Tapaswini Express
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Superfast Express Train | ||||
| Locale | Orissa, Jharkhand | ||||
| First service | 1996 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Puri | ||||
| Stops | 22 halts between Puri and Hatia | ||||
| End | Hatia | ||||
| Distance travelled | 690 km (430 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 15 hours 10 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 18451/18452 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Two AC First Class Coaches, two AC two-tier coaches, two AC 3-tier coaches,9 sleeper coaches, 3 2nd Class coaches, two SLRs | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | No pantry but food is served | ||||
| Observation facilities | Large Windows in AC classes. | ||||
| Entertainment facilities | Nil | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Under the Seats | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | 4 | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) (Broad Gauge) | ||||
| Operating speed | 55 km/h (34 mph) (average with halts) | ||||
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The Tapaswini Express is Daily Passenger train service between Hatia and Puri. The train was the first express train to be introduced with a route via Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur. 18451UP departs Hatia at 16:05 and reaches Puri at 07:15 every day. The 18452DN departs Puri at 20:40 and reaches Hatia at 11:40 every day. This train has two rakes.
This train is named after famous Odia book Tapaswini written by 19th century Odia writer Swabhabkabi Gangadhar Meher.
Route
- 1 PURI» Puri»
- 2 KUR - Khurda Road Junction
- 3 BBS - Bhubaneswar
- 4 CTC - Cuttack
- 5 DNKL - Dhenkanal
- 6 TLHD - Talcher(Train reverses direction)
- 7 ANGL - Angul
- 8 BONA - Boinda
- 9 RAIR - Rairakhol
- 10 SBPD - Sambalpur Road
- 11 SBP - Sambalpur Junction(Train reverses direction)
- 12 RGL - Rengali
- 13 JSG - Jharsuguda Junction
- 14 BEH - Baghdihi
- 15 BMB - Bamra
- 16 GPH - Garpos
- 17 GP - Rajgangpur
- 18 ROU - Rourkela Junction
- 19 NXN - Nuagaon
- 20 ORGA - Orga
- 21 BANO - Bano
- 22 PKF - Pokla
- 23 GBX - Govindpur Road
- 24 HTE - Hatia
See also
- Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Garibrath
- List of named passenger trains of India
- Superfast/Mail Trains in India
- Indian Railways - Travel Coach types and their seating / berths
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