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12658/KSR Bengaluru - MGR Chennai Central SF Mail (PT)Other Names: Chennai Mailक्रा सं रा बेंगलुरु - एम. जी. आर. चेन्नै सेंट्रल सुपरफास्ट मेल
BNC/Bengaluru Cantt. (Bangalore) --> MAS/MGR Chennai Central
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12658 KSR Bengaluru - Dr MGR Chennai Central Mail Express leaving KSR Bengaluru at 22.40 hrs from 20th September to 20th December, 2024 Will Be Skipping Bangalore Cantt (BNC) Due to Re development Works of Pf no. 2 and 3.
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4 Follows Bedroll/Linen: AVAILABLE change Inaugural Run Mon Aug 01, 1864 Pantry/Catering ✕ Pantry Car ✕ On-board Catering ✓ E-Catering Pantry car remains locked. | Updated: Sep 20 (15:17) by Sameer2905^~
RSA - Rake Sharing 12628-12658-12657-Maintenance-12627-12628;Total 6 Rakes with PM at SBC. | Rating: 4.0/5 (132 votes) cleanliness - excellent (26) punctuality - excellent (28) food - good (5) ticket avbl - average (24) u/r coach - average (11) railfanning - average (25) safety - excellent (24) | ||||
LHB Rake Rake/Coach Position 0 L 1 SLR 2 GS 3 S1 4 S2 5 S3 6 S4 7 S5 8 S6 9 S7 10 PC 11 B1 12 B2 13 B3 14 B4 15 B5 16 B6 17 H1 18 A1 19 A2 20 GS 21 GS 22 EOG First UR coach is half UR and half RMS | ||||||
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Jan 02 2018 (12:38) 12658/KSR Bengaluru - MGR Chennai Central SF Mail (PT)
Shatabdi Express~
Shatabdi Express~ 764 blog postsPeople planning to travel by 12658, do remember that in months of Dec and Jan, it'll get delayed by more than 6 hours as pairing train Karnataka express will get delayed by fog.. hence it's recommended NOT to book tickets in this train in Dec and Jan
Better prefer Kaveri over SBC-MAS/MAS-SBC mail during winter season.
MAS -SBC 12657 will never get rescheduled.. so that's the only good train actually (as 16021 has very Early arrival at SBC)
But nowadays SWR authorities have maintained a spare rake and whenever 12628 is late they arrange that spare rake ensuring 12658 departs on time
Yes, the tip I'd posted was valid during those times. Now-a-days, KK is very rarely delayed and even if it is, spare rake is deployed (SWR now, unlike before, have a lot of spare ICF coaches from LHBfication of many trains)
Dec 01 2015 (09:00) 12658/KSR Bengaluru - MGR Chennai Central SF Mail (PT)
BangaloreMail^~
BangaloreMail^~ 26814 blog postsCan be used as connecting train for Northern regions from MAS due to its early arrival and huge amount of buffer time.
Why should you go to MAS for going to North India there will surely be a train from SBC/BNC/KJM/YPR to most of the North Indian Cities
There is something called as tatkal and premium tatkal quota and also going via MAS attracts unwanted costs
You think premium tatkal wont attract unwanted cost? You need to pay as much as Rs.600-700 in PT for SBC-MAS. Moreover trains arent daily from all places. So if you urgently want to go, you can use this alternative when you cant wait for the specific weekly.
I've used it to catch Jan Shatabdi and MAS-SRC on a few occasions, but it does cost quite a bit as mail usually ends up going into waitlist before the direct trains from SBC do and we have to resort to Tatkal. :)
Kaveri or YPR-MAS/MYS-MAS/SSPN-MAS are usually better (in ticket availability) if connecting to Howrah bound trains.
Kaveri or YPR-MAS/MYS-MAS/SSPN-MAS are usually better (in ticket availability) if connecting to Howrah bound trains.
Mail is early almost everyday except in seasons of fog. So it will be convenient. Now that PT is available, and many people dont prefer that except in few cases when there is very high demand, atleast a portion if not all of TQWL gets cleared. :)
It's a bit risky, yes. But Kaveri was never late at MAS whenever I traveled ( or may be I got lucky :) ). At least for MAS-SRC and Coromandel, it was more or less a reliable connection. But if the other 3 weeklies are running on the day, then they will always be the easier, less risky options.
Of course, given the mail's sleep-killer run, might as well travel in UR if tickets are not available. There won't be any sleep even if we get a berth. :P
Of course, given the mail's sleep-killer run, might as well travel in UR if tickets are not available. There won't be any sleep even if we get a berth. :P
Yup. First time ever I took this chain, I had to book for mail in PT. Thought I could beat the others and book the first tickets before the price scaled up, but ended up paying 1400 for 2 sleeper tickets. I am not complaining though. I prefer the 3 hour-long early morning RF session in MAS over sleep or direct trains. :)
Apr 07 2014 (13:14) 12658/KSR Bengaluru - MGR Chennai Central SF Mail (PT)
Nikhil Shah~
Nikhil Shah~ 2247 blog postsPC is opened for pax movement upon request.
So next time, suppose you board wrong coach and if the train starts, no need to panic.
Just stay calm and request.
So next time, suppose you board wrong coach and if the train starts, no need to panic.
Just stay calm and request.
but how will you request if you are on the other side , u have to bang the door to make the pantry staff open the door , or else how would they listen to your request ??
All 6 rakes of KK exp and SBC-MAS-SBC Mail comprise of coaches manufactured in the last 3-4 years and 98% of reserved coaches (SL,3AC,2AC,1AC) have charging points in each bay as a result. Even the older ones are POHed ones and they too have charging points in each bay. Only around 2 or 3 coaches among the 114 (19*6 rakes) do not have charging points so go ahead and test your luck :)
P.S: SWR does shuffle coaches here and there sometimes and the replacement ones too are newer ones having charging points in each bay.
P.S: SWR does shuffle coaches here and there sometimes and the replacement ones too are newer ones having charging points in each bay.
On the other hand there's SR. TVC Mail. MAQ Mail. Nilagiri. Kaveri. TN. GT. None of the biggies have any traces of charging points. The discussion doesn't even go to the low priority ones.
ICF dishes out so many coaches to SR every month but God knows where those go. Last week I saw Kerala's rake at AGC and some of the SL coaches were new.. was a pleasant surprise.
2626's all six rakes have been revamped in the last 4 years. TVC divn has invested all the fresh roll-out it received in changing it's rakes. While what's left with other trains like Thirukkural, DDN KCVL and the like are old rickety shabby coaches. PGT divn is poor as ever receiving all the rejected ones. BBQ is infamous as the one stealing all that SR gets, but where does the stolen stuff go? Poof.
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