Shramjeevi Superfast Express
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Overview | |
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Service type | Superfast |
Locale | New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar |
First service | Oct 02, 1991 |
Current operator(s) | East Central Railway |
Route | |
Termini | Rajgir railway station(RGD) New Delhi Railway Station(NDLS) |
Stops | 30 |
Distance travelled | 1,101 km (684 mi) |
Average journey time | 21 hours |
Service frequency | Daily |
Train number(s) | 12391UP / 12392DN |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper 3 Tier, General |
Seating arrangements | Yes |
Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
Catering facilities | Pantry car coach attached |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Operating speed | 52 km/h (32 mph) average with halts avg speed between ghaziabad and moradabad is 70 kmph |
The Shramjeevi Express (Hindi: श्रमजीवी एक्सप्रेस) is a daily superfast express train of Indian Railways, running between Rajgir, near Nalanda, Bihar, and New Delhi, the capital city of India. Previously it was running between Patna and New Delhi, later extended to Rajgir. This is the fastest train (12392) between Ghaziabad and Moradabad covers journey only in 2 hours The name Shramjeevi signifies the employee/worker, dependent on physical/mental labour (Shram) for their livelihood (Jeevi).
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Numbers & Times
- Train No. 12391 departs from Rajgir daily at 08:00 AM to arrive New Delhi at 04:45 AM next day; covering 1103 km in 20 hrs and 45 minutes
- Train No. 12392 departs from New Delhi daily at 01:10 PM to arrive Rajgir at 10:30 AM next day; covering 1103 km in 21:20 hrs
Route & Halts
It runs via Bakhtiyarpur Junction, Patna Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Varanasi Junction, Sultanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly Junction, Moradabad Junction and Ghaziabad.
Coach composition
The train generally consists of a total number of 24 Coaches as follows:
- 1 AC First Class cum AC II Tier
- 1 AC II Tier
- 3 AC III Tier
- 1 Pantry Car
- 12 Sleeper Class
- 4 General Compartment
- 2 General Compartment cum Brake/Luggage VAN
Locomotive
This train hauls by a Ghaziabad(GZB) based WAP 7 locomotive end to end.
History
- The train was first introduced between Patna Junction (PNBE) and New Delhi (NDLS)on 2 October 1991 (Gandhi Jayanti).
- Later Nalanda Express run in between Rajgir (RGD) and New Delhi (NDLS), which use to attach/detach with Shramjeevi Express at Patna Junction (PNBE).
- Now whole rake runs between Rajgir (RGD) and New Delhi (NDLS), as Shramjeevi Express.
- Earlier the train belonged to Northern Railway with serial no as 2401/2402, now Rake belongs to East Central Railway, with serial number exchanged with Magadh Express.
- One of the few Indian Railways train used to hauled by twin WDM-2 loco, now been replaced by WAP-4 Or WAP7
See also
- Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express
- Newdelhi Maldatown Express
- Jaisalmer Howrah Superfast Express
- Sampoorna Kranti Express