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Entry# 4577440-0

16859⇒16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT)
चेन्नै एषुंबूर - मंगलूरु सेन्ट्रल एक्सप्रेस

MS/Chennai Egmore --> MAQ/Mangaluru Central (Mangalore)

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• W.E.F 05/12/2023 will be fully cancelled until further official notice.
Wed Dec 06, 2023 (08:35AM)
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• JCO 04.12.2023 is Fully Cancelled.
Tue Dec 05, 2023 (11:22PM)
• JCO 04.12.2023 is Cancelled.
Mon Dec 04, 2023 (09:07PM)
🔹 In view of the Maha Kumbhabhishekam Celebrations at Satguru Sri Seshadri Swamigal Adhistanam, Train no. 16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT) JCO 20/05/2023 to 24/05/2023 will be provided with a Temporary Stoppage of One Minute Duration at Unjalur Railway Station (0709am / 0710am).
Thu May 11, 2023 (05:37PM)
🔹 Train No. 16159 Chennai Egmore – Mangalore Central Express leaving Chennai Egmore at 23.15 hrs o­n 27th and 29th April, 2023 will be diverted to run via Tiruchchirappalli, Dindigul , Palani, Pollachi and Palakkad Skipping stoppages at Tiruchchirappalli fort, Karur, Pugalur, Kodumudi, Erode, Uttikuli, Tiruppur, Pilamedu, Coimbatore North,...
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Coimbatore and Podanur.
Tue Apr 25, 2023 (06:47PM)
Temporary augmentation of 1 Sleeper Class Coach from 20.04.2022 to 31.05.2022
Sun Apr 24, 2022 (04:16AM)
Augmented with one extra General Class Coach from Chennai Egmore from 01.02.2022
Thu Jan 20, 2022 (10:22PM)
CC : 3–3A, 8–SL, 2–2S, 2–GS(as 2S), 2–SLR/D = Total 17 Coaches
Tue Oct 05, 2021 (08:17PM)
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Bedroll/Linen: AVAILABLE change
Inaugural Run
Tue Jul 01, 2003
Pantry/Catering
✕ Pantry Car
✓ On-board Catering
✓ E-Catering
E-Catering Service is Available at ED, CBE, PGT, TIR, CLT, CAN...
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& MAQ.
Updated: Feb 03 (20:44) by TGT.UPSC^~
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RSA - Rake Sharing
No RSA. 3 Dedicated Rakes with PM @ GSN Yard (MS).
Rating: 4.0/5 (107 votes)
cleanliness - good (21)
punctuality - good (19)
food - good (13)
ticket avbl - good (18)
u/r coach - good (12)
railfanning - good (18)
safety - excellent (18)
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Feb 05 2016 (15:13)   16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT)
gprh05
gprh05   94 blog posts
Entry# 1730476            Tags  
it is running speed as a express from chennai egmore to Tiruchi as express. No speed from Tiruchi to Mangalore running as a passanger, 5 am departure also inconvenience time for passngers. Need change 6 am dep time will be convenient for all.
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Oct 22 2015 (18:40)   16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT)
soundr
soundr   57 blog posts
Entry# 1625255            Tags   Past Edits
No pantry. So be sure about carrying water bottles. If not you need to wait till Erode. Hard to see anyone selling water in platform other than stalls before erode.
Local vendors enter non AC coaches in karur. Good food like idli vada, pongal vada, poori aloo priced at 30/-. Coffee priced at 10/-. Or wait till Erode for breakfast, which is also quite good.
Don't miss buttermilk sold by some elderly women in uthukuli / oothukuli. The train halts for just one minute and hence you need to run to get
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them, as they target selling to unreserved compartments.

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Oct 22 2015 (18:28)   16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT)
soundr
soundr   57 blog posts
Entry# 1625247            Tags  
Many people from Trichy and nearby places as kulithalai, pugalur etc , specially families are preferring it and booking under Chennai - Coimbatore quota.
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May 05 2015 (15:29)   16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT)
gprh05
gprh05   94 blog posts
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I WAS TRAVELED FROM TRICHY TO MANGALORE-S10 Coach on 3rd May'15, This coach- no water on coach after coimbatore. No TTE. Train arrived shoranur, i saw, they inserted water pipes other coaches and i told them to do this coach meanwhile train is started moving.
Also I noticed, toilet cleaning team, they are cleaned S8 coach, S9 coach one side. They went to away from train and sat on shade for idle talk. I told them to do clean S10coach, no response. Whom should i complaint about this?
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2nd time, TTE not available or why not visiting and checking tickets all coaches.(MAQ to Chennai till Erode no TTE west coast exp) and Return from Tpj to MAQ- no TTE came to S10 coach till end).

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Oct 04 2014 (14:49)   16159/Chennai Egmore - Mangaluru Central Express (PT)
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de_prakash^~   11146 blog posts
Entry# 1234985            Tags   Past Edits
In between MS & CBE in AC coach:
Catering not available. You can buy tea, beverages, snacks only at TPJ & ED.
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