The Kovai Express is a daily superfast

Superfast Mail/Express

Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...

 express train on Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

, running between Chennai Central

Chennai Central

Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...

 and Coimbatore Junction

Coimbatore Junction

Coimbatore Junction erstwhile Kovai junction, is the railway station located in heart of the city Coimbatore. The station code is CBE. It has 6 platforms. It is a Major Railway junction in South India and the second busiest railway station in Tamil Nadu in terms of passenger movement...

. Recently ads featuring the mobile phone services operator Vodafone can be spotted on the exteriors of the Kovai Express coaches. Train Number 2675 starts from Chennai at 06.15 hours and reaches Coimbatore at 13.40 hours. Train Number 2676 leaves Coimbatore at 14.05 hours and reaches Chennai at 21.20 hours.

It is one of the prestigious trains of the Southern Railway

Southern Railway (India)

The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...

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See also

• Famous trains
• Pallavan Express
  Pallavan Express
  The Pallavan Express is a superfast train operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This train connects the cities of Tiruchirapalli and Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the more prestigious trains of the Southern Railway.-General information:The train...
  
  
• Tamil Nadu Express
  Tamil Nadu Express
  The Tamil Nadu Express or T.N. Express is a passenger train route of the Indian Railways. The train was first started on 7 August 1976 by then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi as a bi-weekly was the first State named train of the south...
  
  
• Chennai Rajdhani
  Chennai Rajdhani
  The Chennai Rajdhani Express is an important train connecting Chennai to New Delhi. It was first introduced in 1993 and runs twice a week from Delhi and twice from Chennai. The Chennai Rajdhani is a fast alternative to the classic Grand Trunk Express and the modern superfast Tamil Nadu Express.The...
  
  
• Nellai Express
  Nellai Express
  The Nellai Express is a super fast train on the Indian Railways, connecting Tirunelveli Jn with Chennai Egmore.-Numbers and Route:* 119/120* 6119/6120* 2631/2632* 12631/12632...
  
  
• Rockfort Express
  Rockfort Express
  The Rockfort Express is the most popular night express train that connects Trichy and Chennai Egmore in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and extends till Kumbakonam. The train numbered 16178 departs from Kumbakonam at 19:55 Hours and reaches Trichy at 21:55 Hours as a link Express...
  
  
• Pandian Express
  Pandian Express
  The Pandian Express is a train route of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and runs between Chennai Egmore and Madurai Junction via Tiruchirapalli. The name of the train commemorates the 10th-13th century Pandian Kingdom of Tamil Nadu. It is a standard train consisting of 24 coaches...
  
  
• Pearl City Express
  Pearl City Express
  The Pearl City Express is a superfast express train route of the Southern Railway, a zone of the Indian Railways.-Route and Number :As per the Indian Railways numbering system, this train is numbered as 12693 in the downward direction, i.e. from Chennai Egmore to Tuticorin and 12694 in the upward...
  
  
• Cheran Express
  Cheran Express
  The Cheran Express is an express train in India which runs between Coimbatore Junction and Chennai Central on the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.-Route:...