Bandra Terminus–Haridwar Dehradun Express | |
Type: | Mail/Express |
Locale: | Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand |
Operator: | Western Railways |
Start: | (BDTS) |
Stops: | 65 |
End: | (HW) |
Distance: | 1617km (1,005miles) |
Journeytime: | 32 hours 15 minutes |
Frequency: | Daily |
Class: | AC First Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class |
Seating: | Yes |
Sleeping: | Yes |
Catering: | On-board catering, E-catering |
Observation: | Large windows |
Stock: | LHB coach |
Trainnumber: | 19019 / 19020 |
Speed: | 130km/h maximum, 42km/h average including halts |
The 19019 / 19020 Bandra Terminus–Haridwar Dehradun Express is an express train of Indian Railways Western Railway Zone that runs between and in India on a daily basis. Initially it ran between Dehradun and Bandra Terminus, but now it runs only between Haridwar and Bandra Terminus as Dehradun Express.
It operates as train number 19019 from Bandra Terminus to Haridwar and as train number 19020 in the reverse direction.
The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches:
The train consists of 24 coaches.
Loco | HCPV | SLR | H1 | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | M1 | M2 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | UR | UR | EOG |
It is a daily train and covers the distance of 1617 kilometres in 32 hours 15 mins as 19019 Dehradun Express (40.53 km/h) and 32 hours 45 mins as 19020 Dehradun Express (40.29 km/h).
Before the Mumbai region changed traction to an AC system, Valsad based WCAM-1 engine would haul the train until from where a Vadodara-based WAP-4 or WAP-5 would take over until after which a WDM-3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed would take over until Haridwar.
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 Haridwar.
Now, both trains are hauled by a Vadodara/Valsad-based WAP-7 until Haridwar and vice versa.
The important halts of the train are:
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]