Aravali Express

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Amrapur Aravali Express
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Overview
Service type Express
Current operator(s) North Western Railway
Route
Start Jaipur Junction (JP)
Stops37
End Bandra Terminus (BDTS)
Distance travelled1,107 km (688 mi)
Service frequencyDaily
On-board services
Class(es) AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesPantry Car attached
Observation facilitiesNo Rake Sharing
Technical
Rolling stock Standard Indian Railway coaches
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph) maximum
50.61 km/h (31 mph), including halts
Route map
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The 19707/19708 Amrapur Aravali Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between Jaipur Junction and Mumbai in India. It operates as train number 19707 from Bandra Terminus to Jaipur Junction and as train number 19708 in the reverse direction. It is named after Amrapur darbar famous temple in Jaipur and Aravalli Range of mountains that stretches across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana & Delhi. [1] [2] [3]

Indian Railways Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the Government of India

Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, with 121,407 kilometres (75,439 mi) of total track over a 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi) route. Eighty percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty three percent of them are double or multi-tracked.

Aravalli Range Mountain range in western India

The Aravalli Range(Devanagari: आरवल्लि ) is a range of mountains running approximately 692 km (430 mi) in a southwest direction, starting in North India from Delhi and passing through southern Haryana, through to Western India across the states of Rajasthan and ending in Gujarat.

Gujarat State in India

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India, a coastline of 1,600 km (990 mi) – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million. It is the sixth largest Indian state by area and the ninth largest state by population. Gujarat is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Daman and Diu to the south, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Its capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujarati-speaking people of India are indigenous to the state. The economy of Gujarat is the third-largest state economy in India with 14.96 lakh crore (US$210 billion) in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of 157,000 (US$2,200).

Contents

Coaches

The 19707/19708 Amrapur Aravali Express presently has 2 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved, 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake coaches & 1 Pantry Car.

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

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19707 Aravali Express at Bandra Terminus
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Service

The 19707 Amrapur Aravali Express covers the distance of 1107 kilometres in 22 hours 05 mins (50.51 km/hr) & in 21 hours 55 mins as 19708 Amrapur Aravali Express (50.70 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is below 55 km/hr, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Route

The 19707/19708 Amrapur Aravali Express runs from Bandra Terminus via Surat, Vadodara Junction, Ahmedabad Junction, Abu Road, Marwar Junction, Ajmer Junction to Jaipur Junction and vice versa.

Bandra Terminus railway station railway terminus in Mumbai, India

Mumbai Bandra Terminus is a railway terminus in Bandra from where trains bound for Northern India and Western India are scheduled regularly. It was built in the 1990s to decongest the main Mumbai Central station. It is one of the five railway terminus within Mumbai City. The other four terminals are – Mumbai CSMT, Mumbai Central, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Dadar. It is close to 'Bandra-Kurla Complex', a commercially important part of Mumbai as well as Mumbai Airport.

Surat railway station railway station serving Surat city in India

Surat Railway Station is an Indian railway station serving Surat, beside Gothangam, Kosad, Uttran, Udhna Junction, Bhestan, Niol and Sachin. It is under the administrative control of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai rail route. The railway station was built in 1860.

Vadodara Junction railway station main station in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Vadodara Junction railway station is the main station in the Indian city of Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the ninth busiest railway station in India in terms of frequency of trains after Kanpur Central, Vijayawada Junction, Delhi Junction, New Delhi, Ambala Cant, Howrah, Patna Junction and Asansol Junction and busiest in Gujarat state and as well as a major stop on the western railway zone of Indian railways. Around 170 trains starts, ends, or passes through the station daily.

Traction

Prior to Western Railway switching to the AC traction, it would be hauled by a WCAM 1 engine until Ahmedabad Junction after which a WDP 4 from the Bhagat ki Kothi shed until Jaipur Junction.

Western Railway zone

The Western Railway is one of the seventeen zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railway networks in India. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Mumbai Central - Ratlam, Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad and Palanpur - Ahmedabad. The railway system is divided into six operating divisions: Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ratlam, and Mumbai Central. Vadodara railway station, being the junction point for the Ahmedabad - Mumbai route and the Mumbai - Ratlam route towards New Delhi, is the busiest junction Station in Western Railways and one of the busiest junctions of Indian Railways too, while Ahmedabad Division earns highest revenue followed by Mumbai Division and Vadodara Division. Surat railway station is one of the busiest railway station in Western Railway in non-junction category where more than 160 trains pass per day.

Since Western Railway switched over to AC traction in February 2012, it is now hauled by a WAP 4E or WAP 5 from the Vadodara shed until Ahmedabad Junction after which a WDP 4 from the Bhagat ki Kothi shed takes over until Jaipur Junction.

Timetable

19707 Amrapur Aravali Express leaves Bandra Terminus every day at 20:55 PM IST and reaches Jaipur Junction at 19:00 PM IST the next day.

19708 Amrapur Aravali Express leaves Jaipur Junction every day at 08:40 AM IST and reaches Bandra Terminus at 06:35 AM IST the next day.

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References

  1. "Bandra Terminus - Jaipur Aravali Express re-named as "AMRAPUR ARAVALI EXPRESS"". Western Railways.
  2. "19707/Bandra Terminus - Jaipur Amrapur Aravali Express". India Rail Info.
  3. "19708/Jaipur - Bandra Terminus Amrapur Aravali Express". India Rail Info.