| Secunderabad - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Duronto Express | |
| Color: | 80FF00 |
| Type: | Superfast Express, Duronto Express |
| First: | 23 February 2011 |
| Operator: | South Central Railways |
| Stops: | 7 (2 passenger stops, 5 technical stops) |
| End: | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus |
| Distance: | 772km (480miles) |
| Journeytime: | 12 hours |
| Frequency: | 2 days a week. 12220 Secunderabad–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Duronto Express – Tuesday & Friday. 12219 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Secunderabad Duronto Express – Wednesday & Saturday. |
| Class: | AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier |
| Seating: | No |
| Sleeping: | Yes |
| Catering: | Pantry car attached |
| Observation: | LHB coach |
| Stock: | Standard Indian Railways Duronto coaches |
| Trainnumber: | 12220 Up, 12219 Down |
| Speed: | 1100NaN0 (Maximum Speed), 64.373760NaN0 (Average speed), including halts |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Secunderabad - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Duronto Express is a Superfast Express train under Duronto category that operates between and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus.[1]
The service is operated by South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways and connects the Indian states of Telangana and Maharashtra using train numbers 12220 (Secunderabad–Mumbai (LTT)) and 12219 (Mumbai (LTT)–Secunderabad) respectively
The 12220 / 19 Secunderabad–Mumbai (LTT) Duronto Express covers the distance of 773 kilometres in 12 hours (64.42 km/h) in both directions and its fare thus includes an additional Superfast surcharge for the service as it is quite above the average speed of an express train which is 55km/h as per Indian Railways rules.
The train offers only air-conditioned coaches. Its length generally comprises 1 AC 1st-class coach, 3 AC 2-tier coaches and 9 AC 3-tier coaches for passengers, generator coaches on either ends for powering the AC and a pantry car for catering services
As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
Being a Duronto Express train, it has commercial halts at Pune Junction and Solapur between its terminal stops.
However the 12220/12219 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Secunderabad AC Duronto Express runs from to with technical halts at,, and .
| Mumbai LTT - Secunderabad AC Duronto Express | + | 12220 | Stations | 12219 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | |||||||
| ---- | 23:05 | Secunderabad Junction | 11:05 | ---- | ||||||
| 01:42 | 01:42 | Wadi Junction(Technical Halt) | 08:05 | 08:10 | ||||||
| 03:50 | 03:55 | Solapur | 05:57 | 06:00 | ||||||
| 07:50 | 07:55 | Pune Junction | 02:00 | 02:05 | ||||||
| 08:57 | 08:57 | Lonavala(Technical Halt For Bankers) | 00:56 | 00:58 | ||||||
| ---- | ---- | Karjat Junction(Technical Halt for Bankers) | 00:17 | 00:20 | ||||||
| 11:00 | ---- | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus | ---- | 23:05 | ||||||
As the total route is electrified it will be hauled end-to-end by a Lallaguda-based WAP-7 for its entire journey.
The 12219 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Secunderabad Duronto Express gets 2 bankers which are attached to the train at in order to haul the train up to (normally WAG-5 or WAG-7).
The maximum permissible speed of the train is up to 110 km/h except some parts. Its all coaches are of air conditioned LHB coach type which is capable of reaching 160 kmph but it does not touch. Sometimes people become confused because according to Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual (IRPWM) on Indian Railways website or Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering website, the BG (Broad Gauge) lines have been classified into six groups ‘A’ to ‘E’ on the basis of the future maximum permissible speeds but it may not be same as present speed.
105 kmph between Lokmanya Tilak T and Karjat as it is about whole part of Mumbai Karjat route having speed of 105 km/h, 80 km/h in Karjat Palasdari only 3 km-long route, 60 km/h in Palasdari Lonavala 25 km-long ghat (hill) route, 110 km/h in Lonavala Wadi route, Wadi Vikarabad Secunderabad is unknown.https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/civil_engg/CE_II/2019/Raising%20of%20sectionl%20speed%20to%20130%20kmph%20%20(dated%2017_12_2019).pdf