The Bhopal–Jaipur Express is a daily express train which runs between

Bhopal Junction railway station Bhopal Junction railway station (station code: BPL) is a major railway junction of India and main railway station of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This station also serves as a connecting point for various ...

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

, the capital city of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

and

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known ...

, the capital city of

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 ...

. It previously ran as the Bhopal–Ajmer Express from Bhopal to

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "' ...

, a pilgrimage spot in

, and prior to that as the Bhopal–Ratlam Intercity Express.

Number and nomenclature

The numbers for the train are : * 19711: Jaipur to Bhopal * 19712: Bhopal to Jaipur The train was also known as Ajmeri Express which signifies the nearby destination of the train that is

Arrival and departure

Train number 19712 departs from Bhopal Junction daily at 17:00 hrs., reaching Jaipur, the next day at 09:30 hrs. Train number 19711 departs from Jaipur daily at 17:25 hrs., reaching Bhopal Junction, the next day at 11:25 hrs.

Route and halts

The train goes via – and

Neemuch Neemuch or Nimach is a town in the malwa region. Neemuch crowns the north western part of MP. It has been also referred to city of Nature and Peace. The town shares its northwestern border with the state of Rajasthan and is the administrati ...

. The important halts of the train are: * * * Sehore *

Kalapipal Kalapipal is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Berasia tehsil. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two pha ...

* Shujalpur * Berchha * * * *

Khachrod Khachrod is a town and municipality in Ujjain district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, ...

* *

Jaora Jaora is a city and a municipality in Ratlam district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Jaora is located in the Malwa region, between Ratlam and Mandsaur. It was the capital of the Jaora princely state of Jaora before Independence. During ...

Mandsaur Mandsaur is a city and a municipality in Mandsaur district located on Border of Mewar and Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Mandsaur District. The ancient Pashupatinath Temple is l ...

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Bhilwara Bhilwara () is a city, administrative headquarters in Bhilwara district of the Mewar region of Rajasthan, India. It has been termed as 'Textile city'. History Stone Age tools dating from 5,012 to 200,000 years were found in Bundi and Bhil ...

* Nasirabad * *

Kishangarh Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. History Kishangarh State was founded by the Jodhpur prince Kishan Singh in 1609. Prior to the rule of Kishan Singh this area was ruled by Ra ...

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Coach composite

The train consists of 17 coaches: * 1 AC II * 5 AC III * 3 AC ECONOMY * 10 SLEEPER * 4 GENERAL

Link service

According to the rail budget as on 24 February 2010, a link service 19655A/19656A Indore–Ajmer Link Express also started to run on back coaches of this train after . A total of 7 additional coaches are attached to the train from Ratlam out of which: * 1 AC II * 4 SLEEPER * 2 GENERAL COACH

Average speed

The train runs daily from both the sites with an average speed of .

History

This train was introduced in 2009 and was the only direct connection from Bhopal/Indore to Ajmer. It replaced the 9303/9304 Bhopal–Ratlam Intercity Express and the 9657/9658 Ratlam–Ajmer Night Express. Its route was extended to

as Bhopal–Jaipur Express as announced on 25 February 2011 in the

Railway Budget Railway budget of India was the Annual Financial Statement of the state-owned Indian Railways, which handles rail transport in India. It was presented every year by the Minister of Railways, representing the Ministry of Railways, in the Parliam ...

Other trains from Bhopal to Ajmer

* Kolkata–Ajmer Express * Hyderabad–Ajmer Express * Pune–Jaipur Express

Bhopal–Ratlam Intercity Express

The Bhopal–Ratlam Intercity Express was a daily

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which ran between

, the capital city of

and

Ratlam Junction Ratlam Junction railway station is a major rail junction on the New Delhi–Mumbai main line of Indian Railways. Ratlam is A – category railway station of Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Its code is RTM. It serves Ratlam city. The st ...

railway station of

Ratlam Ratlam, known historically as Ratnapuri (lit. ''gem city''), is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam di ...

in Western Madhya Pradesh. The train was numbered 9303/9304. The main halts of the train were Bairagarh, Sehore, Shujalpur,

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani pronunciation: �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain ...

and

Nagda Nagda is an industrial town in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It lies in the administrative headquarters of the city of Ujjain, in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh. It is situated on the bank of the Chambal Riv ...

. Later

was also added to the halt list. It used to run on a daily basis with an average speed of . In 2009 it was replaced by 9655/9656 Bhopal–Ajmer Express, which was extended in 2011 to

as the Bhopal–Jaipur Express.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhopal-Jaipur Express Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh Rail transport in Rajasthan Transport in Bhopal Transport in Jaipur Express trains in India