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Kashi Express

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Service type
  
Mail/Express

Stops
  
73

Start
  
Gorakhpur

Service frequency
  
Daily

Current operator(s)
  
North Eastern Railway zone

Distance travelled
  
1,713 kilometres (1,064 mi)

Kashi Express numbered as 15017/15018 is a regular mail/express train of Indian Railways, running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra, and Gorakhpur Junction, the prominent city of Uttar Pradesh.

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Coach composition

The train generally consists of a total of 22 coaches as follows:

  • 1 AC II tier
  • 1 AC III tier
  • 12 sleeper class
  • 6 unreserved
  • 2 unreserved cum luggage/brake van
  • Loco reversal: Allahabad Junction

    • Locomotion

    As Central Railways has completed its DC-AC conversion on 12 February 2014, a Bhusaval or Itarsi based WAP-4 hauls the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Itarsi after which an Itarsi-based WDM-3A/3D hauls the train for the remainder of its journey until Gorakhpur.

    Before 12 February 2014, this train was hauled by a Kalyan-based WCAM 3 locomotive between LTT and Igatpuri as the route was DC electrified.

    References

    Kashi Express Wikipedia
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