Hazrat Nizamuddin–Pune Duronto Express

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Hazrat Nizamuddin – Pune Jn
AC Duronto Express

Overview

Service type

Duronto Express

First service

28 September 2009; 15 years ago

Current operator(s)

Northern Railways

Route

Termini

Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM)
Pune Junction (PUNE)

Stops

Distance travelled

1,515 km (941 mi)

Average journey time

19 hours 45 minutes

Service frequency

Bi-weekly

Train number(s)

12263 / 12264

On-board services

Class(es)

1 AC, 2 AC & 3 AC

Seating arrangements

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

Yes

Observation facilities

Large windows

Baggage facilities

Overhead racks

Technical

Rolling stock

LHB coach

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

77 km/h (48 mph) average including halts

Route map

Legend

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Pune Junction

The 12263 / 12264 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Pune Duronto Express is a Superfast Express train of Indian Railways Duronto Express type connecting Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM) to Pune (PUNE). It is currently being operated with train numbers 12263 / 12264.^[1]^[2]

Coach composition

The rake has 10 AC 3 tier coaches, 3 AC 2 tier coaches, 1 AC First Class, 1 Pantry car and 2 EOG cars making a total of 17 coaches.^[3] The train is similar to Pune–Ahmedabad Duronto. Earlier train was of 16 coaches with ICF Rajdani rakes. It had speed of 130 kmph.

Background

This train had its inaugural run on 28 September 2009. It currently runs with new LHB Rajdhani rakes, which were allotted to it recently. It is one of 3 Duronto Express trains running out of Pune Junction, the other trains being the 12221/22 Pune–Howrah Duronto Express & 12297/98 Pune–Ahmedabad Duronto Express. It travels at a peak speed of 130 km/h with an average speed of 76 km/h as 12263 and 75 km/h as 12264.

Service

It is the fastest train on the Delhi–Pune sector.^[4] It averages 76.96 km/h as 12263 Duronto Express covering 1520 km in 19 hrs 45 mins & in 20 hrs 45 mins averaging 73.25 km/h as 12264 Duronto Express.

Some of the other trains that cover the Delhi–Pune sectors are 12629/30 Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express, 11077/78 Jhelum Express, 12779/80 Goa Express, 12781/82 Swarna Jayanti Express.

Route

The train halts at Kota Junction, Ratlam Junction, Vadodara Junction, Surat, Vasai Road in both directions.

Traction

At its introduction, it was hauled by a WCAM-2/2P or WCAM-3 locomotives of the Kalyan Shed from Pune to Vadodara Junction after which a Tughlakabad or Vadodara-based WAP-7 or Ghaziabad-based WAP-5 used to haul the train for the remainder of its journey. This was due to DC traction on the Central Line in Mumbai region. Now it is hauled end to end by Vadodara or Tuglakabad WAP 7, as an offlink Ajni WAP 7 hauls it.

With a complete changeover from DC to AC in 2014, it is currently hauled end to end by a Tughlakabad-based WAP-7 locomotive.

References

^ "Falling boulder in ghat derails Pune-bound train". The Times of India. 29 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
^ "20 hrs to Delhi by train". The Times of India. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
^ "Delhi Pune Delhi Duronto Express train". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
^ "Non-stop to Delhi, superfast to Solapur". The Times of India. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

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Indian Railway

v t e Duronto Express
Operational	Mumbai Central–Hapa Pune-Ahmedabad Mumbai LTT–Prayagraj Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Jammu Tawi Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Ernakulam Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–New Delhi Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Mumbai CSMT–Howrah Howrah–Pune Mumbai Central–Indore Mumbai Central–Jaipur Mumbai Central–New Delhi Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Patna–Kolkata Sealdah–Bikaner Sealdah–Puri Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Secunderabad Yesvantpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad
Defunct	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–Puri Chennai–Coimbatore Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Amritsar–Chandigarh Lucknow–New Delhi Howrah–Digha Allahabad–New Delhi Chennai–Madurai

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