Amrapali Express: Difference between revisions

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| start = [[Katihar railway station|Katihar]] '''(KIR)'''

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

| class = AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved

| catering = On-board Catering, <br/> E-Catering

| stock = [[LHB Coaches]]

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

| map = [[File:Amrapali Express (Amritsar - Katihar) Route map.jpg|300px|Amrapali Express (Amritsar - Katihar) Route map]]

The 15707 / 15708 '''Amrapali Express''' is an [[Express trains in India|express]] train belonging to [[Indian Railways]] that runs between [[Katihar Junction railway station|Katihar Junction]] and [[Amritsar railway station|Amritsar Junction]] in India. It operates as train number 15707 in Up direction from Katihar Junction of North east Frontier railway to Amritsar of Northern Railway and as train number 15708 in the reverse direction.

Ambapali, also known as Ambapalika or [[Amrapali]], was a nagarvadhu (royal courtesan) of the republic of Vaishali in present-day Bihar around 500 BC. Following the Buddha's teachings she became an Arahant. She was of unknown parentage, and received her name because at her birth she was found at the foot of a mango tree in one of the royal gardens in Vaishali. The name, Ambapali or Amrapali, is derived from a combination of two Sanskrit words: "amra", meaning mango, and "pallawa", meaning young leaves or sprouts.

The 15707/15708 '''Amrapali Express''' presently has AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved and EOG cum luggage coaches. It has no pantry car coach. Although the rake comprises 22 LHB coaches, the coach Composition, however, may be amended at the discretion of [[Indian Railways]], depending on demand.

The 15707 '''Amrapali Express''' covers the distance of 1799 kilometres in 37 hours (48&nbsp;km/hr). As the average speed of the train is below 55&nbsp;km/hr, its fare does not include a superfast surcharge.

==Route & Halts==

* '''{{rws|Katihar}}'''

* {{rws|Naugachia}}

* {{rws|Khagaria Junction}}

* {{rws|Barauni}}

* {{rws|Samastipur}}

* {{rws|Muzaffarpur Junction}}

* {{rws|Hajipur}}

* {{rws|Chhapra Junction}}

* {{rws|Gorakhpur}}

* {{rws|Basti}}

* {{rws|Gonda Junction}}

* {{rws|Aishbagh||Lucknow Aishbagh}}

* {{rws|Kanpur Central}}

* {{rws|Old Delhi}}

* {{rws|Panipat}}

* {{rws|karnal}}

* {{rws|Ambala Cantonment}}

* {{rws|Ludhiana}}

* {{rws|Jalandhar City}}

* {{rws|Beas Junction}}

* '''{{rws|Amritsar}}'''

The train is hauled by a [[WAP 5]] / [[WAP 7]] locomotive of [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad|Ghaziabad]] Electric Loco Shed from {{rws|Katihar}} to {{rws|Amritsar}} and vice versa.

* 15707 '''Amrapali Express''' departs from {{rws|Katihar Junction}} daily at 22:45 hrs IST and arrives at {{rws|Amritsar Junction}} at 12:45 hrs IST after a 38 hours journey.

 

* 15708 '''Amrapali Express''' departs from {{rws|Amritsar Junction}} daily at 07:10 hrs IST and arrives at {{rws|Katihar Junction}} at 19:55 hrs IST after a 36 hours 45 minutes journey.<ref>http://www.indianrail.gov.in {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408180437/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ |date=8 April 2014 }}</ref>