Chennai–Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express

Chennai Duronto Express
	Train Board of Chennai Duronto Express
Overview
Service type	Duronto Express
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Chennai Central; Hazrat Nizamuddin
Stops	7
Distance travelled	2,175 km (1,351 mi)
Service frequency	2 days a week.
Train number(s)	12239, 12240
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes, Pantry Car attached
Technical
Rolling stock	19 Pure LHB Coaches with a WAP-4/WAP-7 from Erode or WAP-7 from Royapuram.
Track gauge	Broad - 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	78 km/h (48 mph) (Average Speed), including halts
Route map
Route map

The Chennai Central - Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express or Chennai Duronto , which connects Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu with New Delhi the national capital.

Overview

It is operated by the Southern Railway with 12269/12270 train numbers. It holds the record of being the fastest train between Chennai Central and Hazrat Nizamuddin covering the 2174 km in 27 hours and 55 minutes when compared to the Chennai Rajdhani which takes 28 hours and 15 minutes.

Frequency

The train is operated by Southern Railway twice a week.
12269 leaves Chennai Central at 06.40 on Monday and Friday and reaches H.Nizamuddin at 10.35 on Tuesday and Saturday.
12270 leaves H.Nizamuddin at 15.25 on Tuesday and Saturday and reaches Chennai Central at 20.40 on Wednesday and Sunday.

Coach composition

The train uses a LHB rake and does not have any rake sharing arrangement as such. The rake consists of 2 EOGs, 8 Sleeper Class Coaches, 3 AC 3 Tier Coaches,2 two tier cum three tier coaches, 1 AC 2 Tier Coaches, 1 AC First Coach and 1 Pantry Car making a total of 18 coaches.

Stoppages

The train stops at Vijayawada, Balharshah,Nagpur,Habibganj, Jhansi in between Chennai and Hazrat Nizamuddin

Loco Link

It uses a Royapuram based HOG WAP 7 regularly.

References

v t e Duronto Express
Operational	Mumbai Central–Hapa Pune-Ahmedabad Mumbai LTT–Prayagraj Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Jammu Tawi Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Ernakulam Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–New Delhi Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Mumbai CSMT–Howrah Howrah–Pune Mumbai Central–Indore Mumbai Central–Jaipur Mumbai Central–New Delhi Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Patna–Kolkata Sealdah–Bikaner Sealdah–Puri Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Secunderabad Yesvantpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad
Defunct	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–Puri Chennai–Coimbatore Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Amritsar–Chandigarh Lucknow–New Delhi Howrah–Digha Allahabad–New Delhi Chennai–Madurai

v t e Railways in Northern India
National network/ trunk lines	Howrah–Delhi main line New Delhi–Chennai main line New Delhi–Mumbai main line Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line Delhi–Jaipur line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line
Branch lines/ sections	Agra–Bhopal section Ahmedabad–Udaipur line Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line Ambala–Attari line Amritsar–Khem Karan line Amritsar–Pathankot line Aunrihar–Jaunpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Bathinda–Rewari line Bathinda–Rajpura line Bikaner–Rewari line Bhanupli–Leh line Chandigarh–Sahnewal line Delhi–Fazilka line Delhi–Kalka line Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line Delhi–Moradabad line Jalandhar–Firozpur line Jalandhar–Jammu line Jammu–Baramulla line Jodhpur–Bathinda line Jodhpur–Jaisalmer line Kanpur–Delhi section Laksar–Dehradun line Lucknow–Gorakhpur line Lucknow–Moradabad line Ludhiana–Fazilka line Ludhiana–Jakhal line Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mathura–Vadodara section Mau–Ghazipur–Dildarnagar main line Merta Road–Rewari line Moradabad–Ambala line Mughalsarai–Kanpur section Rewari–Rohtak line Shri Ganganagar–Sadulpur line Suratgarh–Bathinda line Varanasi–Chhapra line Varanasi–Lucknow main line Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line Varanasi–Sultanpur–Lucknow line
Urban and suburban rail transport	Delhi Suburban Railway Delhi Metro (Blue Green Grey Magenta Orange Pink Red Violet Yellow) Rapid Metro Gurgaon Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway Delhi–Meerut RRTS
Heritage railways	Kalka–Shimla Railway
Monorails	Patiala State Monorail Trainways
Defunct lines	Jammu–Sialkot line
Manufacturing units and workshops	Banaras Locomotive Works Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
Railway companies	Northern Railway North Eastern Railway North Central Railway North Western Railway East Indian Railway Company Kangra Valley Railway Rajputana–Malwa Railway Tirhut Railway Oudh and Tirhut Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway Lucknow–Bareilly Railway Bengal and North Western Railway Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway Segowlie–Raxaul Railway Delhi Metro Rail Corporation National Capital Region Transport Corporation
See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) 1974 railway strike in India Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor