Vidarbha Express

Vidarbha Superfast Express

12105 Vidarbha Express at Chandur station
Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Central Railways
Route
Start	Mumbai CSMT (CSMT)
Stops	25
End	Gondia (G)
Distance travelled	963 km (598 mi)
Average journey time	16 hours 03 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12105 / 12106
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved/General
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No pantry car E-catering available
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum, 60.44 km/h (38 mph) average including halts
Route map

The 12105/12106 Vidarbha Superfast Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Central Railway zone that runs between Mumbai CSMT and Gondia in Maharashtra. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12105 from Mumbai CSMT to Gondia and as train number 12106 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

The 12105/12106 Vidarbha Express has 1 AC 1st Class cum AC 2 tier, 2 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 2 cum AC 3 tier, 5 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class & 4 General Unreserved coaches.

As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

The service was the first air-brake rake train from Nagpur Division of Central Railways and used to have green-blue liveried coaches when introduced with D suffixed on coach numbers at end. The rake was later on transferred to Mumbai Division when it was extended to Gondia.

Service

The 12105/12106 Vidarbha Superfast Express initially ran between Mumbai CSMT & Nagpur and was later extended to Gondia.

It is a daily service covering the distance of 967 km in 16 hours as 2105 & 16 hours 05 mins as 12106 at an average speed of 60.44 km/hr in both directions.

12105 Vidarbha Express nameplate

Vidarbha Express time table pasted inside the train

12105 Vidarbha Express AC 2 tier coach

Routing

12105/12106 Vidarbha Superfast Express runs from Mumbai CSMT via Kalyan, Igatpuri, Manmad, Bhusawal, Akola, Badnera, Nagpur, Bhandara Road to Gondia.

Traction

It is hauled by a Ajni-based WAP-7 end to end.

Trivia

The Vidarbha Express is so named as it initially plied to Nagpur which falls in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

Now engine swap do not take place in Igatpuri.

Operation

12105 Vidarbha Express leaves Mumbai CSMT every day at 19:05 hrs IST and reaches Gondia the next day at 11:15 hrs IST.

On return, the 12106 Vidarbha Express leaves Gondia every day at 14:55 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CSMT the next day at 7:00 hrs IST.

External links

• Famous Trains in India.