Pinakini Express completes 30 years of service Par excellence
Finest Inter City Train serving the States of Andhra & Tamil Nadu for the past three decades
The prestigious Pinakini Express of Vijayawada Division, South Central Railway completed 30 years of service par excellence today i.e., 01st July, 2022. On this momentous occasion, Electric Loco shed, Vijayawada assigned vintage WAM4 Loco to power the train on its birthday run. Train no. 12711/12712 Pinakini Intercity Express which derived its name from the Penna or Pinakini River flowing through Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh was started on 01st July, 1992 from Vijayawada. This is a daily superfast express connecting Vijayawada Junction in South Central Railway Zone to MGR Chennai Central, the state capital of Tamilnadu, in the Southern Railway Zone.
This train travels a distance of 430 Km on each side and consists of 12 halts in between. Pinakini Express enjoys amazing patronage and occupancy rate is more than 100 % throughout the year. Many Employees, students, Season ticket holders of Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR district daily choose this train as the safest mean to travel to their work places and destinations due to its convenient timings and best punctuality performance.
Inter city services are envisioned by Railways with an objective to connect major railway junctions and state capitals. These act as long-distance unreserved suburban trains with sitting accommodation. These are quite fast and maintain a high average speed for short distances along with priority over other trains.
Initially, the train consisted of 18 coaches, due to heavy demand the number of coaches was increased to 24. Pinakini Express has single standard ICF rake, and is being primarily maintained at Vijayawada since its inception. It has 3 AC Chair Car Coaches, 9 reserved & 9 unreserved non ac coaches, pantry car and 2 SLR (Seating-cum-Luggage Rake) coaches. The rake was upgraded with safer CBC ( Central Buffer Coupler) coupling by replacing old screw coupling as a measure of enhanced Safety.
Shri Ch. Dinesh Reddy, Sr.DEE, ELS, Shri Uday Bhaskar, Coaching Depot officer, Ms. Nusrat M. Mandrupkar, PRO, Vijayawada and Shri P.B.N Prasad, Station Director Vijayawada flagged of the Inter city service today at Platform no.1 of Vijayawada Railway Station.SCR Rail fans club and Rail enthusiasts decorated the WAM 4 loco and celebrated the 30th birth anniversary by cutting the cake today at Vijayawada Station
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