Sealdah – New Delhi Duronto Express
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Overview | |
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Service type | Superfast, Duronto Express |
First service | 18 September 2009 |
Current operator(s) | Eastern Railways |
Route | |
Start | Sealdah |
Stops | 4 |
End | New Delhi |
Distance travelled | 1,452 km (902 mi) as 12259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express, 1,453 km (903 mi) as 12260 New Delhi Sealdah Duronto Express |
Average journey time | 16 hours 55 minutes as 12259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express, 16 hours 45 minutes as 12260 New Delhi Sealdah Duronto Express |
Service frequency | 12259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday. 12260 New Delhi Sealdah Duronto Express – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday. |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier |
Seating arrangements | No |
Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
Catering facilities | Pantry Car Coach attached |
Observation facilities | LHB Coaches |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railway Duronto coaches |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Operating speed | 135 km/h (84 mph) maximum ,95 km/h (59 mph), including halts |
The 12259 / 60 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express is a Superfast express train of the Duronto Express category belonging to Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah and New Delhi in India. It is the Fastest Duronto and Second Fastest Train of India
It operates as train number 12259 from Sealdah to New Delhi and as train number 12260 in the reverse direction serving the states of West Bengal & Delhi.
It was the first Duronto Express to be launched as announced in the Railway budget of 2008 / 09.
Contents
Coaches
The 12259 / 60 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 3 AC 2 tier, 9 AC 3 tier, 2 End on Generator Car & 2 Pantry car coach.
As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
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Service
The 12259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express covers the distance of 1452 kilometres in 16 hours 55 mins (85.83 km/hr) & in 16 hours 45 mins as 12260 New Delhi Sealdah Duronto Express (86.75 km/hr).
As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h (34 mph), as per Indian Railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.
Routeing & Technical Halts
The 12259 / 60 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express runs from Sealdah via Dhanbad Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Kanpur Central to New Delhi.
Traction
As the route is fully electrified, it is powered end to end by a Howrah based WAP 4 locomotive.
Timings
12259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express leaves Sealdah on every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday at 18:30 hrs IST and reaches New Delhi at 11:30 hrs IST the next day.
12260 New Delhi Sealdah Duronto Express leaves New Delhi on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday at 19:40 hrs IST and reaches Sealdah at 12:30 hrs IST the next day.
Station Code | Station Name | Distance from Source in km |
Day | Distance from Source in km |
Day | ||||
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Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | ||||||
SDAH | Sealdah | Source | 18:30 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 | Destination | 1453 | 2 |
NDLS | New Delhi | 11:25 | Destination | 1452 | 2 | Source | 19:45 | 0 | 1 |
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