Coromandel Express is called the king of South Eastern Railway
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This train was started in 1977. Then it ran only twice a week and stopped only at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar. Then this superfast train used to complete the journey of 1,662 km in 23 hours 30 minutes. In those days it used to leave Howrah at 17.15 hrs and reach Chennai at 16.45 hrs the next day. In return it left Chennai at 09.00 hrs and reached Howrah at 08.30 hrs the next day. Later the number of its stoppages was increased. Stops were made at Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Khurda Road and Brahmpur. The train time increased by three hours due to increase in stoppages.
450 km non-stop
The Howrah-Chennai route is the main line on the east coast. This train runs non-stop between Vijayawada to Chennai in Andhra Pradesh. That is, during the distance of about 450 km, this train does not stop even once and runs continuously for six hours. It stops at only two places between Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam at Eluru and Rajahmundry. Apart from this it stops at Brahmapur, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore and Kharagpur. This train has five stops in Andhra Pradesh, seven in Odisha and only two stops in West Bengal.
Train number 12841 departs Shalimar at 15.20 hrs and reaches Chennai Central at 16.50 hrs the next day. In the return direction, train number 12842 leaves Chennai Central at 7:00 am and reaches Shalimar at 10:40 am the next day. In February 2009 also this train was a victim of accident. The accident took place near Jajpur Keonjhar road, 120 km north of Bhubaneswar. In that accident, 16 passengers were killed while 161 were injured. Then 13 coaches of this train going to Chennai were derailed.
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king status
The land that was ruled by the great Chola dynasty of Tamil Nadu is called Cholamandalam in Tamil. This is where the word Coromandel comes from. The eastern coast of the country adjoining the Bay of Bengal is called the Coromandel Coast. That is why this train has been named Coromandel Express. This is the reason that it passes through the entire Coromandel Coast. This train is part of South Eastern Railway zone which was earlier known as Bengal Nagpur Railway. This train completes the journey of 1662 km in 25 hours 30 minutes. Its maximum speed is 130 kmph. It is given highest priority while traveling from Shalimar to Chennai. This is the reason why this train is also called King of South Eastern Railway.
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