The Sinhagad Express is an Intercity Express train which plies daily between the cities of

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and

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in India. It is operated by the

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and comes under the Central Railway zone and is one of the six point-to-point express trains which carry thousands of passengers daily between

and

, the other five being

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and

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. Sinhgad Express is named after the fort of

Sinhgad Sinhagad is an ancient hill fortress located at around 49 km southwest of the city of Pune, India. Previously known as ''Kondhana'', the fort had been the site of many battles, most notably the Battle of Sinhagad in 1670. The Sinhagad ...

which means a Lion's Fort located in Pune.

Schedule

Sinhagad Express departs from

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at 06:05

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and reaches

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at 09.55 IST. It leaves

on the same day at 17:50 IST and reaches

at 21:50 IST on the same day. It covers a distance of 192 km in one direction during its journey. Its train number is 11010 while travelling from

, whereas the train number is 11009 during the return journey from

Routeing

The 11010 / 09 Sinhagad Express runs from via , , , , , , , Dadar Central to

Traction

This train is hauled by a

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-based

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locomotive end to end. Currently now this train is hauled by a

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locomotive end to end.

Gallery

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locomotive File:11009 Sinhagad Express - Train board with WCAM 3 locomotive.jpg, 11009 Sinhagad Express – Train board with

locomotive

References

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