The 22829/22830 Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express is a
Superfast Express train belonging to
South Eastern Railway zone
The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway divis ...
that runs between of
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
and of
Kutch in India. It is currently being operated with 22829/22830 train numbers on a weekly basis.
Coach composition
The train has Modern LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches:
* 2 AC II Tier
* 6 AC III Tier
* 10 Sleeper Coaches
* 2 General Unreserved
* 2 End on Generation (EOG) Coaches
Service
22829/ Bhuj–Shalimar Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 57 km/h and covers 2419 km in 42 hrs 25 mins.
22830/ Shalimar–Bhuj Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 57 km/h and covers 2419 km in 42 hrs 25 mins.
Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Schedule
Direction reversal
Train reverses its direction one times at :
*
*
Rake sharing
Train shares its rake with 22825/22826
Shalimar–Chennai Central Weekly Superfast Express, 18009/18010
Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express
The 18009 / 18010 Santragachi–Ajmer Weekly Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 18009/18010 train numbers on a weekly ...
and 22851/22852
Santragachi–Mangalore Central Vivek Express.
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi-based
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 ...
/
WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...
HOG Equipped between Shalimar to Bhuj, and vice versa.
References
Transport in Bhuj
Rail transport in Howrah
Express trains in India
Rail transport in Gujarat
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Rail transport in Chhattisgarh
Rail transport in Odisha
Rail transport in West Bengal
Rail transport in Jharkhand
Railway services introduced in 2013
{{India-express-train-stub