Howrah–Yesvantpur Superfast Express

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12863 / 12864 Howrah - Yesvantpur Superfast Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
First service15 January 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-15)
Current operator(s)South Eastern Railway zone
Route
StartHowrah Junction (HWH)
Stops33
EndYesvantpur Junction (YPR)
Distance travelled1,946 km (1,209 mi)
Service frequencyDaily [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)12863/12864
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, Pantry Car, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsNo
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesOn-board Catering
E-Catering
Observation facilitiesLHB Coaches
Entertainment facilitiesNo
Baggage facilitiesNo
Technical
Rolling stock2
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed57 km/h (35 mph), including halts
Route map
(Howrah - Yesvantpur) Express Route map.jpg

The Howrah - Yesvantpur Superfast Express is a Superfast train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Yesvantpur Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 12863/12864 train numbers on a daily basis.[1][2][3]

Service[edit]

The 12863/Howrah - Yesvantpur SF Express has an average speed of 57 km/hr and covers 1960 km in 34h 40m. The 12864/Yesvantpur - Howrah SF Express has an average speed of 57 km/hr and covers 1960 km in 34h 40m. Firstly it cuts from Katpadi Jn. and directly Connects to Renigunta Jn. with out touching Tirupati later from the year 2005 the train goes through Tirupati after cancellation of Tirupati Howrah Express. From 04.06.2019 the train is LHBfied from Howrah Jn. & from 06.06.2019 Yesvantpur. From 13.06.2019 the train is LHBfied from Howrah Jn. & from 15.06.2019 Yesvantpur 2nd rake. The train will fully LHBfied after getting the other two dedicated rakes for the route but now it has got only two rake as on 13.06.19. 3rd rake of this train will be LHBfied wef 24.07.2019 from Howrah Jn. and wef 26.07.2019 from Yesvantpur. At last the last and the 4th rake wef 29.07.2019 from Howrah Jn. and wef 31.07.2019 from Yeswantpur. Then from August 2019 the train will finally run with fully LHBfied coaches on the tracks.

In this E-Catering facility is also available at the following stations HOWRAH, KHARAGPUR, VISHAKAPATANAM, SAMALKOT, RAJAHMUNDRY, VIJAYAWADA, TENALI, NELLORE, GUDUR, RENIGUNTA AND TIRUPATI for 12863 and for 12864 at the following stations YESVANTPUR, KRISHANARAJAPURAM, VIJAYAWADA, RAJAHMUNDRY, SAMALKOT, VISHAKAPATNAM, VIZANAGARAM, BRAHMAPUR & KHURDA RD.

Route and halts[edit]

The important halts of the train are:

Station Code Station Name

12863[4]

Distance
from Source
in km 		Day

12864[5]

