Pragati Express Explained

Pragati Superfast Express
Type:Intercity Express
Locale:Maharashtra
First:27 December 1991
Operator:Central Railways
Start:Mumbai CSMT
Stops:6 as 12125 Pragati Express
5 as 12126 Pragati Express (+2 technical)
Distance:187km (116miles)
Journeytime:3 hours 25 minutes
Frequency:daily
Class:AC Chair Car, Second Class sitting
Seating:Yes
Sleeping:No
Autorack:No
Catering:No pantry car
Observation:No rake sharing, First dedicated Mumbai–Pune Intercity to operate via .
Entertainment:None
Stock:Kalyan WCAM-3 or WCAM-2/2P locomotive, LHB Coaches
Trainnumber:12125 / 12126
Speed:110km/h maximum
54km/h, including halts
Map State:Maharashtra

The Pragati Superfast Express is a daily Intercity Express train plying between Pune and Mumbai via . It is operated by the Central Railways, a zonal railway under the larger Indian Railways. Currently, it plies the distance of 187 km in 3 hours and 25 minutes.

Coaches

Pragati Express is composed of 15 LHB Coaches, as follows:

Pragati Express service is run using a single LHB rake and is maintained after every round trip in Pune at the Ghorpadi coaching depot

Service

It was inaugurated on 27 December 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 and continues towards from where it continues the rest of journey towards Mumbai CSMT. Thus it completely bypasses the Karjat–– section of the Central Line.

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. Post 2014, after conversion of DC to AC on Central Line, it has been hauled occasionally by Bhusawal-based WAP-4/WAM-4 or Ajni-based WAP-7.

At, it gets two or three WAG-7 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 1 in 40.

Sister trains

Via KalyanDefunct
Deccan ExpressMumbai–Pune Mail
Deccan QueenMumbai-Pune Passenger
Indrayani ExpressMumbai–Pune Shatabdi Express
Mumbai–Pune Intercity ExpressDadar-Pune Express
Sinhagad ExpressMumbai-Pune Janta Express
Pune-Mumbai Passenger

See also

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