The 12643 / 44 Swarna Jayanti Superfast Express is a

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train belonging to

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Southern Railway zone that runs between and in

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. It operates as train number 12643 from to and as train number 12644 in the reverse direction serving the states of

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

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and

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Coaches

The 12643 / 44 Swarna Jayanti Superfast Express has one AC 2-tier, five AC 3-tier, 11 Sleeper Class, two general unreserved & two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches and two high capacity parcel van coaches. It carries a pantry car coach. 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 12643 - Swarna Jayanti Superfast Express covers the distance of in 50 hours 55 mins (59 km/hr) & in 53 hours 45 mins (56 km/hr) as the 12644 - Swarna Jayanti Superfast Express. • 12643 express departs TVC on Tuesdays and arrives NZM on Thursday. • 12644 express departs NZM on Fridays and arrives TVC on Sunday. • This train runs on a weekly basis. As the average speed of the train is higher than , as per railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 12643 / 44 Swarna Jayanti Superfast Express runs from via , , , , , , , , , , , , , to .

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, an or based

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

or WAP-7 locomotive powers the train end-to-end.

References

External links

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