The 22109 / 10 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express was an AC Superfast Express express train belonging to

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that ran between

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (also known by its former name Kurla Terminus, station code: LTT) is a railhead and a major railway terminus in the Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway. The and suburban railway statio ...

and in India. It operated as train number 22109 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin and as train number 22110 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

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Rolling stock

The 22109 / 10 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express had 1 AC First Class, 4 AC 2 tier, 12 AC 3 tier and 2 End on Generator coaches. In addition, it carried a

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. All the coaches were modern high-speed

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that are manufactured in

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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 22109 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express covered the distance of 1521 kilometres in 19 hours 50 mins (76.69 km/h) and in 20 hours 00 mins as 22110 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Express (76.05 km/h). As the average speed of the train was above , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare included a Superfast surcharge.

Route

The 22109 / 10 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express ran from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via * * * * * * * to Hazrat Nizamuddin.

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified,

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Itarsi Itarsi is a city and municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India in Narmadapuram District. Itarsi is a key hub for agricultural goods and is the biggest railway junction in Madhya Pradesh. Rail services from all 4 major metropolitan cities of India ...

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s were the traditional locomotives for this train & power the train for its entire journey. It also was occasionally hauled by Bhusaval/Itarsi

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and once by a Ghaziabad

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Timings

*22109 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express used to leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus every Tuesday at 14:30 hrs IST and reached Hazrat Nizamuddin at 10:20 hrs IST the next day. *22110 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Express used to leave Hazrat Nizamuddin every Wednesday at 15:50 hrs IST and reached Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11:50 hrs IST the next day.

Sister trains

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Mumbai–New Delhi Duronto Express Mumbai–New Delhi Duronto Express, also known as Mumbai AC Duronto Express, is a 16 Coached fully air-conditioned, non-stop version of Duronto-type service running between and New Delhi. It is one of the fastest train to connect Maharashtra t ...

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Mumbai CSMT–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express The 22221 / 22222 Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin ''Rajdhani Express'' also called Central Railway (CR) Rajdhani Express is a daily train of Rajdhani class operated by Central Railway between Chhatrapati Shivaji ...

References

Northern Railways / Indian Railways Portal

Press release. Stoppage of 22109/22110 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Hazrat Nizamuddin-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Weekly AC Express at Kalyan from 19.11.2013
indianrailways.gov.in
New AC train from LTT to Delhi every Tuesday

CRS 2 Superfast Trains
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External links

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