Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Sampark Kranti | ||||
| Locale | Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & Delhi | ||||
| First service | 4 November 2004 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Western Railway | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Bandra Terminus | ||||
| Stops | 5 | ||||
| End | Hazrat Nizamuddin | ||||
| Distance travelled | 1,366 km (849 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 19 hours 57 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | bi-weekly | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12907 / 12908 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper,General | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available, Pantry Car attached | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 68.44 km/h (42.53 mph) average with halts | ||||
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Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express is a bi-weekly train which runs between Bandra Terminus in Mumbai and Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi . This train was introduced as one of the Sampark Kranti trains which were announced by the then railways minister Nitish Kumar in 2004/2005 rail budget. It is a bi-weekly train. It is the Fastest Sampark Kranti Express.
Earlier on it would leave Bandra Terminus and after a halt at Borivali would go non stop until Hazrat Nizamuddin except for operational halts. Given the poor patronage to this train, the operational stops were changed to commercial stops. Thus, it now also halts at Vadodara (for engine change) and Kota Junction (for crew change). It has only 3 halts either way (excluding starting and ending stations).
As Western Railway has changed over to AC traction, Vadodara is now an operational halt. It is now hauled by a Vadodara based WAP 4E engine.
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