Service type Duronto Express Current operator(s) Northern Railway Stops 2 | First service 28 September 2009 Start Hazrat Nizamuddin End Pune Junction | |
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The Hazrat Nizamuddin Pune Duronto Express is a superfast express train of Indian Railways Duronto Class connecting Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM) to Pune (PUNE). It is currently being operated with train numbers 12263 / 12264.
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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.
Service
It is the fastest train on the Delhi – Pune sector. It averages 76.96 km/hr as 12263 Duronto Express covering 1520 km in 19 hrs 45 mins & in 20 hrs 45 mins averaging 73.25 km/hr 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.
Train Details
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.
Loco link
Until February 2014, when the Central Railway was under DC traction, a Kalyan WCAM 2/2P or WCAM 3 locomotive used to haul the train from Pune Junction until Vadodara Junction after which a Ghaziabad or Vadodara Junction based WAP 5 or WAP 7 locomotive hauls the train till Hazrat Nizamuddin.
With the complete changeover from DC to AC traction, it has been hauled end to end by a Tughlakabad or Ghaziabad based WAP-7 or Vadodara WAP-5.
Commercial & Technical Halts
The train halts at Kota Junction, Ratlam Junction, Vadodara Junction, Vasai Road, Khandala and Lonavala in both directions.
Karjat is a technical halt only as 12264 Duronto Express to facilitate banker loco attachment in order to push the train up the ghats.
Schedule
12263 Pune Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express
12264 Hazrat Nizamuddin Pune Duronto Express