IR operates very very less no of services in the MUMBAI-PUNE-CHENNAI Corridor.3 daily + 2 weekly services only.No Expresses/Mail/SF operates with 24 Coaches.
Mumbai Dadar-Chennai SF have 17 coaches + 1 Pantry Car...Mumbai CST- Chennai Exp 17 C+1 PC...Mumbai CST-Chennai Mail 18 C+1PC....Mumbai LTT-Karaikkal Weekly Exp 16 C... Mumbai LTT-Chennai Weekly Exp 22 C+1PC...
Bangalore Udayan 22 C + 1 RMS.
In this year...
more... Railway Budget 2015-16 , our RM emphasizes that in all the major patronages routes the Exp/Mail Coaches shall be augmented from 24 to 26.
So IR,CR & SR shall be augmented the coaches up to 24 first in this CHENNAI METRO / Bangalore City-PUNE MINI METRO -MUMBAI METRO Corridor and then augmented to 26...
If constrains in MUMBAI TERMINALS,Sectional Coaches may be operated to and fro PUNE Jn to Chennai/Bangalore since no direct trains are operated from PUNE jn to these two State Capitals till date.