Howrah–Delhi Yuva Express

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Howrah - New Delhi Yuva Express, हावड़ा - नई दिल्ली युवा एक्सप्रेस
Yuva Express with Duronto WAP 7
Overview
Service type	Yuva Express
Status	Operating
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	30th Dec. 2009
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways
Route
Start	Howrah Junction (HWH)
Stops	5
End	New Delhi (NDLS)
Distance travelled	1447 km
Average journey time	16 hrs 45 mins
Service frequency	Weekly
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC 3 Tier
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Auto-rack arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available (Paid)
Observation facilities	Small Windows
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	Loco: WAP 7
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	Average - 82 km/hr Maximum - 130 km/hr

The Howrah - New Delhi Yuva Express is an important superfast train of Indian Railways, that connects Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal to New Delhi, the national capital. The train was inaugurated by former railway minister Mamta Banerjee, to help the youths of both towns to ply in between. This train is considered to be the cheapest of all AC trains between the two cities. Sixty percent seats of the train are reserved for students, low-income groups & people belonging to the age group of 18-45yrs. To avail this facility, a traveller must have an age/income proof. This train comprises about 10-11 AC Chair Car coaches and 2 End-On-Generation Vans. The train is regularly hauled by a Ghaziabad Shed WAP 7 locomotive. This train runs with old ICF Coaches with a green n yellow livery.

Time-Table

12249 Yuva Express (Sat)

Day	Code	Halts	Arrival	Departure
1	HWH	Howrah Junction	--:--	18:40
1	ASN	Asansol Junction	20:50	20:52
1	DHN	Dhanbad Junction	21:51	21:56
2	MGS	Mughalsarai Junction	02:22	02:32
2	ALD	Allahabad Junction	04:18	04:20
2	CNB	Kanpur Central	06:20	06:25
2	NDLS	New Delhi	11:25	--:--

12250 Yuva Express (Sun)

Day	Code	Halts	Arrival	Departure
1	NDLS	New Delhi	--:--	19:45
2	CNB	Kanpur Central	00:27	00:42
2	ALD	Allahabad Junction	02:32	02:34
2	MGS	Mughalsarai Junction	04:28	04:38
2	DHN	Dhanbad Junction	08:55	09:00
2	ASN	Asansol Junction	09:54	09:56
2	HWH	Howrah Junction	12:35	--:--

External links

v t e Railways in Northern India

National network/ trunk lines	Howrah-Delhi main line

Branch lines/ sections	Ambala–Attari line Bilaspur–Mandi–Leh railway Delhi-Kalka line Jalandhar–Jammu line Jammu–Poonch railway line Kanpur–Delhi section Kashmir Railway Lucknow–Moradabad line Moradabad–Ambala line Mughalsarai–Kanpur section Srinagar-Kargil-Leh railway Varanasi–Lucknow main line Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line

Urban and Suburban rail transport	Delhi Suburban Railway Blue Line (Delhi Metro) Green Line (Delhi Metro) Red Line (Delhi Metro) Violet Line (Delhi Metro) Yellow Line (Delhi Metro) Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway Delhi Panipat RRTS Delhi Meerut RRTS Delhi Alwar RRTS

Narrow gauge railways	Kalka-Shimla Railway Kangra Valley Railway

Abanoned lines	Jammu–Sialkot Line

Monorails	Patiala State Monorail Trainways

Named trains	Ajmer Jammu Express Ajmer – Jabalpur Superfast Express Akal Takht Express Amritsar Mail Ananya Express Andaman Express Andhra Pradesh Express Assam Mail Bagh Express Bhopal – Lucknow Garibrath Express Bhopal–Jaipur Express Bhopal–Jodhpur Bhopal–Lucknow Express Bhopal–Lucknow–Pratapgarh Express Brahmaputra Mail Chambal Express Chennai Duronto Chhattisgarh Express Chitrakoot Express Damoh–Kota Passenger Dayodaya Express Doon Express Durgavati Express Faizabad Delhi Express Faizabad Superfast Express Goa Express Godaan Express Golden Temple Mail Gondwana Express The Grand Trunk Express Gyan Ganga Express Himalayan Queen Himsa Express Himsagar Express Hirakud Express Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express Howrah–Delhi Yuva Express Indore Express Indore – Chandigarh Express Indore – Dehradun Express Indore – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express Indore – Patna Express Indore – Rajendra Nagar Via. Faizabad Express Indore–Ajmer Express Indore–Ajmer Link Express Indore–Amritsar Express Indore–Jaipur Express Indore–Jaipur Express via Ajmer Indore–Kota Intercity Express Indore–Udaipur City Express Jabalpur–Jammu Tawi Express Jabalpur–New Delhi Express Jaipur Superfast Express Jammu Tawi – Indore Express Jhelum Express Kaifiyat Express Kalinga Utkal Express Kalka Mail Kanpur Allahabad Intercity Kanpur Varanasi InterCity Kashi Vishwanath Express Kerala Express Kongu Express Kushinagar Express Lashkar Express Lucknow Mail Magadh Express Mahabodhi express Mahakoshal Express Mahanagari Express Mahananda Express Malwa Express Mandor Express Mangala Lakshadweep Express Manikarnika Express Marusagar Express Meenakshi Express Mewar Express Navyug Express Neelachal Express New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi New Jalpaiguri - New Delhi SF Express North East Express Patalkot Express Patna – Kota Express Poorva Express Pratham Swatrantata Sangrm Express Prayagraj Express Punjab Mail Purushottam Express Pushpak Express Rajendra Nagar Bihar – Indore Express Rajendranagar Express Ranthambore Express Raptisagar Express Sabarmati Express Sachkhand Express Saket Express Samata Express Samjhauta Express Sampoorna Kranti Express Sanghamithra Express Sapt Kranti Express Sealdah Rajdhani Express Sealdah – New Delhi Duronto Express Shaan-e-Bhopal Express Shalimar Express Shipra Express Shiv Ganga Express Shram Shakti Express Shramjeevi Express Taj Express Tamil Nadu Express Thar Express Thirukural Express Udhna Varanasi Express Ujjaini Express Utsarg Express Uttar Sampark Kranti Express Vaishali Express Vikramshila Express West Bengal Sampark Kranti

