The 22643 / 44 Ernakulam Junction–Patna Junction Express is a Express train belonging to

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southern zone that runs between and in India.
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and

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Coaches

The 22643 / 44 Express has one AC 2-tier, two AC 3-tier, 14 sleeper class, three general unreserved and two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches and two high capacity parcel van coaches. It carries a

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. As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 22643 Ernakulam Junction –Patna Junction express covers the distance of in 51 hours 15 mins (56 km/h) and in 51 hours 50 mins as the 22644 Patna Junction–Ernakulam Junction (55 km/h). As the average speed of the train is slightly above , as per railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 22643 / 44 runs from Ernakulam Junction via , , (

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), (

),, , , , to Patna Junction.

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, an

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Royapuram Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of south India, opening in 1856, and is today ...

-based

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

locomotive powers the train up to . Later, an Visakhapatnam Loco Shed-based WAP-4 locomotive takes the reversed direction and pulls the train up to , later a -based WAP-4 electric locomotive takes one reversal and pulls the train to its destination.

References

External links

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