Indore - Patna Express
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Mail/Express | ||||
| Locale | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar | ||||
| First service | 1995 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Western Railway | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Indore Junction | ||||
| Stops | 12 | ||||
| End | Patna Junction | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,772 km (1,101 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 26.5 hours | ||||
| Service frequency | Weekly | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | AC 1 Tier, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper 3 Tier, Unreserved | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Operating speed | 66 km/h (41 mph) average with halts | ||||
| Timetable number(s) | 19313 / 19321 | ||||
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The Indore–Patna Express is a Mail/Express Train of the Indian Railways, which runs between Indore Junction railway station of Indore, the largest city and commercial hub of Central Indian state Madhya Pradesh and Patna Junction, railway station of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. As of April 2017[update] there are two regular trains linking Indore with Patna; they are numbered 19313 and 19321. At November 2016[update] the train ran twice a week with one of these two services routed via Lalitpur and Sultanpur, both in Uttar Pradesh.
Train no.19313 departs from Indore every at Wednesday at 14:00 hrs. from platform no.5 reaching Patna Junction the next day at 16:00 hrs. Train no.19314 departs from Patna, every Thursday at 17:20 hrs., reaching Indore the next day at 12:30 hrs.
The train goes via Bhopal and Sultanpur. The important halts of the train are:
The train consist of 22 coaches :
The train runs with an average speed of 63 km/h. The train runs on Weekly basis.
The train is hauled by Vadodara based WAP-4 electric locomotive. It sometimes gets WAP-5 locomotive as well.
The train is maintained by the Indore Coaching Depot. The same rake is used for Indore – Rajendra Nagar Express, Indore - Pune Express, Indore - Nagpur Express and Shipra Express for one way which is altered by the second rake on the other way.
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