Kashi Express
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Mail/Express |
| Current operator(s) | North Eastern Railway zone |
| Route | |
| Start | Gorakhpur |
| Stops | 73 |
| Distance travelled | 1,713 kilometres (1,064 mi) |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, sleeper class, sitting car & unreserved |
| Seating arrangements | chair-car coaches |
| Sleeping arrangements |
sleeper & AC sleeper coaches |
| Catering facilities | food, drinks & snacks |
| Baggage facilities | Available |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railway coaches |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Indian gauge |
| Operating speed | 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph) |
Kashi Express numbered as 15017/15018 is a regular mail/express train of Indian Railways, running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra, and Gorakhpur Junction, the prominent city of Uttar Pradesh.
Coach composition
The train generally consists of a total of 22 coaches as follows:
- 1 AC II tier
- 1 AC III tier
- 12 sleeper class
- 6 unreserved
- 2 unreserved cum luggage/brake van
- Loco reversal: Allahabad Junction
Locomotion
As Central Railways has completed its DC-AC conversion on 12 February 2014, a Bhusaval or Itarsi based WAP-4 hauls the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Itarsi after which an Itarsi-based WDM-3A/3D hauls the train for the remainder of its journey until Gorakhpur.
Before 12 February 2014, this train was hauled by a Kalyan-based WCAM 3 locomotive between LTT and Igatpuri as the route was DC electrified.
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