The 11103 / 04 Jhansi–Bandra Express is an

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train belonging to

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that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 11103 from Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction to Bandra Terminus and as train number 11104 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

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Coaches

The train has

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 ...

with max speed of 160 km/hour. The train consists of 15 coaches: * 3 AC 3 tier * 4

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* 6 Unreserved/General * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

11103 Jhansi–Bandra Terminus Express covers the distance of 1318 kilometres in 23 hours 55 mins & in 25 hours 35 mins as 11104 Bandra Terminus–Jhansi Express .

Route and Halts

The 11103 / 04 Jhansi–Bandra Terminus Express runs from Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction via , , , , , , to Bandra Terminus and vice versa.

Reversals

Train reverses direction of travel only once at .

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 11105/11106

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Traction

Upon introduction, despite electrification of at least 739 km (56%) of the route between & Bandra Terminus, it was hauled end to end by a

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. It is now hauled by a Jhansi-based

WDM-3D The Indian locomotive class WDM-3D is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 2003 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) engi ...

between Jhansi Junction & handing over to a

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WAP-4E 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) ...

WAP-5 The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is the name of a class of "High Speed" electric locomotives produced and used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of th ...

Schedule

References

External links

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