Bandra Terminus- Dehradun Express

Dehradun Express
Overview
Service type Express
Current operator(s) Western Railways
Route
Start Bandra Terminus
Stops 96 as 19019 Dehradun Express, 89 as 19020 Dehradun Express
End Dehradun
Distance travelled 1,682 km (1,045 mi)
Average journey time 41 hours 30 minutes as 19019 Dehradun Express, 41 hours 45 minutes as 19020 Dehradun Express
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 19019 / 19020
On-board services
Class(es) AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements Yes
Catering facilities No
Observation facilities No rake sharing but multiple rakes required to maintain daily service.
Technical
Rolling stock Standard Indian Railways coaches
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum
40.41 km/h (25 mph), including halts
Route map

The 19019/19020 Bandra Dehradun Dehradun Express is an Express train run by Indian Railways that runs between Bandra and Dehradun in India. It is a daily service.

It operates as train number 19019 from Bandra to Dehradun and as train number 19020 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

It has one AC two tier, one AC three tier, two Sleeper class, and seven General class coaches.

It carries parcel vans on a frequent basis. About four Sleeper class coaches and two General coaches are detached/attached from the train at Haridwar Junction.

Service

It is a daily train and covers the distance of 1682 kilometres in 41 hours 30 mins as 19019 Dehradun Express (40.53 km/hr) and 41 hours 45 mins as 19020 Dehradun Express (40.29 km/hr).

Traction

Before the Mumbai region changed traction to an AC system, a WCAM 1 engine would haul the train until Vadodara from where a Vadodara based WAP 4 or WAP 5 would take over until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a WDM 3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed would take over until Dehradun.

Since Western Railways switched over to AC traction, a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 hauls the train until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a WDM 3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed takes over until Dehradun. Now it is hauled by wap 5 or wap7 until dehradun

19019 Dehradun Express

Timetable

19019 Bandra Dehradun Dehradun Express leaves Bandra Terminus every day at 00:05 hrs IST and reaches Dehradun at 17:35 hrs IST the next day.

19020 Dehradun Bandra Dehradun Express leaves Dehradun every day at 10:35 hrs IST and reaches Bandra Terminus at 04:20 hrs IST on the 3rd day.

Station code Station name

19019 - Bandra to Dehradun [1]

 Distance
from Source
in km		 Day

19020 - Dehradun to Bandra[2]

 Distance
from Source
in km		 Day
Arrival Departure Arrival Departure
BDTS Bandra Terminus Source 00:05 0 1 04:20 Destination 1682 3
PLG Palghar 01:35 01:37 75 1 02:02 02:06 1616 3
ST Surat 04:40 04:45 252 1 22:30 22:38 1430 2
BRC Vadodara Junction 06:40 06:50 381 1 19:55 20:05 1301 2
RTM Ratlam Junction 12:20 12:40 642 1 14:15 14:35 1040 2
KOTA Kota Junction 19:00 19:30 909 1 07:30 07:50 773 2
GGC Gangapur City 22:40 22:45 1081 1 04:20 04:25 601 2
NZM Hazrat Nizamuddin 05:25 05:50 1366 2 21:15 21:55 316 1
MTC Meerut City Junction 07:25 08:30 1436 2 18:35 19:20 246 1
DBD Deoband Railway Station 11:06 11:08 1517 2 16:48 16:50 165 1
SRE Saharanpur Junction 12:10 12:45 1550 2 15:35 16:05 132 1
LAK Laksar Junction 13:45 14:10 1603 2 14:00 14:25 79 1
HW Haridwar Junction 14:50 15:15 1630 2 12:15 12:45 52 1
DDN Dehradun 17:35 Destination 1682 2 Source 10:35 0 1

Incidents

On 8 January 2014, a fire broke out on one of the trains when it was near Dahanu station in Maharashtra. Three carriages were involved. Some passengers escaped "by breaking open the back doors"[3] but nine were killed.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dehradun Express - 19019". Retrieved 3 Sep 2012.
  2. ↑ "Dehradun Express - 19020". Retrieved 18 Oct 2012.
  3. ↑ Sleeping passengers killed in India train fire, AFP, 2014-01-08
  4. ↑ India train fire death toll rises to nine, UPI, 2014-01-08
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