Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express | |
Type: | Sampark Kranti Express |
Locale: | Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana & Delhi |
Operator: | Western Railways |
Start: | (BDTS) |
Stops: | 4 |
End: | (NZM) |
Distance: | 1367km (849miles) |
Journeytime: | 16 hours 45 minutes |
Frequency: | Bi-weekly |
Seating: | Yes |
Sleeping: | Yes |
Catering: | Available |
Observation: | Large windows |
Stock: | LHB coach |
Trainnumber: | 12907 / 12908 |
Speed: | 82km/h average speed 130 kmph (81 mph) Top operating speed |
The 12907 / 12908 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Superfast Express is a bi-weekly Sampark Kranti Superfast Express train which runs between in Mumbai and in Delhi, India.
This train was introduced as one of the Sampark Kranti trains which were announced by the then railways minister Nitish Kumar in 2004/2005 rail budget. It is a bi-weekly train. Earlier on it would leave and after a halt at would go non stop until except for operational halts. Given the poor patronage to this train, the operational stops were changed to commercial stops. Thus, it now also halts at and (for crew change). It used to run with ICF coach, but now runs with LHB coach since 15 January 2017.
The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches:
As Western Railway has changed over to AC traction, is now an operational halt. It is now hauls by a Vadodara-based WAP-7 (HOG) equipped locomotive from end to end.