Jaipur Superfast Express
Overview | |||||
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Service type | Superfast | ||||
Locale | Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan | ||||
First service | 30 January 1993 | ||||
Current operator(s) | Western Railways | ||||
Route | |||||
Start | Mumbai Central (MMCT) | ||||
Stops | 19 | ||||
End | Jaipur (JP) | ||||
Distance travelled | 1,162 km (722 mi) | ||||
Average journey time | 16 hours 50 minutes | ||||
Service frequency | Daily | ||||
Train number(s) | 12955 / 12956 | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Class(es) | AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper class, General unreserved | ||||
Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
Catering facilities | Available | ||||
Observation facilities | Large windows | ||||
Technical | |||||
Rolling stock | LHB coaches | ||||
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
Operating speed | 130 km/h (81 mph) maximum, 70 km/h (43 mph) average with halts | ||||
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The 12955 / 12956 Mumbai Central - Jaipur Superfast Express is one of the most important train of Western Railway running between Mumbai in Maharashtra and Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. It is the fastest train under Superfast category of trains; which are running between these two cities. The train has been upgraded with comfortable LHB coaches effectively from 1 November 2019.
Overview[]
This train is the first broad-gauge train from Jaipur Junction and it came into service on 30 January 1993. Jaipur Superfast is also informally known as Gangaur Express. Before Jaipur Junction was upgraded to broad-gauge, this train ran between Mumbai Central and Durgapura station which is another railway station in Jaipur .
It operates as train number 12955 in Down direction from Mumbai Central to Jaipur Junction and in Up direction as train number 12956 between Jaipur Junction & Mumbai Central. It covers a distance of 1162 kilometers in 16 hrs 45 mins with an average speed of 70 km/h (with halts) in Down Direction. In Up direction, the journey is completed in 16 hrs 55 mins at an average speed of 70 km/h (with halts). The train runs at maximum speed of 130 km/hr. The train is equipped with Bio toilets. A scheme of meal coupons was first experimented on this train.
Schedule[]
It leaves Mumbai Central at 19:05 hrs and arrives at Jaipur on the next day at 11.50 hrs. After halting at Jaipur it starts journey back to Mumbai Central and reaches there on the next day at 06.55 hrs.
Important Halts[]
The train halts at important stations such as Borivali, Surat, Vadodara, Ratlam, Kota, Sawai Madhopur and Durgapura in Down and Up directions.
Coach composition[]
12955 / 56 Jaipur Superfast has LHB rakes. The train has one First AC CUM second AC Coach, one Second AC Coach, 6 Third AC Coaches, 9 Second sleeper coaches, 2 Unreserved coaches, one pantry car and 2 coaches end-on-generator car for both up and down services.
Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
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EOG | GS | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | PC | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | A1 | HA1 | GS | EOG |
Traction[]
It is hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed based WAP 7 locomotive from Mumbai Central to Jaipur and vice versa. There is loco reversal at Sawai Madhopur Junction in both directions.
Gallery[]
12956 Jaipur Superfast Express
Coach HA1 – 12955 Jaipur Superfast Express
Jaipur Superfast Express at Ratlam Junction
Diesel loco for Jaipur Junction
WAP-4 loco up to Mumbai Central at Sawai Madhopur Junction
Jaipur Superfast Express ready to depart from Mumbai Central railway station Platform 1
Jaipur Superfast Express at Kota Junction
WCAM-2P locomotive was used to haul Jaipur Super between MMCT and Vadodara
Jaipur Superfast Express at Jaipur railway station
See also[]
- Indian Railways coaching stock
- Jaipur Duronto Express
- Jaipur Bandra Terminus Superfast Express
- Transport in Mumbai
- Transport in Jaipur
- Railway services introduced in 1993
- Express trains in India
- Rail transport in Gujarat
- Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
- Rail transport in Maharashtra
- Rail transport in Rajasthan