Manufacturing units and workshops	Diesel Locomotive Works Rail Coach Factory, Raebareli

Railway companies	Northern Railway North Eastern Railway North Central Railway North Western Railway East Indian Railway Company Rajputana-Malwa Railway Oudh and Tirhut Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Delhi Metro Rail Corporation National Capital Region Transport Corporation

See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) 1974 railway strike in India

v t e Railways in the North-east and Eastern India

National network/ trunk lines	Howrah–Delhi main line Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Howrah-Chennai main line Sahibganj Loop Grand Chord Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Barauni-Guwahati line

Branch lines/ sections	Andal-Sainthia branch line Asansol-Gaya section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Bairabi Sairang Railway Bankura-Masagram line Bardhaman-Asansol section Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Gaya–Mughalsarai section Guwahati–Lumding section Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Jharia Coalfield rail network Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Lalgola and Gede branch lines Lumding Agartala Rail Line Lumding–Dibrugarh section Madhupur Giridih Rail Line Mokama–Barauni section New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section

Lines around Kolkata	Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat line Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line Sealdah South lines Barasat Basirhat Railway Howrah–Kharagpur line

Monorail	Aizawl Monorail Kolkata Monorail Patna Monorail

Defunct lines revived//under revival	Ahmedpur Katwa Railway Bankura Damodar Railway Burdwan Katwa Railway Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway

Defunct lines	Kalighat Falta Railway Bengal Provincial Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway The Cherra Companyganj State Railways East Coast State Railway

Production units/ workshops	Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Braithwaite & Co. Ltd. Burn Standard Company Bharat Wagon and Engineering Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company

Named trains	Amritsar Mail Ananya Express Anga Express Aranyak Express Arunachal Express Assam Mail Azad Hind Express Bagh Express Bandra – Patna Express Barisal Express Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express Bhagirati Express Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express Bhubaneswar Duronto Express Black Diamond Express Brahmaputra Mail Cachar Express Chambal Express Chennai Mail Coalfield Express Coromandel Express Darbhanga–Bangalore Express Darjeeling Mail Dhauli Express Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express Doon Express East Bengal Express East Bengal Mail Falaknuma Express Farakka Express Ganadevata Express Ganga Sagar Express Gour Express Guwahati Bangalore Express (Kaziranga Express) Hazarduari Express Hirakud Express Howrah – Dhanbad Double Decker Express Howrah-Delhi Yuva Express Howrah-Kanyakumari Express Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Howrah Rajdhani Express Indore – Patna Express Indore – Rajendra Nagar Via. Faizabad Express Ispat Express (train) Jnaneshwari Express Kalinga Utkal Express Kalka Mail Kamrup Express Kanchenjunga Express Magadh Express Maithili Express Maitree Express Manikarnika Express North East Express Patna Duronto Express Patna – Kota Express Pratham Swatrantata Sangrm Express Poorva Express Purushottam Express Rajdhani Express – Rajendranagar Rajendranagar Express Ranchi Rajdhani Express Sampoorna Kranti Express Sanghamithra Express Sapt Kranti Express Sealdah – New Delhi Duronto Express Sealdah Rajdhani Express Shaktipunj Express Shramjeevi express Shipra Express Surat Bhagalpur Express Surat–Muzaffarpur Express Utsarg Express Vikramshila Express West Bengal Sampark Kranti

Transit points with Bangladesh	Singhabad–Rohanpur Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole

Defunct transit points with Bangladesh	Mahisasan-Shahbajpur Radhikapur–Biral Changrabandha–Burimari Haldibari–Chilahati Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads near India-Nepal border	Raxaul Bairgania Jainagar Jogbani Laukaha Bazar Thakurganj

Railway companies	East Indian Railway Company Bengal Nagpur Railway Eastern Bengal Railway Assam Bengal Railway Bengal Dooars Railway Cooch Behar State Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Martin's Light Railways Eastern Railway East Central Railway South Eastern Railway East Coast Railway Northeast Frontier Railway North Eastern Railway

See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) Suburban rail in India Kolkata Suburban Railway Northeast Indian Railways during World War II Trains of East Coast Railway (India)

Howrah–Delhi Yuva Express

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