The 22105/22106 Indrayani Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

that runs between

Mumbai CSMT Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bombay station code: CSMT ( mainline)/ST (suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The terminus was d ...

and

Pune Junction Pune Junction railway station (station code: PUNE) is the main railway junction of the city of Pune, India. It is one of the major railway junctions in Maharashtra. Pune Junction consists of 6 platforms. It also has a suburban train network. ...

in India. It is a daily service and is named after the river

Indrayani Indrayani is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Shankharapur Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread ...

flowing near Pune. The train earlier numbered as 1021 while running from Mumbai to Pune and 1022 from Pune to Mumbai, has now been upgraded to superfast and renumbered as 22105 (Mumbai CSMT - Pune Junction) and 22106 (Pune Junction - Mumbai CSMT). The train had white and royal blue livery with red bands. On 2 February 2020 it was upgraded to LHB coaches.

Coaches

The Indrayani Express presently has two AC Chair Cars, eight General Second Class, two General Second Class coaches reserved for pass holders, and five General Unreserved coaches. As is customary with

, coaches are added/removed as per the demand. This train shares its rake with the Pune Solapur Intercity Express, and operational control is with Central Railways.

Service

The Indrayani Express was introduced on 27 April 1988 and is one of six dedicated Intercity Chair Car trains between

and

. The other five trains are 12127/28 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express, 11007/08

Deccan Express The Deccan Express is an express train that leaves daily at 3:15pm, plying between the cities of Pune and Mumbai in India, a distance of 192 km and at 7:00am from Mumbai to Pune. Services The Deccan Express was launched much earlier i ...

, 11009/10

Sinhagad Express The Sinhagad Express is an Intercity Express train which plies daily between the cities of Pune and Mumbai in India. It is operated by the Indian Railways and comes under the Central Railway zone and is one of the six point-to-point express tr ...

, 12125/26

Pragati Express 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 ...

and 12123/24

Deccan Queen The 12123 / 12124 Deccan Queen is a daily Indian passenger train service operated by the Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways connecting the cities of Mumbai and Pune. Introduced on June 1, 1930, the Deccan Queen was India's "first sup ...

. It covers the distance of 192 kilometres in 3 hours 28 mins as 22105 Indrayani Express (55.38 km/hr) and 3 hours 20 mins as 22106 Indrayani Express (57.60 km/hr). 22106 Indrayani Express at Pune Junction

22106 Indrayani Express at Pune Junction

22106 Indrayani Express - 2nd Class seating

22106 Indrayani Express - AC Chair Coach

Traction

Although the route is electrified, it is currently hauled by

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or Pune based WDM 3D/ WDM 3A/WDG 3A diesel locomotive and has been occasionally hauled by

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locomotive as well. This is to save time in locomotive change, due to the rake sharing with Pune Solapur Intercity Express, as the route after Daund Junction is not yet electrified and is currently undergoing doubling and electrification. When the train was introduced back in 1988, it was hauled by WCM 1/2/5 DC locomotives till the mid 1990s as the section between

and

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was under 1500 V DC traction. From the mid 1990s, it was hauled by

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or WCAM 3 dual traction locomotives of the

shed till November 2009, when the rake sharing was initiated. At

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, it gets two or three

WAG-5 The Indian locomotive class WAG-5 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic ( ...

WAG-7 The Indian locomotive class WAG-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1990 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G ...

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or WCAM 3 bankers of Kalyan shed to push the train on the ghat section between

Karjat railway station Karjat (station code: KJT/S for ''South'' (local)) is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Karjat is a major rail terminus, connected via local trains to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai, ...

and

Lonavala railway station Lonavala railway station is a railway station in Lonavala, a hill station in the state of Maharashtra in India. Lonavala station is the origin of Lonavala– Suburban Trains. 17 suburban trains operate on the Pune–Lonavala route. Lonavla is a ...

, where the gradient is of 1 in 40. During the

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pandemic, all passenger trains of

were suspended for operating from 24 March 2020 due to

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. Indrayani Express resumed its operations from 9 October 2020. However, this time train used to be hauled by

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...

Electric Locomotive since its rake sharing train Pune-Solapur Intercity Express was not permitted to resume operation.

Time Table

The Indrayani Express is the first of six dedicated trains to leave

for

and is the last train to return. 22105 Indrayani Express leaves

every day at 05:40 hrs IST and reaches

at 09:08 hrs IST. On return, the 22106 Indrayani Express leaves

every day at 18:35 hrs IST and reaches

at 21:55 hrs IST.

Runaway train incident

On the night of 1 December 1994, the Indrayani Express lost braking power after a locomotive fire near Thakurwadi cabin on the steep Bhore Ghat section between

and

Lonavla Lonavala (ISO: Loṇāvaḷā) is a hill station town and a Municipal Council in the Pune district, Maharashtra, India. It is about west of Pune and to the east of Mumbai. It is known for its production of the hard candy ''chikki'' and is also ...

. The runaway train travelled at over a 100kmph on the downhill section till it rolled to a stop in the plains. The exact reasons behind the incident are still unknown

References

External links

Dedicated Intercity trains of India This article seeks to list all the trains that ply between two cities in India. The trains listed in the set of cities must be the originating & terminating cities respectively. Only Cities with more than one train between them to be listed. Ahm ...