Avantika Express

Avantika Express
Overview
Service type Superfast Express
First service 1 May 1985
Current operator(s) Western Railways
Route
Start Mumbai Central
Stops 19
End Indore
Distance travelled 829 km (515 mi)
Average journey time 13 hours 55 minutes
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 12961 / 12962
On-board services
Class(es) AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper, General Unreserved, Ladies Unreserved
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements Yes
Catering facilities No Pantry Car
Baggage facilities Yes
Technical
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum
60.00 km/h (37 mph), including halts Sometimes touches 120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

The Mumbai Central Indore Avantika Express (Hindi : अवंतिका एक्सप्रेस is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai Central and Indore in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12961 from Mumbai Central to Indore and as train number 12962 in the reverse direction.

The name Avantika is from 'Avanti', the former name of Ujjain, a historical city located near Indore. This is one of the two superfast train connection between Indore and Mumbai,the another train is Indore Duronto Express.

Coaches

The Avantika Express has 1 AC 1st Class cum AC 2 tier, 1 AC 2 tier, 5 AC 3 tier, 12 Sleeper class, 4 General class coaches. At times, it also carries a High Capacity Parcel Van. As with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

It is a daily train & covers the distance of 829 kilometres in 13 hours 55 mins as 12961 Avantika Express (59.57 km/hr) & 13 hours 45 mins as 12962 Avantika Express (60.29 km/hr).

Traction

Western Railways completed DC Electric Conversion to AC on 5 February 2012. It is now regularly hauled by a Vadodara based WAP 5 or WAP 4E locomotive.

Time Table

12961 Mumbai Central Indore Avantika Express leaves Mumbai Central on a daily basis and reaches Indore the next day.

12962 Indore Mumbai Central Avantika Express leaves Indore on a daily basis and reaches the Mumbai Central the next day.

  1. 1

0.0 km MMCT» Mumbai Central» Zone: WR PF# 1,2 Day: 1 Spd: 49 Elev: 6m 19:10 +0


  1. 2

29.5 km BVI Borivali Zone: WR PF# 6 Day: 1 Spd: 76 Elev: 18m 19:46 +1 19:48 +1


  1. 3

194.2 km O BL Valsad Zone: WR PF# 2 Day: 1 Spd: 67 Elev: 12m Overtaken by 12939/Pune - Jaipur SF Express | Sun,Wed Overtaken by 22943/Pune - Indore Express | Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri,Sat 21:58 +6 22:00 +10


  1. 4

233.4 km X NVS Navsari Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 1 Spd: 54 Elev: 14m Xing with 19020/Dehradun - Mumbai Bandra Terminus Express | Daily 22:35 +3 22:37 +4


  1. 5

263.2 km X ST Surat Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 1 Spd: 88 Elev: 18m Xing with 19040/Muzaffarpur - Bandra Terminus Avadh Express | Mon,Wed,Fri Xing with 19038/Gorakhpur - Bandra Terminus Avadh Express | Sun,Tue,Thu,Sat 23:10 +1 23:15 +1

  1. 6

313.0 km X AKV Ankleshwar Junction Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 1 Spd: 70 Elev: 20m Xing with 19218/Saurashtra Janta Express | Daily 23:49 +8 23:51 +9


  1. 7

322.3 km BH Bharuch Junction Zone: WR PF# 3 Day: 1 Spd: 74 Elev: 20m 23:59 +13 00:06 +8


  1. 8

392.9 km X BRC Vadodara Junction Zone: WR PF# 2 Day: 2 Spd: 59 Elev: 37m Xing with 22654/Hazrat Nizamuddin - Thiruvananthapuram Central SF Express (via Kottayam) | Tue Xing with 19166/Darbhanga - Ahmedabad Sabarmati Express | Mon,Wed,Fri Xing with 19168/Varanasi - Ahmedabad Sabarmati Express | Sun,Tue,Thu,Sat Xing with 19312/Indore - Pune Express (via Panvel) | Sun,Wed Xing with 09024/Indore - Bandra Terminus Weekly Summer Special | Sat Xing with 22656/Hazrat Nizamuddin - Thiruvananthapuram SF Express (via Alappuzha) | Sat Xing with 19022/Lucknow Jn. - Mumbai Bandra (T.) Weekly Express | Tue Xing with 22964/Bhavnagar Terminus - Bandra Terminus Weekly Super Fast Express | Mon Xing with 22934/Jaipur - Bandra Terminus Weekly SF Express | Wed 01:03 +8 01:13 +8


  1. 9

466.6 km X GDA Godhra Junction Zone: WR PF# 2 Day: 2 Spd: 83 Elev: 121m Xing with 12952/New Delhi - Mumbai Central Rajdhani Express | Daily 02:28 +0 02:30 +3


  1. 10

539.8 km DHD Dahod Zone: WR PF# 3 Day: 2 Spd: 90 Elev: 314m 03:23 +11 03:25 +12


  1. 11

573.0 km X MGN Meghnagar Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 2 Spd: 61 Elev: 321m Xing with 01710/Jabalpur - Bhuj Summer Special Fare Special | Fri Xing with 04151/Kanpur - Ahmedabad Summer Special | Tue Xing with 22830/Shalimar - Bhuj Weekly SF Express | Mon 03:47 +16 03:49 +16


  1. 12

581.1 km THDR Thandla Road Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 2 Spd: 72 Elev: 319m 03:57 +18 03:59 +17


  1. 13

608.6 km X BMI Bamnia Zone: WR PF# 2 Day: 2 Spd: 41 Elev: 395m Xing with 19576/Nathdwara - Okha Express | Mon Xing with 09058/Udaipur - Bandra Terminus Special Fare Special | Thu Xing with 22996/Ajmer - Bandra (T.) SF Express | Sun,Wed,Fri Xing with 12980/Jaipur - Mumbai Bandra Terminus SF Express | Tue,Thu,Sat Xing with 12996/Udaipur City - Mumbai Bandra (T.) SF Express | Sun,Wed,Fri 04:22 +20 04:24 +19


  1. 14

653.4 km RTM Ratlam Junction Zone: WR PF# 5 Day: 2 Spd: 75 Elev: 495m 05:30 +12 05:35 +16


  1. 15

681.1 km KUH Khachrod Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 2 Spd: 36 Elev: 498m 05:57 +28 05:59 +28


  1. 16

694.8 km O NAD Nagda Junction Zone: WR PF# 2 Day: 2 Spd: 59 Elev: 468m Overtakes 11204/Jaipur - Nagpur Weekly Express | Sat 06:22 +19 06:24 +21


  1. 17

750.2 km X UJN Ujjain Junction Zone: WR PF# 2 Day: 2 Spd: 45 Elev: 493m Xing with 19307/Indore - Chandigarh Weekly Express | Thu 07:20 +12 07:25 +13


  1. 18

790.9 km X DWX Dewas Junction Zone: WR PF# 1 Day: 2 Spd: 48 Elev: 540m Xing with 19329/Veer Bhumi Chittaurgarh Express | Daily 08:19 +3 08:27 +6

  1. 19

829.7 km INDB• Indore Junction• Zone: WR PF# 4 Day: 2 Elev: 553m 09:15 +9

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