Loknayak Express
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Service type | Express |
First service | 22 March 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22) |
Current operator(s) | North Eastern Railway |
Route | |
Termini | Chhapra Junction (CPR) Old Delhi Junction (DLI) |
Stops | 20 |
Distance travelled | 1,000 km (621 mi) |
Average journey time | 23 hrs 50 mins |
Service frequency | Weekly [a] |
Train number(s) | 15115 / 15116 |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved |
Seating arrangements | No |
Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
Catering facilities | On-board catering, E-catering |
Observation facilities | Large windows |
Baggage facilities | No |
Other facilities | Below the seats |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | LHB coach |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Operating speed | 42 km/h (26 mph) average including halts. |
The 15115 / 15116 Loknayak Express is an Express train belonging to North Eastern Railway zone that runs between Chhapra Junction and Old Delhi in India. It is currently being operated with 15115/15116 train numbers on a weekly basis.[1][2][3]
This train is named after Jayaprakash Narayan, a freedom fighter and political leader who remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he called a "total revolution". Lok Nayak means The People's Hero.
Service
The 15115/Loknayak Express has an average speed of 41 km/h and covers 1000 km in 24h 40m. The 15116/Loknayak Express has an average speed of 43 km/h and covers 1000 km in 23h 20m.
Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:
- Chhapra Junction
- Ballia
- Ghazipur City
- Aunrihar Junction
- Kerakat
- Jaunpur Junction
- Shahganj Junction
- Faizabad Junction
- Lucknow Charbagh
- Hardoi
- Shahjahanpur
- Chandausi Junction
- Moradabad Junction
- Hapur Junction
- Ghaziabad Junction
- Delhi Shahdara Junction
- Old Delhi Junction
Coach composition
The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 17 coaches:
- 1 AC II Tier
- 2 AC III Tier
- 6 Sleeper coaches
- 6 General Unreserved
- 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Gonda Loco Shed-based WDM-3A diesel locomotive from Chhapra to Old Delhi and vice versa.
Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 1 times:
See also
Notes
- ^ Runs one day in a week for every direction.
References
External links
- 15115/Loknayak Express India Rail Info
- 15116/Loknayak Express India Rail Info
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trunk lines
sections
- Agra–Bhopal section
- Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
- Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line
- Ambala–Attari line
- Amritsar–Khem Karan line
- Amritsar–Pathankot line
- Aunrihar–Jaunpur line
- Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines
- Bathinda–Rewari line
- Bathinda–Rajpura line
- Bikaner–Rewari line
- Bhanupli–Leh line
- Chandigarh–Sahnewal line
- Delhi–Fazilka line
- Delhi–Kalka line
- Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line
- Delhi–Moradabad line
- Jalandhar–Firozpur line
- Jalandhar–Jammu line
- Jammu–Baramulla line
- Jodhpur–Bathinda line
- Jodhpur–Jaisalmer line
- Kanpur–Delhi section
- Laksar–Dehradun line
- Lucknow–Gorakhpur line
- Lucknow–Moradabad line
- Ludhiana–Fazilka line
- Ludhiana–Jakhal line
- Marwar Junction–Munabao line
- Mathura–Vadodara section
- Mau–Ghazipur–Dildarnagar main line
- Merta Road–Rewari line
- Moradabad–Ambala line
- Mughalsarai–Kanpur section
- Rewari–Rohtak line
- Shri Ganganagar–Sadulpur line
- Suratgarh–Bathinda line
- Varanasi–Chhapra line
- Varanasi–Lucknow main line
- Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line
- Varanasi–Sultanpur–Lucknow line
rail transport
- Delhi Suburban Railway
- Delhi Metro (Blue
- Green
- Grey
- Magenta
- Orange
- Pink
- Red
- Violet
- Yellow)
- Rapid Metro Gurgaon
- Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway
- Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway
- Delhi–Meerut RRTS
and workshops
- Northern Railway
- North Eastern Railway
- North Central Railway
- North Western Railway
- East Indian Railway Company
- Kangra Valley Railway
- Rajputana–Malwa Railway
- Tirhut Railway
- Oudh and Tirhut Railway
- Indian Branch Railway Company
- Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
- Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway
- Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway
- Lucknow–Bareilly Railway
- Bengal and North Western Railway
- Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway
- Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway
- Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway
- Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway
- Segowlie–Raxaul Railway
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
- National Capital Region Transport Corporation
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