Hasdeo Express is a Superfast Intercity Express train which it runs between Korba to

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corridor which comes from

South East Central Railway zone The South East Central Railway (abbreviated SECR) is one of the 19 Railway Zones in India. The Zone Office is headquartered at Bilaspur and comprises the Bilaspur, Nagpur and Raipur Division. History This Zone was formerly part of the South ...

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state of India. Currently there are 2 sets of trains are running in this section. This train is named after Indian tributary river of

Mahanadi The Mahanadi is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around and has a total length of . Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam. The river flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha and finally merged with Bay o ...

that is Hasdeo river.

Overview

* 1st set of train inaugurated with

LHB coach Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom and now known as Alstom Transport Deutschland) and mostly ...

es. Piyush Goyal had flagged off this train * 2nd set of train inaugurates as

ICF coach The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach was a conventional passenger coach used on the majority of main-line trains in India. The design of the coach was developed by Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, Chennai, India in collaboration with the Sw ...

es. * After that,Both sets of this train running as

Coach Composition

This train Had

. * 2 EOG * 4 Second Class(Unreserved) * 6 Second Class(Reserved) * 2 AC Chair Car

Route & halts

* Korba * Champa * Akaltara * Bilaspur * Belha * Bhatapara * Tilda Neora * Raipur

Traction & maintenance

The two sets of Hasdeo Express hauls by WAP-7 of Bhilai Loco Shed. Train is maintained in ( Bilaspur Division SEC) coaching complex.bhaskar.com
Retrieved Nov 21 2019

References

{{Reflist Transport in Raipur, Chhattisgarh Transport in Korba, Chhattisgarh Named passenger trains of India Railway services introduced in 2018