Dehradun Express

Dehradun Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Western Railways
Route
Start	Bandra Terminus
Stops	96 as 19019 Dehradun Express, 89 as 19020 Dehradun Express
End	Dehradun
Distance travelled	1,682 km (1,045 mi)
Average journey time	41 hours 30 minutes as 19019 Dehradun Express, 41 hours 45 minutes as 19020 Dehradun Express
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	19019 / 19020
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Observation facilities	No rake sharing but multiple rakes required to maintain daily service.
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railways coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum 40.41 km/h (25 mph), including halts
Route map

The 19019/19020 Bandra Dehradun Dehradun Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Bandra & Dehradun in India. It is a daily service.

It operates as train number 19019 from Bandra to Dehradun and as train number 19020 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

It has 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper class, 7 General class coaches. As with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

It also carries High Capacity parcel vans on a frequent basis. About 4 sleeper class coaches & 2 general coaches are detached/attached from/to the train at Haridwar Junction.

Service

It is a daily train & covers the distance of 1682 kilometres in 41 hours 30 mins as 19019 Dehradun Express (40.53 km/hr) & 41 hours 45 mins as 19020 Dehradun Express (40.29 km/hr).

Traction

Before the Mumbai region changed traction to AC system, a WCAM 1 engine would haul the train until Vadodara from where a Vadodara based WAP 4 or WAP 5 would take over until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a WDM 3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed would take over until Dehradun.

Since Western Railways has switched over to AC traction, a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 hauls the train until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a WDM 3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed takes over until Dehradun.

It has 2 direction reversals at Saharanpur & Laksar Junction.

19019 Dehradun Express

Time Table

19019 Bandra Dehradun Dehradun Express leaves Bandra Terminus every day at 00:05 hrs IST and reaches Dehradun at 17:35 hrs IST the next day.

19020 Dehradun Bandra Dehradun Express leaves Dehradun every day at 10:35 hrs IST and reaches Bandra Terminus at 04:20 hrs IST on the 3rd day.

Incidents

On 8 January 2014, a fire broke out on one of the trains when it was near Dahanu station in Maharashtra. Three carriages were involved. Some passengers escaped "by breaking open the back doors"^[3] but nine were killed.^[4]

References

External links

• Dehradun Express