Chennai–Tirupati MEMU

The Moore Market Complex–Tirupati MEMU is a MEMU passenger service belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between Moore Market Complex and Tirupati in India. ^[1] It was announced in 2013 rail budget.^[2]

Chennai – Tirupati MEMU

Chennai Moore Market Station
Overview
Service type	Passenger
First service	1 January 2010; 15 years ago (2010-01-01)
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Moore Market Complex (MMCC) Tirupati (TPTY)
Stops	25
Distance travelled	147 km (91 mi)
Average journey time	4h
Service frequency	Daily [a]
Train number(s)	66015/66014 (earlier), 06727/06728 (at present)
On-board services
Class(es)	General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	On-board catering E-catering
Observation facilities	ICF coach
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	37 km/h (23 mph), including halts

Service

The 66015/Moore Market Complex–Tirupati MEMU has an average speed of 37 km/h and covers 147 km in 4h. The 66014/Tirupati–Moore Market Complex MEMU has an average speed of 34 km/h and covers 147 km in 4h 15m. However after the CoVid pandemic, the train was re-introduced as a MEMU express special with train no 06727/06728 departing from MASS/TPTY respectively

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

• Moore Market Complex
• Perambur
• Ambattur
• Avadi
• Arakkonam Junction
• Puttur
• Tiruchanur
• Tirupati

Coach composition

The train uses either old generational MEMU which has 8 coaches or new generation MEMU (introduced by ICF ) which has 9 coaches out of which .6 are general coaches .3 are general ladies and first class coaches (it is 2 in the case of old gen MEMU)

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 1 times:

• Renigunta Junction

See also

• Tirupati railway station
• Moore Market Complex railway station
• Chennai Central–Tirupati Express

Notes

1. Runs seven days in a week for every direction.