Tirupati To Kollam : Full Journey : 17421 Tirupati - Kollam Express

TIRUPATI (ANDHRA PRADESH) TO KOLLAM (KERALA) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 17421 TIRUPATI - KOLLAM EXPRESS : LGD WAP-7 LOCOMOTIVE : INDIAN RAILWAYS 17421/Tirupati - Kollam Express (PT) तिरुपति - कोल्लम एक्सप्रेस TPTY/Tirupati -- QLN/Kollam Junction (Quilon) The Kollam–Tirupati Express is an Express train belonging to South Central Railway zone that runs between Kollam in Kerala and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh in India. The service was temporarily operated as special train before converting it as a permanent train on a biweekly basis in August 2023. On 12 March 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the inaugural run of Kollam–Tirupati Express. The train departs from Tirupati on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2.40 pm. It will reach Kollam at 6.20 am the next day, travelling through the Salem-Palakkad-Ernakulam-Kottayam-Tiruvalla route. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, the return journey will depart Kollam at 10 am for. The next day's scheduled arrival time in Tirupati is 3.20 am. Major halts Kollam Junction → Tiruvalla→ Kottayam → Ernakulam Town → Thrissur → Palakkad Junction → Coimbatore Junction → Erode Junction → Salem Junction → Katpadi Junction → Chittoor → Tirupati The train has 22 bogies comprising 2 AC II tier 5 AC III tier 9 sleeper class 4 general compartments 1 SLR compartments 1 EOG Tirupati railway station (station code: TPTY) is a railway station located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves Tirupati and experiences a regular flow of tourists visiting the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in the Tirupati district. It is an environmentally friendly station, and has been awarded a Gold rating by the Indian Green Building Council. There are several railway stations that fall within the city limits of Tirupati, namely Tiruchanur, Renigunta Junction, Tirupati West Halt, and Chandragiri railway station. The metre-gauge line of the South Indian Railway Company was opened in 1891. The line originally started from Villupuram in the South Arcot district and passed through Katpadi and Chittoor to Pakala. The Gudur–Katpadi line, covering Tirupati, has since been converted to broad gauge. Tirupati is classified as an A1–category station in the Guntakal railway division. It is one of the top one hundred booking stations among the Indian railways. Kollam Junction railway station (station code: QLN) is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.) It is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and largest in terms of number of tracks and one of the oldest railway stations in the state. It is also the second busiest railway station in Kerala in terms of trains handled per day. World's third longest railway platform is situated at Kollam railway station. Kollam Junction lies on Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line. It is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division. The annual passenger ticket revenue of Kollam railway station is ₹103.07 crore and 23,048 is the daily ridership through this station. It is one among the few railway stations in Kerala having two terminals with ticket counter facility. Four express trains have been originating from Kollam Junction railway station to South Indian cities of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati: Visakhapatnam–Kollam Express (weekly), Anantapuri Express (daily), Chennai Egmore–Kollam Junction Express (daily), and Kollam–Tirupati Express (weekly). There are a total of 17 tracks in the Kollam railway station, 2 lines are passing through the MEMU shed. The station has 6 platforms for handling long distance, passenger, MEMU & goods trains. The platform 1 is divided into two sections. Platform 1A handles the trains to Punalur–Sengottai line and platform 1 handles trains towards Trivandrum Central. The platform 1 and 1A together have a length of 1,180.5 m making them together the third longest railway platform in India.[17] The station has an MEMU shed which is situated near to Platform 1A. An FCI godown owned and operated by Food Corporation of India is also situated near Kollam junction. There are 3 lines extending from Kollam Junction railway station in 3 different directions: South towards Thiruvananthapuram via Paravur and Varkala North towards Ernakulam (Kochi) via Kayamkulam-Alappuzha and Kayamkulam-Kottayam East towards Chennai via Punalur-Tenkasi-Madurai