem, Kottayam, Coimbatore, Thrissur, Kochi and Kollam.

Today's 12623/24 Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Mail, is the successor to the 561/562 Cochin Harbour Terminus (in Kochi) –Madras Express that started running in 1944. It was then the second express train running through Kerala and the first from south Kerala. In 1960, it was renumbered as the 19/20 Cochin Harbour Terminus–Madras Express and in 1965 renamed the 19/20 Cochin Harbour Terminus–Madras Mail. It was then extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central in 1977 when the rail link connecting to Thiruvananthapuram Central via Kottayam was completed and in 1990 it was renumbered 6319/6320 and later 2623/2624.

It is the only daily train from Chennai to the South which does not have a halt at both Arakkonam Junction and Jolarpettai. The train was made to run via Irugur Podanur line due to single line constraints at Coimbatore Junction, later it was restored via Coimbatore Junction in 2014. This is the fastest train as 12623 between MAS - CBE and MAS - ERN. The train is meant for achieving its maximum speed between Katpadi and Salem Junction.

Conventional ICF coaches on the train were replaced by LHB coaches in January 2017. The train usually left from PF no: 5 of Chennai Central till 2018. Later when the maintenance got shifted to SA Division / CBE Base, Consequently, The train has untidy rakes and now leaves from PF 9 of Chennai Central. This train is amongst the prestigious trains of the Southern Railway zone.

Total number of coaches 22

The train consists of:

Loco HOG-enabled WAP-7 from Royapuram or Erode
1 AC First AC Coach (H1)
1 AC Two-tier coaches(A1)
6 AC Three-tier coaches (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6)
9 Sleeper coaches (S1–S9)
3 Unreserved General Sitting coaches (GS)
1 End on Generator
1 Luggage Cum LHB Second Sitting and Coach for Disabled