Sachkhand Express

Sachkhand Express
Overview
Service type Mail/Express
Status Operating
Current operator(s) Indian Railways/Central Railways
Route
Start Hazur Sahib Nanded
Stops 33
End Amritsar
Distance travelled 2082 km
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 12715 / 12716
On-board services
Class(es) AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements Available
Sleeping arrangements Available
Catering facilities Available (Paid)
Baggage facilities Available
Technical
Track gauge Broad Gauge
Sachkhand Express - Sleeper Class
Sachkhand Express (Amritsar - Nanded) Route map

The Sachkhand Express is operated by Indian Railways daily between the Cities of Huzur Sahib Nanded in Maharashtra to Amritsar in Punjab. This train thus links two famous Sikh shrines. The train is named after Sachkhand Sahib Gurudwara situated in Nanded.

This train also links the National Capital of India, New Delhi as well as the state capital of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal to Nanded, Parbhani, Jalna and Aurangabad of Marathwada Region of Maharashtra.

Train Number

Train Route

It routes and halts at Purna, Parbhani, Jalna, Aurangabad, Manmad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon Bhusaval, Burhanpur, Khandwa Junction, Itarsi Junction, Bhopal Junction, Bina Junction, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Dabra, Gwalior, Morena, Dholpur, Agra, Mathura, Faridabad, Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Panipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Rajpura, Sirhind, Khanna, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar and Beas.

The train halts at the same stations on its reverse journey except Hazrat Nizamuddin.

Arrival/ Departure Details

  • 12715 Sachkhand Express leaves H Sahib Nanded (NED) at 09:30 AM to reach its destination Amritsar Jn (ASR) at 08:20 PM next day.[1]
  • 12716 Sachkhand Express leaves Amritsar Jn (ASR) at 05:35 AM and reach back to H Sahib Nanded (NED) at 04:00 PM next day.[2]

Train Composition

Total Coaches are 24 including 2 -SLR, 3-Second Class, 1-2AC, 5-3AC 1-Pantry and remaining 12 -Sleeper Coachesand 1 -HCP coach

Train NO. 12715 Sachkhand Express Now Runs with Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches as Date Of 27/09/2018 Departed On time at Hazur Sahib Nanded Train Goes to Amritsar Junction. One rake will be converted to lhb from 27.09.18 with revised CC ; 12 Sleepers,4 third ac, 1 2nd ac ,PC and 2GS , 2EOG

Rake Position From H S Nanded

LOCO-EOG-GS-A1-B1-B2-B3-B4-PC-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-S9-S10-S11-S12-GS-EOG

Train Runs on both Diesel and Electric Tractions. Nanded-Manmad -Nanded - Diesel - WDM-3A of Guntakal Shed Manmad -Amritsar -Manmad -Electrical -WAP4 of Ghaziabad Shed Ludhiana wap4 Gaziabad wap7 At New Delhi Railway station langar cooked from Veerji da Dera at Tilak Nagar in West Delhi is served in the train.People from Dera distribute the food to all pilgrimages returning after visit to holy city of tenth master.

References

  1. ↑ http://runningstatus.in/status/12715
  2. ↑ http://runningstatus.in/status/12716

South Central Railways official link

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