Indore–Pune Express (via Panvel)

Indore–Pune Express
Overview

Service type	Express
Locale	Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Daman, Maharashtra
First service	28 June 2016 (2016-06-28)
Current operator(s)	Western Railway
Route
Start	Indore Junction
Stops	16
End	Pune Junction
Distance travelled	966 km (600 mi)
Average journey time	19h 45m
Service frequency	2 Days a Week
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1 Tier, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper 3 Tier, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Technical
Track gauge	Broad gauge
Operating speed	49 km/h (30 mph)

The Indore–Pune Express is a Mail/Express Train of the Indian Railways, which runs between Indore Junction railway station railway station of Indore, the largest city and commercial hub of Central Indian state Madhya Pradesh and Pune Junction railway station of Pune, the commercial hub of neighbouring state Maharashtra. It is the second rail connection between Indore and Pune other being Indore–Pune Express. This is first train from Indore to Navi Mumbai.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are :

The train consist of 21 coaches :

Train no 19311/19312 consists an additional AC II tier coach.

Both trains are hauled by a Vadodara Junction railway station based WAP-5 or WAP-4 electric locomotives. Occasionally, it has also been hauled by a WAP-7 locomotive.

At Karjat railway station, both trains get two or three WAG-5, WAG-7 or WCAM-2 bankers of Kalyan Junction railway station shed to push the train on the ghat section between Karjat railway station and Lonavala railway station, where the gradient is of 1 in 40.

The train is maintained by the Indore Coaching Depot. The same rake is used for Indore-Pune Superfast Express, Indore - Patna Express, Indore – Rajendra Nagar Express, Indore–Nagpur Express and Shipra Express for one way which is altered by the second rake on the other way.