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This article is about Indian Railways train between Howrah and Mumbai. For other uses, see Geetanjali (disambiguation).

Gitanjali Express
गीतांजलि एक्सप्रेस
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
LocaleWest Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra
First service4 November 1977; 47 years ago (1977-11-04)
Last serviceBooking Suspended until further notice from 01 July 2020
Current operator(s)South Eastern Railways
Route
TerminiChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)
Howrah Junction (HWH)
Stops26 as 12860
27 as 12859
Distance travelled1,968 kilometres (1,223 miles)
Average journey time30 hrs 30 mins as 12859 & 31 hrs 40 mins as 12860
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)12859 / 12860
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved/General
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Rolling stockLHB Coaches
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph) maximum,
63.34 km/h (39 mph) average including halts
Route map
Gitanjali Express Route map

The 12859 / 12860 Gitanjali Express is a daily train running between two metro cities, Kolkata, (Howrah Junction) in West Bengal and Mumbai, (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) in Maharashtra connecting the East with the West. Numbered 12859/60 this train belongs to the Superfast category. This train takes 30½ hrs to cover the distance of 1968 km between Mumbai and Howrah while the return takes 31.5 hrs. This is first train which depart behind pure AC Loco from Mumbai CST after conversion of Mumbai CST to Thane from DC to AC. It has the top most priority in Howrah Mumbai route.

Sleeper Class coach of 12859 Gitanjali Express

Relevance

Rabindranath Tagore a famous poet of India wrote the book Gitanjali.[1] Since this train, too, starts from Bengal this train has the same name. People love the train as much the book. This is the first Classless train in India introduced by Ex Railway Minister Prof. Madhu Dandvate on 26 December 1977.[2]

Route & Halts

The 12859/12860 Gitanjali Express runs from Howrah Junction via Kharagpur Junction, Tatanagar Junction, Rourkela Junction, Bilaspur Junction, Raipur Junction, Durg, Nagpur, Wardha Junction, Badnera Junction, Akola Junction, Bhusaval Junction, Jalgaon Junction, Nasik Road, Igatpuri to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and vice versa.

Arrival & Departure

Train No.12859 Leaves source point, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) at 6:00 am and reach its destination station Howrah Junction at 12:30 noon the next day.[3] Train No.12860 leaves Howrah Junction at 1:40 pm and reach its destination, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 9:20 pm next day.[4]

Traction

Prior to 8 June 2015, a Santragachi based WAP 4 or Howrah based WAP 7 would haul the train from Howrah Junction up to Igatpuri handing over to a Kalyan based WCAM 3 which powered the train up to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

Since the changeover to AC traction, a Santragachi or Howrah based WAP 4 / WAP 7 locomotive powers the train for its entire journey.

Coach composition

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
EOG GEN S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 PC B1 B2 A1 A2 GEN EOG

References

  1. ^ "Rabindranath Tagore wrote the book Geetanjali". sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  2. ^ Dandavate, Madhu (2005). Dialogue with Life by Madhu Dandvate. ISBN 9788177648560. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Gitanjali Express 12859 Schedule". cleartrip.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Gitanjali Express/12859 Live Train Running Status".

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Dedicated Intercity trains of India

  1. ^ "Gitanjali Express".
  2. ^ "Gitanjal Express".
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