KSR Bengaluru–Coimbatore Uday Express

The 22665 / 22666 KSR Bengaluru–Coimbatore Uday Express is the 1st Uday Express series double-decker AC chair train of the Indian Railways connecting KSR Bengaluru in Karnataka and Coimbatore Junction in Tamil Nadu. It is currently being operated with 22665/22666 train numbers on all days in a week basis.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It operates at an average speed of 65 km/h.

KSR Bengaluru-Coimbatore Uday Express
Overview
Service type	Uday Express
Locale	Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
First service	8 June 2018; 7 years ago (2018-06-08)
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway
Route
Termini	KSR Bengaluru (SBC) Coimbatore Junction (CBE)
Stops	6
Distance travelled	419 km (260 mi)
Average journey time	6 hrs 45 mins
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	22665 / 22666
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, Reserved Seating
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Auto-rack arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	On-board catering, E-catering
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Yes
Other facilities	Cafeteria
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Double Decker + LHB-Uday
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	64 km/h (40 mph) average including halts
Route map Legend 22666 ↓ Coimbatore Junction Tiruppur Erode Junction Salem Junction Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh border Kuppam Andhra Pradesh Karnataka border Krishnarajapuram 22665 ↑ KSR Bengaluru City Jn

Coach composition

Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri Express will be double-decker train trains with 40% additional passenger capacity. They will run overnight on busy route by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

This UDAY Express when introduced had a total of 10 AC coaches; 3 coaches with dining facility with seating capacity of 104 seats each and 5 coaches without dining with seating capacity of 120 seats. The remaining two will be power cars. However, because of low occupancy by passengers, 3 coaches of Double Decker AC Chair Car were replaced with 5 non-AC Chair Car making it a 12 coaches train.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
22666		EOG	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	DL1
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
22665		DL1	D5	D4	D3	D2	D1	C7	C6	C5	C4	C3	C2	C1	EOG

The train shares rake with Chennai-KSR Bengaluru AC Double Decker Express

Service

It averages 62 km/h as 22665 Uday Express starts from Bengaluru City Junction covering 419 km in 8 hrs 45 mins and 61 km/h as 22666 Uday Express starts from Coimbatore Junction covering 419 km in 8 hrs 55 min.

Schedule

The schedule of this 22666/22665 KSR Bengaluru - Coimbatore Jn UDAY Express is given below:-

SBC - CBE - SBC UDAY Express
22666		Stations	22665
Arrival	Departure		Arrival	Departure
----	05:40	Coimbatore Junction	21:00	----
06:18	06:20	Tiruppur	19:38	19:40
07:05	07:10	Erode Junction	18:50	18:55
08:02	08:05	Salem Junction	17:52	17:55
10:36	10:37	Kuppam	15:42	15:43
12:02	12:03	Krishnarajapuram	14:34	14:35
12:40	----	KSR Bengaluru City Junction	----	14:15

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a WAP-7 of Royapuram / Erode Locomotive Shed on its entire journey.

See also

• Chennai–Bangalore Double Decker Express
• Visakhapatnam–Guntur Uday Express
• Coimbatore–Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express
• Uday Express