The 12463 / 12464 ''Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express'' is a Superfast Express train of the

Sampark Kranti Express Sampark Kranti Express trains are a series of Superfast express trains operated by the Indian Railways providing quick connectivity to the national capital, New Delhi. Overview The words ''Sampark'' and ''Kranti'' are borrowed from Sanskrit ...

series belonging to

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North Western Railway zone The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur,Rajasthan with 59,075+ employees, 658+ stations and a route length of more than 5761 km across at least some parts of four ...

that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12464 from Jodhpur to Sarai Rohilla and as train number 12463 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. This train was introduced in the interim budget of 2004 / 05 by the then Railway Minister of India Mr. Nitish Kumar.

Coaches

The 12464 / 12463 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express has 1 AC First Class cum AC 2 tier, 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 2 AC 3 tier, 3 Sleeper class, 3 General Unreserved & 2 EOG (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a

pantry car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. It is distinct from other railroad food service cars that d ...

. In addition, nine coaches of the 22464 / 63 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bikaner Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express are attached / detached from the 12464 / 63 JodhpurDelhi Sarai Rohilla Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express at .

Service

The 12464 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express covers the distance of in 10 hours 35 mins (58.20 km/hr) & in 10 hours 00 mins as 12463 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express (61.60 km/hr).

Routeing

The 12464 / 12463 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express runs from Jodhpur Junction via , , , , , Delhi Cantt to Delhi Sarai Rohilla.

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Tughlakabad Diesel Loco Shed-based

WDM-3A The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) ...

WDP-4D The EMD GT46PAC or WDP4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) of Varanasi, ...

locomotive on its entire journey.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express Transport in Delhi Transport in Jodhpur Sampark Kranti Express trains Rail transport in Rajasthan Rail transport in Haryana Rail transport in Delhi Railway services introduced in 2011