Service type Superfast Current operator(s) East Central Railway | First service 16 February 2002 Stops 3 | |
Locale Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi Start Rajendra Nagar Terminal | ||
The Sampoorna Kranti Express is an Indian express passenger train service, which runs between Patna and New Delhi.
The service began running on 16 February 2002, and is one of the fastest train services in India, traversing the 999 km distance in under fourteen hours, which is faster than the previous Magadh Express Patna-New Delhi service and the Shramjeevi express on the same route.
The train makes only two stops between Patna and New Delhi: at Kanpur Central and Mughalsarai.For technical reasons the train takes about an hour longer on the journey from Patna to New Delhi.From 1 October 2016 Kanpur as well as Mughalsarai have been added as a commercial stoppage. The train is hauled by WAP4 Engine. It has LHB coaches in the new Rajdhani livery. During its run with ICF coaches it ran with maximum length permitted in Indian Railway of 24 coaches. Now, with LHB Coaches the composition of the Train is as follows class = AC 1 Tier (01), AC 2 Tier (01), AC 3 Tier (03), Sleeper 3 Tier (09), Unreserved | seating (05)= Yes Pantry Car (01) EOG (02) (Total=22 Coaches). It is among the top-priority trains in Indian-railways. This train is running with 130 mps from 8 August 2015 .
Time Table
From Patna to Delhi- 12393. The train starts from Rajendranagar Terminal daily
From Delhi to Patna - 12394. The train starts from New Delhi Railway Station daily.