Cheran Express

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Cheran Express
Overview
Service type	Express train
Locale	Tamil Nadu
Current operator(s)	Southern Railways
Route
Start	Chennai Central
Stops	7
End	Coimbatore Junction
Distance travelled	496 km (308 mi)
Average journey time	8 hours 15 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	AC First Class(1A), AC Two Tier(2A), AC Three Tier(3A), Sleeper(SL)
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	60 km/h (37 mph) average with halts
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The Cheran Express is an overnight superfast express train in India which runs daily between Coimbatore city Junction and Chennai Central via Salem Jn on the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Numbering

Train Number 12673 runs from Chennai Central to Coimbatore Junction while 12674 runs from Coimbatore Junction to Chennai Central.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Loco	SLR	UR	S12	S11	S10	S9	S8	S7	S6	S5	S4	S3	S2	S1	B3	B2	B1	A2	A1	HA1	UR	SLR

Loco	SLR	UR	HA1	A1	B1	B2	B3	B4	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	S12	UR	SLR

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The train starts from Coimbatore at 22.40 hours and reaches Chennai at 06.45 hours the next day.^[4]
In the return direction it leaves Chennai at 22.10 hours and reaches Coimbatore at 06.05 hours. The train stops at Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, katpadi and Arakkonam. In the return direction (from Chennai), it also stops at the Coimbatore North Junction.^[5]

In 2005, an unknown person was killed in a fire inside a toilet on the train.^[6]

In 2007, five coaches of the train derailed near Ambur due to a lower bearing failure resulting in ten passengers getting injured.^[7]