Service type Mail/Express Distance travelled 1,772 km (1,101 mi) Average journey time 1 day 4 hours | Last service Bhopal - Patna Express Service frequency Weekly Current operator Western Railway zone | |
Locale Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar First service Bhopal - Varanasi Express Start Indore Junction railway station End Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station | ||
Indore – Rajendra Nagar (Via. Faizabad) Express is a Weekly Express train of the Indian Railways, which runs between Indore Junction, Madhya Pradesh and Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar.
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Arrival and departure
The train runs with an average speed of 63 km/h. The train runs on weekly basis.
Train no.19321 departs from Indore every Saturday at 14:00 hrs. from platform no.5 reaching Rajendra Nagar Bihar the next day at 16:45 hrs. Train no.19322 departs from Rajendra Nagar every Sunday at 20:20 hrs., reaching Indore the next day at 13:30 hrs.
Route and halts
The train goes via Ujjain & Lucknow. The important halts of the train are :
Equipment
The train is hauled by Ratlam RTM WDM-3 Diesel engine. The train consist of 23 Coaches :
The train was maintained by the Indore Coaching Depot. The same rake is used for Indore - Patna Express, Indore - Pune Express, Indore - Nagpur Express and Shipra Express for one way which is altered by the second rake on the other way. Much of this equipment was destroyed in the Pukhrayan train derailment.
Accidents and incidents
On 20 November 2016, the train on this route running from Indore to Rajendra Nagar Terminal, Patna derailed in the Pukhrayan train derailment, killing 145 people and injuring more than 150.