The Lalbagh Express is a train in India, linking Bangalore City Railway Station and Chennai Central.
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It leaves Bangalore City at 06:30 hrs and reaches Chennai Central at around 12:15 hrs. In the return direction, it leaves Chennai Central at 15:35 hrs and reaches Bangalore City at 21:35 hrs. The train no is 12607 in the Chennai to Bangalore direction and 12608 in the Bangalore to Chennai direction. The train has around 21 coaches. It is categorized as a "Superfast Express"..
The composition of this train is:
The train is named for the famous Lalbagh botanical gardens in Bangalore.
This train shares its rake with the 12609/12610 Bangalore-Chennai express which takes about 6½ hours for the same distance. It runs on a complete electrified railway route and uses an electric engine.
Lalbagh Express was introduced by the Southern Railway. At the time of introduction, the train had only one stop - Katpadi junction. But now it stops at 11 stations including Bangalore Cantonment, Krishnarajapuram, Bangarpet, Kuppam, Jolarpettai, Ambur, Katpadi, Sholingur, Walajah road, Arakkonam and traverses the 362 km distance in 5 hours 45 min. The rake is now maintained by South Western Railway at Bangalore.