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Shramjeevi Superfast Express

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Service type
  
Superfast

Current operator(s)
  
East Central Railway

Stops
  
30

First service
  
Oct 02, 1991

Start
  
Rajgir railway station

Shramjeevi Superfast Express

Locale
  
New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar

The Shramjeevi Express (Hindi: श्रमजीवी एक्स्प्रेस) is a daily superfast express train of Indian Railways, running between Rajgir, near Nalanda, Bihar, and New Delhi, the capital city of India. Previously it was running between Patna and New Delhi, later extended to Rajgir. This is fastest train (12392) between Ghaziabad and Moradabad covers journey only in 2 hours The name Shramjeevi signifies the employee/worker, dependent on physical/mental labour (Shram) for their livelihood (Jeevi).

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Numbers, times, and distances

  • Train No. 12391 departs from Rajgir daily at 08:10 AM to arrive New Delhi at 05:10 AM next day; covering 1103 km in 21 hrs
  • Train No. 12392 departs from New Delhi daily at 01:15 PM to arrive Rajgir at 10:10 AM next day; covering 1103 km in 20:55 hrs

    • It runs via Bakhtiyarpur, Patna, Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Sultanpur, Lucknow , Bareilly, Moradabad and Ghaziabad

    Coach composition & loco

    The train generally consists of a total number of 24 Coaches as follows:

  • 1 AC First Class cum AC II Tier
  • 1 AC II Tier
  • 3 AC III Tier
  • 1 Pantry Car
  • 12 Sleeper Class
  • 4 General Compartment
  • 2 General Compartment cum Brake/Luggage VAN
  • Loco: Rajgir to Patna with TKD WDP 4
    • Patna to New Delhi with GZB WAP 7

    History

  • The train was first introduced between Patna Junction (PNBE) and New Delhi (NDLS)on 2 October 1991 (Gandhi Jayanti).
  • Later Nalanda Express run in between Rajgir (RGD) and New Delhi (NDLS), which use to attach/detach with Shramjeevi Express at Patna Junction (PNBE).
  • Now whole rake runs between Rajgir (RGD) and New Delhi (NDLS), as Shramjeevi Express.
  • Earlier the train belonged to Northern Railway with serial no as 2401/2402, now Rake belongs to East Central Railway, with serial number exchanged with Magadh Express.
  • One of the few Indian Railways train used to hauled by twin WDM-2 loco, now been replaced by WDP-4

    • References

    Shramjeevi Superfast Express Wikipedia
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