Pragati Express

Pragati Express
Overview
Service type Superfast Express
First service 27 December 1991
Current operator(s) Central Railways
Route
Start Pune
Stops 7 as 12126 Pragati Express, 6 as 12125 Pragati Express
End Mumbai CST
Distance travelled 187 km (116 mi)
Average journey time 3 hours 25 minutes
Service frequency daily
Train number(s) 12125 / 12126
On-board services
Class(es) AC Chair Car, Second Class sitting
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements No
Catering facilities No Pantry Car
Technical
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum
54 km/h (34 mph), including halts
Route map
 Mumbai CST
 Dadar
 Thane
 Thane Viaduct (Thane Creek)
 Parsik tunnel
 Panvel
 Karjat
 Bhor Ghat Begins
 Monkey Hill(Technical Halt towards Mumbai CST)
 Khandala Tunnel
 Bhor Ghat Ends
 Khandala(Technical Halt towards Mumbai CST)
 Lonavla
 Shivajinagar (Towards Pune Junction)
 Pune

The Pragati Express is a daily intercity express train plying between Pune and Mumbai via Panvel. It is operated by the Central Railways, a zonal railway under the larger Indian Railways. Currently, it plies the distance of 189 km in 3 hours and 25 minutes.

Coaches

The Pragati Express presently has 2 AC Chair Car, 5 General Second Class, 5 General Second Class coaches reserved for Pass Holders, 1 Ladies coach and 2 Sleeper coaches. As is customary with Indian Railways, coaches are added/removed as per the demand.

Service

It was inaugurated on 27 Dec 1991 as an alternative to the most popular train on this sector the Deccan Queen. It is one of the six point-to-point express trains meant for intercity travel between Mumbai and Pune that carry thousands of regular commuters. The other five being the Sinhagad Express, Deccan Queen, Deccan Express, Indrayani Express and the Intercity Express. Although all trains have the same livery, the Pragati Express takes a different route. It takes the single line electrified route between Karjat and Panvel and continues towards Diva from where it continues the rest of journey towards Mumbai CST. Thus it completely bypasses the Karjat - Kalyan section of the Central Line.

The Pragati express full ac train was plying between mumbai pune which was discontinued due to less demand.

Timing

The Pune Mumbai Pragati Express Express is the 3rd of 6 dedicated trains to leave Pune Junction for Mumbai CST & is the 2nd last train to return.

12126 Pune Mumbai Pragati Express leaves Pune Junction every day at 07:50 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CST at 11:15 hrs IST.

On return, the 12125 Mumbai Pune Pragati Express leaves Mumbai CST every day at 16:25 hrs IST and reaches Pune Junction at 19:50 hrs IST.

Traction

When the train was introduced, it was hauled by WCM 2/3/5 DC locomotives as the route between Mumbai and Pune was under 1500 V DC. From the mid 1990s till present, it is currently hauled end to end by a WCAM 3 or WCAM 2/2P locomotive of the Kalyan (KYN) shed. Post 2014, after conversion of DC to AC on Central Line, it has been hauled occasionally by Bhusaval based WAP 4/WAM-4 or Ajni based WAP 7.

At Karjat, it gets two or three WAG-5, WAG-7, WCAM-2 or WCAM 3 bankers of Kalyan shed to push the train on the ghat section between Karjat railway station and Lonavala railway station, where the gradient is of 1 in 40.

See also

12125 Pragati Express
Pragati Express

References

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