The 20651 / 20652 Bangalore City – Talaguppa Intercity Express is a Superfast train belonging to

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that runs between and

Talaguppa Talaguppa is a village located in Sagara Taluk in Karnataka State, India. The National Highway No.206 ( Bengaluru - Honnavara) passes through Talaguppa village. The village is 14.37 km from the taluk's center Sagara, 77.68 km from S ...

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. It operates as train number 20651 from to

and as train number 20652 in the reverse direction serving the state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

Coaches

The 20651 / 52 Bangalore City - Talaguppa Intercity Express has one AC chair car, five Chair car, 14 general unreserved & two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches . It does not carry a pantry car coach. 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 20651 –

Intercity Express covers the distance of in 7 hours 15 mins (52 km/h) and in 7 hours 5 mins as the 20652 Shimoga Town - Intercity Express (51 km/h). As the average speed of the train is more than , as per railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 20651 / 52 Bangalore City – Talaguppa Intercity Express runs from via , , Shimoga Town to

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Traction

As the route is not electrified, a Hubballi Loco Shed

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diesel locomotive pulls the train to its destination.

Rake maintenance and rake sharing

Rakes are maintained by Mysuru Division of South Western Railway. This train shares its rakes with

Siddhaganga Intercity Express Siddaganga Intercity Express, formerly Intercity Excpress is a daily express train that runs between Dharwad and Bengaluru in Karnataka, India and it replaced Bangalore City (KSR Bengaluru) - Hubli (Hubballi) Shatabdi Express.20651 Day 2 - 206 ...

and Wodeyar Express. Day 1 - 12613>20651 Day 2 - 20652>12725 Day 3 - 12726>12614

References

External links

16201 Intercity Express
at India Rail Info
16202 Intercity Express
at India Rail Info {{DEFAULTSORT:Bangalore City - Talaguppa Intercity Express Intercity Express (Indian Railways) trains Rail transport in Karnataka Transport in Bangalore