Kalindi Express

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Kalindi Express
Overview
Service type Express
Locale Haryana, Delhi & Uttar Pradesh
Route
Stops 28
Distance travelled 606 km (377 mi)
Average journey time 16h 45m
Service frequency Daily
On-board services
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements Yes

Kalindi Express is a train by Indian Railway that connects Bhiwani (Haryana) to Kanpur Central (Uttar Pradesh). Train, running from Bhiwani to Kanpur Central is numbered 14724 while train from Kanpur Central to Bhiwani is numbered 14723. [1]

Accidents

Kalindi Express had rail accident on August 20, 1995 when it collided with Purushottam Express near Firozabad at 02:55 am on the Delhi-Kanpur section. This was one of the deadliest rail accident in Indian rail history as 358 people died in the accident (official data).[2]

On January 16 2010, three persons were killed along with 14 injured when Kalindi Express rammed into Kanpur Central-bound Shram Shakti Express near Tundla Junction due to dense fog in the morning. [3]

Important stops

Bhiwani, Rohtak Junction, Bahadurgarh, Old Delhi Junction, Ghaziabad Junction, Khurja Junction, Aligarh Junction, Tundla Junction, Firozabad, Shikohabad Junction, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Fatehgarh, Kamalganj, Kannauj, and Kanpur Central are important stops out of all intermediate stops.

References

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