The 11205 / 06 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express is an

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train belonging to

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that runs 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

Karimnagar Karimnagar is also known as Elagandula (Ancient name) is a city and District Headquarters in the Indian state of Telangana. Karimnagar is a major urban agglomeration and fifth largest City in the state. It is governed by Municipal corporation a ...

in India. It operates as train number 11205 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Karimnagar and as train number 11206 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

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. It was started as Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Nizamabad Express on 27 October 2013, after 5 years on 26 December 2018 it was extended to Karimnagar and now runs as Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express.

Coaches

The 11205 / 06 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express has 1 AC 2 tier, 2 AC 3 tier, 6 Sleeper Class, 11 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a

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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.

Rake sharing

The 11205 / 06 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express has a rake sharing arrangement with 11202 / 01

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as follows: * 11205 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express leaves Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Saturday reaching Karimnagar on Sunday. * 11206 Karimnagar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express leaves Karimnagar on Sunday arriving at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus on Monday.

Service

11205 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express covers the distance of in 16 hours 35 mins (42.51 km/h) and in 14 hours 40 mins as 11206 Karimnagar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express (48.07 km/h).

Routing

The 11205 / 06 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karimnagar Express runs from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via , , , ,

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, Jalna, , , Nizamabad,

Armoor Armoor is a town in Nizamabad district in the state of Telangana in India. Armoor is situated on NH 7 and NH 63. In earlier days, it was called Navanathapuram since it has nine mountains around the town Armoor (9 mountains) is a variation of it ...

, ,

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and Karimnagar.

Traction

As entire route is fully electrified an

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locomotive powers the train for its entire journey.

References

External links

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