The Uzhavan Express is a train route of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and runs between Chennai Egmore and Thanjavur Junction. The express was introduced on 1 September 2013. It operates daily and covers a distance of 351km.

Uzhavan Express is at Thanjavur Junction

Schedule

16865 ~ Chennai Egmore → Thanjavur Junction ~ Uzhavan Express
Station NameStation CodeArrivalDepartureDay
Chennai EgmoreMSSOURCE22:151
MambalamMBM22:2622:27
TambaramTBM22:4822:50
Chengalpattu JunctionCGL23:1823:20
Villupuram JunctionVM00:3500:402
Cuddalore Port JunctionCUPJ01:2101:22
ChidambaramCDM02:4302:45
SirkazhiSY03:0003:01
Mayiladuthurai JunctionMV03:2503:27
KutaalamKTM03:3903:40
AduthuraiADT03:5103:52
KumbakonamKMU04:0304:05
PapanasamPML04:1704:18
Thanjavur JunctionTJ05:10DEST
16866 ~ Thanjavur Junction → Chennai Egmore ~ Uzhavan Express
Thanjavur JunctionTJSOURCE21:501
PapanasamPML22:1122:12
KumbakonamKMU22:2422:26
AduthuraiADT22:3722:38
KutaalamKTM22:5022:51
Mayiladuthurai JunctionMV23:0523:10
Vaitheeswaran KoilVDL23:2523:26
SirkazhiSY23:3423:35
ChidambaramCDM23:5023:52
Cuddalore Port JunctionCUPJ00:2100:222
Villupuram JunctionVM01:3501:40
Chengalpattu JunctionCGL02:5803:00
TambaramTBM03:2803:30
MambalamMBM03:4803:50
Chennai EgmoreMS04:25DEST

Rolling stock

Uzhavan Express runs end to end with WAP-4 Loco From Arakkonam, Erode Electric Shed, WAP-7 from Royapuram Electric Loco Shed.

Coach composition

the train consists of 23 LHB coaches

  • 1 AC I Tier
  • 2 AC II Tier
  • 3 AC III Tiers
  • 12 Sleeper Coaches
  • 3 General
  • 2 Second-class Luggage/parcel van
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The Uzhavan Express between Chennai Egmore and Thanjavur has a rake sharing agreement (RSA) with Ananthapuri Express between Chennai and Kollam. The primary maintenance of four rakes of the express trains is being carried out at the Trichy coaching depot. This train is very very likely to receive lhb coaches by first quarter of 2026. The coach composition will be 10 sleeper coaches 4 3 ac coaches 3 2ac coaches 1 1 ac coach and 3 Unreserved coaches and 1 car generator(22 coaches).

See also