Jaipur–Hyderabad Express is an
Express train of the Indian Railways connecting in
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
and in
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...
. It is currently being operated with 53229/53230 train numbers on twice a week basis.
Service
It averages 53 km/hr as 17019 Ajmer–Hyderabad Weekly Express and covers 1866.8 km in 38 hrs 30 mins & 52 km/hr as 17020 Hyderabad–Ajmer Weekly Express and covers 1866.8 km in 35 hrs 50 mins.
Route and halts
The important halts of the train are :
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Traction
Both trains are hauled by a twin
Diesel Loco Shed, Moula Ali -based
WDM-3A
The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M ...
diesel locomotive.
Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction one times:
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Another train with similar name
Ajmer–Hyderabad Meenakshi Express
Jaipur-Hyderabad Express is a train started by Indian Railways in September 2010. It connects Ajmer/Jaipur in Rajasthan with Hyderabad the capital of Telangana. It replaced a train called ''Meenakshi Express'' that used to run from Jaipur to Ka ...
(train numbers 12719/12720) is another train that runs between Hyderabad and Ajmer twice a week. From
Purna
:
Purna is a town with a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Geography
Purna is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Purna is situated in the Maharashtra state of India.
Demographics
India ce ...
it goes to
Akola
Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. A ...
and then
Itarsi
Itarsi is a city and municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India in Narmadapuram District. Itarsi is a key hub for agricultural goods and is the biggest railway junction in Madhya Pradesh. Rail services from all 4 major metropolitan cities of India ...
. Therefore, the distance is shoter at 1624 km and the time taken is 31 hours.
See also
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Ajmer Junction railway station
Ajmer Junction railway station (station code: AII) is located in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan .
History
Initially it was built as a metre-gauge (MG) station with lines from Chittaurgarh Junction railway station, Ahmedabad J ...
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Ajmer–Hyderabad Meenakshi Express
Jaipur-Hyderabad Express is a train started by Indian Railways in September 2010. It connects Ajmer/Jaipur in Rajasthan with Hyderabad the capital of Telangana. It replaced a train called ''Meenakshi Express'' that used to run from Jaipur to Ka ...
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Hyderabad Deccan railway station
Hyderabad railway station, popularly known as Hyderabad Deccan railway station or Nampally railway station, (station code: HYB) is located at Nampally, a locality in Hyderabad constructed and earlier run by the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railwa ...
References
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17019/Ajmer - Hyderabad Weekly Express17020/Hyderabad - Ajmer Weekly Express
Rail transport in Telangana
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Express trains in India
Transport in Ajmer
Transport in Hyderabad, India
Rail transport in Maharashtra
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