Sampoorna Kranti Express
Overview | |
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Service type | Superfast |
Locale | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi |
First service | 16 February 2002 |
Current operator(s) | East Central Railway |
Route | |
Start | Rajendra Nagar Terminal |
Stops | 3 |
End | New Delhi Railway Station |
Distance travelled | 1,002 km (623 mi) |
Service frequency | Daily |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | AC 1 Tier (01), AC 2 Tier (01), AC 3 Tier (03), Sleeper 3 Tier (09), Unreserved |
Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
Auto-rack arrangements | Not Available |
Catering facilities | Yes |
Observation facilities | LHB Coach |
Entertainment facilities | Large Window |
Baggage facilities | Below the seats |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railway coaches |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Operating speed | 130 km/h (81 mph) top speed with halts[1] |
The Sampoorna Kranti Express is an Indian express passenger train service, which runs between Patna and New Delhi.
The service began running on 16 February 2002, and is one of the fastest train services in India, traversing the 999 km distance in under fourteen hours, which is faster than the previous Magadh Express Patna-New Delhi service and the Shramjeevi express on the same route.
The train makes only two stops between Patna and New Delhi: at Kanpur Central and Mughalsarai.For technical reasons the train takes about an hour longer on the journey from Patna to New Delhi.From 1st October 2016 Kanpur as well as Mughalsarai have been added as a commercial stoppage. [1] The train is hauled by WAP4 Engine. It has LHB coaches in the new Rajdhani livery. During its run with ICF coaches it run with maximum length permitted in Indian Railway of 24 coaches. Now, with LHB Coaches the composition of the Train is as follows class = AC 1 Tier (01), AC 2 Tier (01), AC 3 Tier (03), Sleeper 3 Tier (09), Unreserved | seating (05)= Yes Pantry Car (01) EOG (02) (Total=22 Coaches). It is among the top-priority trains in Indian-railways. This train is running with 130 mps from 8 August 2015 .
Time Table
From Patna to Delhi- 12393. The train starts from Rajendranagar Terminal daily
Station Code | Station Name | Arrival | Departure | Platform |
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RJPB | Rajendranagar Terminal | Starting Station | 17:35 | 2 |
PNBE | Patna Junction | 17:50 | 18:00 | 4 |
MGS | Mughal Sarai Junction | 21:00 | 21:10 | N/A |
NDLS | New Delhi | 7:50 | Destination Station | 15 |
From Delhi to Patna - 12394. The train starts from New Delhi Railway Station daily.
Station Code | Station Name | Arrival | Departure | Platform |
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NDLS | New Delhi railway station | Starting Station | 17:25 | 16 |
MGS | Mughal Sarai Junction | 03:30 | 03:40 | N/A |
PNBE | Patna Junction | 06:55 | 07:05 | 4 |
RJPB | Rajendranagar Terminal | 07:35 | Destination Station | 2 |
See also
- Sanghamithra Express
- Bagmati Express
- List of named passenger trains of India
- Indian Railways - Travel Coach types and their seating / berths
References
- 1 2 Kumod Verma,TNN (11 June 2014). "Sampoorna Kranti Exp to run at 130 kmph". The Times of India, Patna. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
This is the one of the train that has been provided with Template:LHB coaches. It has sleeper coaches, AC coaches as well as general coaches of LHB type which require a generator van to generate power. These LHB coaches make journey jerk free.