Haridwar–Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express: Difference between revisions

| start = [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] '''(ASR)'''

| end = [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] '''(HW)'''

| journeytime = 7 hours 20 minutes as 12053 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]], 7 hours 00 minutes as 12054 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]]

| catering = No [[Dining car|Pantry car coach]] attached

| stock = [[ICF Coaches]]

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}}

The 12054 / 12053 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] - [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] is a [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] - [[Northern Railway zone]] that runs between [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] and [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] in [[India]] serving the states of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] & [[Uttarakhand]].

It operates as train number 12054 from [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] to [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] and as train number 12053 in the reverse direction.

For 3 days a week, the slip coaches of the 12057/58 [[Una Jan Shatabdi Express]] are attached / detached to the train at [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala Cantonment Junction]].

The 12054 / 53 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] presently has 1 AC Chair Car & 8 Second Class Jan Shatabdi seating coaches.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of [[Indian Railways]] depending on demand.

The 12054 / 53 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] covers the distance of 407 kilometres in 7 hours 00 mins (58.14 km/hr) as 12054 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] & in 7 hours 35 mins (53.67 km/hr) as 12053 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]].

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/hr, as per [[Indian Railway]] rules, its fare includes a [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]] surcharge.

The 12054 / 53 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] runs from [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] via [[Jalandhar City railway station|Jalandhar City]], [[Ludhiana railway station|Ludhiana]], [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala Cantonment Junction]], [[Saharanpur Junction railway station|Saharanpur Junction]] to [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]].

Despite electrification of the 250 km stretch between [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] & [[Ambala Cantonment railway station|Ambala Cantonment Junction]], a [[Ludhiana railway station|Ghaziabad]] based [[WAP-7|WAP 7]] or [[WAP 5]] locomotive powers the train for its entire run.

12054 [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] leaves [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] every day except Thursday at 06:55 hrs IST and reaches [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] at 13:55 hrs IST on the same day.

 

12053 [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar]] [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar]] [[Janshatabdi Express]] leaves [[Haridwar railway station|Haridwar Junction]] every day except Thursday at 14:30 hrs IST and reaches [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] at 22:05 hrs IST on the same day.

*{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/railways-moots-proposal-to-double-number-of-coaches-on-amritsarharidwar-shatabdi/837314/|title=Railways moots proposal to double number of coaches on Amritsar-Haridwar Shatabdi - Indian Express|publisher=archive.indianexpress.com|accessdate=2014-05-30}}

*{{cite web|url=http://www.railnews.co.in/faulty-wire-stop-rail-traffic-on-amritsar-delhi-route-for-three-hours/|title=Faulty wire stop rail traffic on Amritsar-Delhi route for three hours | RailNews|publisher=railnews.co.in|accessdate=2014-05-30}}

*{{cite web|url=http://earlytimesnews.com/newsdet.aspx?q=4182|title=PM flags off the Amritsar-Haridwar train - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir|publisher=earlytimesnews.com|accessdate=2014-05-30}}

*{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org|title=[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.|publisher=irfca.org|accessdate=2014-05-30}}

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