Howrah - Yesvantpur Humsafar Express

Howrah - Yesvantpur Humsafar Express
Overview
Service type Humsafar Express
First service 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)
Current operator(s) South Eastern Railway zone
Route
Start Howrah Junction (HWH)
Stops 16
End Yesvantpur Junction (YPR)
Distance travelled 1,970 km (1,220 mi)
Average journey time 32h 55m
Service frequency Weekly[lower-alpha 1]
On-board services
Class(es) AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements No
Sleeping arrangements Yes
Catering facilities Yes
Observation facilities Large windows
Entertainment facilities No
Technical
Rolling stock 2
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 60 km/h (37 mph)
Route map

Howrah - Yesvantpur Humsafar Express Humsafar Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways connecting Yesvantpur Junction in Karnataka and Howrah Junction in West Bengal to . It is currently being operated with 22887/22888 train numbers on weekly basis.

Coach Composition

The trains is completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

Service

It averages 60 km/hr as 22887 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covering 1970 km in 32 hrs 55 mins & 60 km/hr as 22888 Humsafar Express starts on Thursday covering 1968 km in 32 hrs 35 mins.[1]

22887 - Starts from Howrah Jn on every Tuesday at 12:40 Hrs IST and reach Yesvantpur Jn next Day 21:35 Hrs IST

22888 - Starts from Yesvantpur Jn every Thursday at 9:55 Hrs IST and reach Howrah Jn next day at 18:30 Hrs

Route and halts


Reverse

Train reverse at Visakhapatnam station

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi Electric Loco Shed based WAP-4 or Santragachi based WAP 7 electric locomotives till Visakhapatnam and from Visakhapatnam to Yesvantpur trains is hauled by a Vijayawada Electric Loco Shed based WAP-4 or Lallaguda WAP 7 electric locomotives.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Runs once in a week for every direction.

References

  1. ↑ Introduction of Kamakhya-Bengaluru Cantonement-Kamakhya Humsafar Express

Indian railway introduce new Third AC train with all the facility like security .Most of the Humsafar Express have installed Hikvision CCTV camera

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