12171 Haridwar AC Express Departing Bhopal Junction Railway Station : Indian Railways

Описание: 12171 MUMBAI LTT - HARIDWAR AC SUPERFAST EXPRESS DEPARTING BHOPAL JUNCTION RAILWAY STATION OF WEST CENTRAL RAILWAYS.

12171/Mumbai LTT - Haridwar AC Express (PT)
मुंबई लोकमान्य टिळक टर्मिनस - हरिद्वार वातानुकूलित एक्सप्रेस मुंबई लोकमान्य तिलक टर्मिनस - हरिद्वार वातानुकूलित एक्सप्रेस
LTT/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus -- HW/Haridwar

The 12171 / 72 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Haridwar AC Superfast Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - Central Railway zone that runs between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Haridwar Junction in India.
It operates as train number 12171 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Haridwar Junction and as train number 12172 in the reverse direction serving the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi & Uttarakhand.
The 12171 / 72 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Haridwar AC Superfast Express has 1 AC 1st Class, 2 AC 2 tier, 15 AC 3 tier & 2 End on Generator coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach.
The 12171 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Haridwar AC Superfast Express covers the distance of 1771 kilometres in 29 hours 00 mins averaging 61.31 km/h (38 mph) & in 29 hours 15 mins as 12172 Haridwar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express averaging 60.55 km/h (38 mph).
The 12171 / 72 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Haridwar AC Superfast Express runs from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via Nasik Road, Bhusaval Junction, Bhopal Junction, Jhansi Junction, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Meerut City to Haridwar Junction.
12171 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Haridwar AC Superfast Express leaves Lokmanya Tilak Terminus every Monday & Thursday at 07:55 hrs IST and reaches Haridwar Junction at 13:10 hrs IST the next day.
12172 Haridwar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus AC Superfast Express leaves Haridwar Junction every Tuesday & Friday at 18:50 hrs IST and reaches Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 23:45 hrs IST the next day.
The entire route is yet to be fully electrified. Earlier, a Kalyan based WCAM 3 engine would haul the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus up to Bhusaval Junction handing over to a Bhusaval based WAP 4 until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a Tughlakabad based WDM 3A powers the train for the remainder of the journey.
With Central Railways progressively moving towards a complete changeover from DC to AC traction, it is now hauled by a Bhusaval based WAP 4 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a Tughlakabad based WDM 3A powers the train for the remainder of the journey.
As the route has now been fully electrified, it is now a end to end haul by a Bhusaval based WAP 4. More recently, a Ajni based Head on Generation enabled WAP 7 has been allocated to this train.

Bhopal Junction railway station (Station Code: BPL) is a major railway junction of India and main railway station of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This station also serves as a connecting point for various pilgrims from Asia to visit the Stupa of Sanchi, an important Buddhist stupa, which is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from this station.
The station was constructed in year 1910. The second station for the city (Bhopal Habibganj) was constructed in year 1975 and its inauguration was done by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India.
The main railway station as well as Bhopal Habibganj are selected along with 47 other railway stations to emerge as The World Class Railway Station. The Bhopal Junction and Bhopal Habibganj have already received ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATE.
The station is located at about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the city centre and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Bhopal Habibganj.
The station has 6 platforms in addition to enough waiting halls, refreshment centre, passenger ticket counter and ticket vending machines, vehicle parking, communication facility, sanitary facility and dedicated Government Railway Police force to ensure security.
Bhopal Junction Railway Station is located on the Main Delhi–Chennai route which halts more than 200 daily trains, with a total of more than 380 trains within a week. To the north of the Bhopal Junction lies Bina Junction, to the south lies Itarsi Junction. There is one track which connects Bhopal to the west with Ujjain Junction, Sehore, Ratlam Junction and Ahmedabad Junction. Also to some portion of Indore Junction, Sehore and Dewas Junction.
The Bhopal railway station has become the India's first railway station to have a sanitary napkin vending machine named as ‘Happy Nari’.
Bhopal city is the starting point for The Bhopal Shatabdi Express as well as the fastest mail express train which is also India's first ISO certified train Shaan-e-Bhopal Express.
The location of Bhopal Junction is such that the trains for almost every Indian state are available. The station halts five pairs of Rajdhani Express, two pairs of Garibrath Express, Shatabdi Express, Duronto Express and about 210 pairs of express, while 13 pairs of passenger trains.