Boat Mail Express

**Boat Mail Express**
Boat Mail Express
	Boat Mail Express is at Chennai Egmore Railway Station Platform No : 9
Overview
Service type	Mail/Express
Status	Active
Locale	Tamil Nadu
First service	24 February 1914
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway zone
Ridership	Mail/Express
Website	www.indianrailways.gov.in
Route
Termini	Chennai Egmore (MS); Mandapam (MMM)
Stops	21
Distance travelled	665 km (413 mi)
Average journey time	12 hours 30min
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	16751/16752
On-board services
Class(es)	1 1st A/C I Tire (H); 1 2nd A/C II Tire (A); 3 3rd A/C III Tire (B); 13 Sleeper (SL); 3 Unreserved (GS); 2 GSLRD;
Disabled access
Seating arrangements	Yes (Un-Reserved Compartment)
Sleeping arrangements	Yes (Berth)
Catering facilities	E-Catering 16751 : (Chennai Egmore ➡ Villupuram Junction); 16752 : (MANDAPAM ➡ Tiruchchirappalli Junction);
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	MMM ↔ TPJ → WDM-3A, WDG-3A Loco from Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock; TPJ ↔ MS → WAP-4 Loco from Arakkonam, Erode Electric Shed;
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC, 50 Hz (High Voltage traction)
Operating speed	59 km/h (37 mph)
Average length	23 Coaches
Rake maintenance	Ramanathapuram
Rake sharing	Sethu Superfast Express
Route map
Route map

The Rameswaram (Boat Mail) Express, previously known as the Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express, is an express train that connects Mandapam with the state capital Chennai via Tambaram, Chengalpet, Melmaruvattur, Viluppuram, Cuddalore port, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore, Tiruchchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Sivagangai, Manamadurai and Ramanathapuram. During the 1900s, it was a combined train and steamer ferry service between India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Connecting Chennai and Colombo, the system initially utilised a rail-to-sea operation, but changed to a rail-to-sea-to-rail operation. Passengers could buy a single ticket for the journey. Now, it runs from Chennai Egmore to Rameswaram via Villuppuram, Kumbakonam, Tiruchchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Karaikkudi, Devakottai, Manamadurai, Paramakkudi, Ramanathapuram, Mandapam, and Pamban.

This train shares its rake with Sethu Express.

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