Mumbai Pune Intercity Express

Mumbai Pune Intercity Express
Overview
Service type Superfast Express
First service 15 March 2004
Current operator(s) Central Railways
Route
Start Mumbai CST
Stops 6 as 12127 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express, 5 as 12128 Pune Mumbai Intercity Express
End Pune
Distance travelled 192 km (119 mi)
Average journey time 3 hours 12 minutes as 12127 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express, 3 hours 10 minutes as 12128 Pune Mumbai Intercity Express
Service frequency daily
Train number(s) 12127 / 12128
On-board services
Class(es) AC Chair Car, Second Class sitting
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements No
Catering facilities yes,a paid Pantry Car
Observation facilities No Rake Sharing
Technical
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum
60.31 km/h (37 mph), including halts
Route map
 Mumbai CST
 Dadar
 Thane
 Parsik tunnel
 Karjat (Technical Halt towards Pune Junction)
 Bhor Ghat Begins
 Monkey Hill(Technical Halt towards Mumbai CST)
 Bhor Ghat Ends
 Lonavla
 Shivajinagar (Towards Pune Junction)
 Pune

The 12127/12128 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CST and Pune Junction in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12127 from Mumbai CST to Pune Junction and as train number 12128 in the reverse direction.

History

The train was introduced in 2004 in place of Mumbai-Pune Shatabdi Express, a 10 coach air conditioned train that used to run with AC chair car and 2 End on generation coaches. The Shatabdi Express ran almost empty despite being given a good priority on the route with fewer stops and more speed, due to high fares and increased demands for a "middle class friendly" train, and was thus discontinued.

Coaches

The Mumbai Pune Intercity Express presently has 2 AC Chair Car, 7 General Second Class, 1 General Second Class coaches reserved for Pass Holders, 3 General Unreserved coaches. In addition 1 General Second class compartment is reserved exclusively for Ladies.

As is customary with Indian Railways, coaches are added/removed as per the demand.

Service

The Mumbai Pune Intercity Express was first introduced on 15 March 2004 & is one of 6 dedicated Intercity Chair Car trains between Mumbai CST & Pune Junction. The other 5 trains are 11007/08 Deccan Express, 11009/10 Sinhagad Express, 12125/26 Pragati Express, 12123/24 Deccan Queen & 22105/06 Indrayani Express.

It covers the distance of 192 kilometres in 3 hours 18 mins as 12127 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express (60.00 km/hr) & 3 hours 25 mins as Pune Mumbai Intercity Express (60.63 km/hr).

Traction

At its introduction, the Intercity Express has been hauled end to end by a KYN based WCAM 3 or WCAM 2/2P locomotive till present. It is the only train between Mumbai CST and Pune Junction never to have been hauled by a pure DC locomotive. Post 2014, after conversion of DC to AC on Central Line, it has been hauled occasionally by Bhusaval based WAP 4/WAM-4 or Ajni based WAP 7.

At Karjat, it gets two or three WAG-5, WAG-7, WCAM-2 or WCAM 3 bankers of Kalyan 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.

Time Table

The Mumbai Pune Intercity Express Express is the 2nd of 6 dedicated trains to leave Mumbai CST for Pune Junction & is the 2nd last train to return.

12127 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express leaves Mumbai CST every day at 06:45 hrs IST and reaches Pune Junction at 09:57 hrs IST.

On return, the 12128 Pune Mumbai Intercity Express leaves Pune Junction every day at 17:55 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CST at 21:05 hrs IST.

See also

References

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