The Tamil Nadu Express, connecting Madras (now Chennai) with the national capital, was one of the three fastest trains in the country at the time, alongside the Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Expresses. Painted in sleek Red and Yellow, it used to cover 2,188 km in less than 30 hours, with stops only at Vijayawada, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jhansi
