Vaishali Express

Vaishali SF Express
Overview
Service type	Superfast
Status	Operating
Current operator(s)	Indian Railways
Route
Start	New Delhi (NDLS)
Stops	19
End	Barauni Junction (BJU)
Distance travelled	1187 km
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12553 / 12554 ^[1]
On-board services
Class(es)	First AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available (Paid)
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Track gauge	Broad Gauge
Operating speed	Maximum - 110 km/hr, Average - 56.5 km/hr

Vaishali Express, is a daily superfast train service, connecting Barauni in East Central India to New Delhi. It also has the distinction of being the fastest non-Shatabdi, non-Rajdhani in India after Bhopal Express being the first train to be certified for quality at the ISO 9000 level. It covers the 1185 kilometres between Barauni Junction and New Delhi in twenty one hours. It is the most punctual train in North India and has maximum number of coaches(24 Coaches). Vaishali Express awarded by ISO 9000 on 1 May 2012. It is one of the high priority trains in North India. Vaishali Express is the one of among four popular train to which Rail Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced to provide with the world-class passenger amenities and interiors in Rail Budget 2006.^[1]

Journey

The down train leaves New Delhi railway station at 19:50 hrs and reaches Barauni Junction at 17:15 hrs. Up train leaves Barauni Junction at 09:30 hrs and reaches New Delhi at 06:30 hrs.
The train does an engine reversal at Lucknow replacing WAP-4 with WDP4B and vice versa.
During its journey, the train is scheduled to stop at the following stations:

New Delhi → Ghaziabad → Aligarh district → Tundla Junction → Etawah → Kanpur Central → Lucknow → Barabanki → Gonda → Basti, Uttar Pradesh → Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh → Gorakhpur → Deoria, Uttar Pradesh → Siwan, Bihar → Chhapra → Sonepur, Bihar → Hajipur Junction → Muzaffarpur Junction → Samastipur → Dalsinghsarai → Barauni Junction

The train completes its journey of 1185 Kilometers in 21 hours.

Coaches and Facilities

Vaishali Express runs usually with 24 coaches Rake/Coach Composition ENG-SLR-D1-D2-S1 TO S10-PC-B1-B2-A1-A2-HA1-H1-D3-D5-SLR.; The 12553 Barauni-New Delhi Vaishali Express Train will be augmented on permanent basis by one additional sleeper coach from 04-09-11 when departing from Barauni. Train Consists pantry car with good food quality according to Customer satisfaction.
Vaishali Express is also known for its huge crowd of passengers. It got the record of holding highest number of waitlisted reservations, i.e. 1586/1399 in sleeper and 768/662 in AC 3-Tier.

Schedule History

Last month in April,2015 the train was late on 21 days,it came on time thrice and was running earlier than schedule on five days. Maximum delayed time of the train was 4 hr 23 min ^[2]

Train detail

**Detail of Vaishali Express**
Train No.	Sector	Departure	Arrival	Frequency	Average Speed	Stops	Distance
12553	Barauni Junction – New Delhi	09:30	06:30	Daily	56 km	DSS, SPJ, MFP, HJP, SEE, CPR, SV, DEOS, GKP, KLD, BST, GD, BBK, LKO, CNB, ETW, TDL, ALJN, GZB	1186 km
12554	New Delhi – Barauni Junction	19:50	17:15	Daily	55 km		1186 km

References

1 2 "Train timings". Retrieved 2007-04-05.
↑ http://runningstatus.in/history/12553/lastmonth

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National network/ trunk lines	Grand Chord Howrah–Delhi main line Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line Sahibganj Loop Barauni-Guwahati line Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line

Lines around Patna	Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Gaya line Asansol-Patna section Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line

Lines around Gaya	Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line Gaya–Kiul line Asansol-Gaya section Patna–Gaya line

Lines around Muzaffarpur	Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Hajipur line Muzaffarpur- Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur-Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur-Hajipur section Muzaffarpur-Samastipur section Muzaffarpur-Raxaul section Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi section Barauni-Samastipur section Muzaffarpur-Chhapra line (Under Construction) Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga line (Under Construction) Muzaffarpur-Janakpur Road line (Under Construction)

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