Durgavati Express
The Durgavati Express or Jabalpur - Jammu Tawi Express is a biweekly Mail/Express train service run by West Central Railway in India. It runs between Jabalpur Junction railway station of Jabalpur, an important military hub of Eastern Madhya Pradesh state and Katra railway station of Jammu & Kashmir in India. The name "Durgavati Express" was given in the memory of the great princess of Mahakoshal region in Jabalpur named Princess Durgavati (Rani Durgavati) who sacrificed her life for her region and fought strongly against the Mughal Emperors to save her empire from being conquered.
Arriving and departing
- Train number 11449 Jabalpur – Katra Durgavati Express departs from Jabalpur Station on every Tuesday at 06:30 am which reaches Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra the next day at 03:20 pm.
- Train number 11450 Katra – Jabalpur Durgavati Express departs from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Station every Wednesday at 09:55 pm, reaches Jabalpur on Friday morning at 07:25 am.
The train offers Pantry car (PC) services as well as e-catering for the convenience of passengers on board.
Durgavati Express is the most punctual train of this route reaches Katra station with average time delay of 3 to 7 minutes.
Routes and halts
The train goes via Bina–Katni rail route–Jhansi–Gwalior–Agra and New Delhi. The important halts of the train are:
- JABALPUR JUNCTION
- Katni Junction
- Damoh
- Saugor
- Khurai (stoppage flagged off by Sri.Kamal Nath on 1 March 2010 at Khurai railway station)
- Bina Malkhedi
- Lalitpur
- Jhansi Junction
- Gwalior Junction
- Agra Cantt.
- Mathura Junction
- Hazrat Nizamuddin
- New Delhi
- Ludhiana Junction
- Jallandhar Cantt.
- Beas
- Vijay Pur Jammu
- JAMMU TAWI
- KATRA
Coach composite
The train consist of 23 coaches:
- 1 AC I tier
- 2 AC II tier
- 3 AC III tier
- 14 sleeper
- 3 general
- 1 pantry
- 1 luggage/brake van