Varanasi–Kanpur Central Varuna Express

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Varanasi–Kanpur Central Varuna Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Northern Railway zone
Route
Start	Kanpur Central (CNB)
Stops	12
End	Varanasi Junction (BSB)
Distance travelled	355 km (221 mi)
Service frequency	Twice ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Train number(s)	24227/24228
On-board services
Class(es)	Chair Car, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	On-board catering E-catering
Observation facilities	ICF coaches
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	52 km/h (32 mph), including halts

The Varanasi–Kanpur Central Varuna Express is an Express train belonging to Northern Railway zone that runs between Kanpur Central and Varanasi Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 24227/24228 train numbers on five days in a week.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Service[edit | edit source]

The 24227/Varuna Express has an average speed of 52 km/hr and covers 355 km in 6h 50m. 24228/Varuna Express has an average speed of 47 km/hr and covers 355 km in 7h 30m.

Route and halts[edit | edit source]

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition[edit | edit source]

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 17 coaches:

1 Chair Car
14 General
2 Generators cum Luggage/parcel van

Traction[edit | edit source]

Both trains are hauled by a Kanpur Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Kanpur to Varanasi and vice versa.

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Runs two days in a week for every direction.

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "महामना 20 मिनट देर से और वरुणा पांच मिनट पहले जाएगी" [Mahamana will be 20 minutes late and Varuna will go five minutes earlier]. Jagran.com. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
↑ Deen Dayalu Coaches also in Varuna
↑ Varuna Express from today to Kanpur

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Orissa	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Kolkata Circular Railway Lalgola and Gede branch lines New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat line Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line Sealdah South lines Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Mughalsarai Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari Haldibari–Chilahati Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

See also

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