Distance
from Source
in km 		Day
Arrival Departure Arrival Departure
HWH Howrah Source 20:35 0 1 06:25 Destination 1959 3
SRC Santragachi ---- ---- 7 1 05:45 05:45 1952 3
MCA Mecheda 21:30 21:33 58 1 04:56 04:57 1901 3
KGP Kharagpur Junction 22:25 22:30 115 1 04:05 04:10 1844 3
BLS Balasore 23:54 23:56 231 1 02:30 02:32 1728 3
BHC Bhadrak 01:00 01:02 294 2 01:43 01:45 1665 3
JJKR Jajpur Keonjhar Road 01:36 01:38 337 2 00:55 00:57 1622 3
CTC Cuttack Junction 02:40 02:45 409 2 23:53 23:58 1550 2
BBS Bhubaneswar 03:25 03:30 437 2 23:13 23:18 1522 2
KUR Khurda Road Junction 04:00 04:10 456 2 22:35 22:45 1503 2
BALU Balugaon 05:02 05:04 527 2 21:12 21:14 1432 2
BAM Brahmapur 06:00 06:10 603 2 20:15 20:17 1356 2
PSA Palasa 07:18 07:20 678 2 19:13 19:15 1280 2
CHE Srikakulam Road 08:13 08:15 751 2 18:10 18:12 1208 2
VZM Vizianagaram 09:15 09:20 820 2 17:10 17:15 1139 2
VSKP Visakhapatnam Junction 10:40 11:00 881 2 15:55 16:15 1078 2
SLO Samalkot Junction 13:00 13:01 1032 2 12:43 12:44 927 2
RJY Rajahmundry 13:48 13:50 1082 2 12:00 12:05 877 2
TDD Tadepalligudem 14:29 14:30 1123 2 10:59 11:00 836 2
EE Eluru 15:02 15:03 1171 2 10:21 10:22 788 2
BZA Vijayawada 16:45 17:00 1231 2 09:25 09:35 728 2
TEL Tenali Junction 17:24 17:25 1262 2 08:14 08:15 697 2
BPP Bapatla 17:59 18:00 1305 2 07:29 07:30 654 2
CLX Chirala 18:11 18:12 1320 2 07:18 07:19 639 2
OGL Ongole 18:49 18:50 1369 2 06:44 06:45 590 2
NLR Nellore 20:03 20:05 1486 2 05:14 05:15 473 2
GDR Gudur Junction 21:23 21:25 1524 2 04:43 04:45 435 2
RU Renigunta 22:38 22:40 1608 2 02:50 03:00 351 2
TPTY Tirupati Main 23:00 23:05 1618 2 02:25 02:30 341 2
KPD Katpadi Junction 01:50 02:00 1722 3 00:25 00:30 237 2
JTJ Jolarpettai Junction 03:18 03:20 1807 3 22:55 23:00 152 1
KPN Kuppam 03:49 03:50 1848 3 21:34 21:35 111 1
BWT Bangarapet Junction 04:43 04:45 1882 3 21:13 21:15 77 1
KJM Krishnarajapuram 05:38 05:40 1938 3 20:11 20:13 21 1
BAND Banaswadi 06:23 06:25 1944 3 19:56 19:58 15 1
YPR Yeshvantapur 07:15 Destination 1959 3 Source 19:35 0 1

Coach composite[edit]

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 24 coaches :

  • 1 AC II Tier
  • 4 AC III Tier
  • 13 Sleeper Coaches
  • 3 General Unreserved
  • 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
  • 1 Pantry Car

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches :

  • 1 AC II Tier
  • 4 AC III Tier
  • 12 Sleeper Coaches
  • 2 General Unreserved
  • 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
  • 1 Pantry Car

For ICF Rake

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
BSicon LDER.svg SLR GN GN S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 PC S13 B1 B2 B3 B4 A1 GN SLR
  • SLR consists of Seating cum Luggage Coach
  • GN consists of GENERAL Coach
  • B consists of AC 3 Tier Coach
  • A consists of AC 2 Tier Coach
  • PC consists of Pantry Car Coach
  • S consists of SLEEPER Coach

For LHB Rake

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
BSicon LDER.svg SLR GN S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 PC S12 B1 B2 B3 B4 A1 GN SLR
  • SLR consists of Seating cum Luggage Coach
  • GN consists of GENERAL Coach
  • B consists of AC 3 Tier Coach
  • A consists of AC 2 Tier Coach
  • PC consists of Pantry Car Coach
  • S consists of SLEEPER Coach

Loco Traction[edit]

Train is hauled by WAP-7 loco. Both trains are hauled by a Santragachi Electric Loco Shed based WAP-4 electric locomotives till Yeshwanthpur and vice versa.

Direction Reversal[edit]

Train Reverses its direction 1 times:

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

Train leaves Yesvantpur at 7:35 PM Daily and reach Howrah on 3 days at 06:25 AM

Train leaves Howrah at 8:35 PM Daily and reach Yesvantpur 3 day at 7:15 AM

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "South Central Railway – Seven Trains Rescheduled due to Traffic Block". scr.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Subway work: Trains rescheduled - ANDHRA PRADESH". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Press Information Bureau – Installation of Bio Toilets in Railways". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/train/howrah-yesvantpur-super fast-express-12863-hwh-to-ypr/7869/1/997
  5. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/train/yesvantpur-howrah-super fast-express-12864-ypr-to-hwh/7868/997/1

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2018-09-22/Huge-robbery-in-Yeshwantpur-express-victims-complained-to-Kachiguda-railway-police/413542

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