Bathinda Jammu Tawi Express (via Firozpur)

Bathinda Jammu Tawi Express (via Firozpur)
Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Western Railway
Route
Start	Bathinda Junction
Stops	21
End	Jammu Tawi
Distance travelled	490 km (304 mi)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	19225/ 19226
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No Pantry Car attached
Observation facilities	Rake sharing with 19221/22 Somnath Express & 19223/24 Ahmedabad Jammu Tawi Express
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railway coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum ; 40.50 km/h (25 mph), including halts

Last updated March 13, 2019

19225/26 Bathinda Jammu Tawi Express is an express train belonging to the Indian Railways that run between Bathinda Junction and Jammu Tawi in India.^[1]

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.

Bathinda railway station is located in Bathinda in the Indian state of Punjab.

Jammu Tawi is a railway station in Jammu city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Service

It operates as train number 19225 from Bathinda Junction to Jammu Tawi and as train number 19226 in the reverse direction serving the states of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. The train covers a distance of 490 km (300 mi) in 12 hours, which is approximately a speed of 41 km/h (25 mph).^[2]

Punjab is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, Rajasthan to the southwest, and the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres, 1.53% of India's total geographical area. It is the 20th-largest Indian state by area. With 27,704,236 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Punjab is the 16th-largest state by population, comprising 22 districts. Punjabi is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (58%) forming the demographic majority. The state capital is Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The five rivers from which the region took its name were Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum; Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are part of the Indian Punjab.

Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India, often denoted by its acronym, J&K. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains, and shares borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. The Line of Control separates it from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north respectively, and a Line of Actual Control separates it from the Chinese-administered territory of Aksai Chin in the east. The state has special autonomy under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

Coaches

The service presently has one AC 2 Tier, two AC 3 Tier, ten Sleeper Class & three General Unreserved coaches.

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

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	SLR	GEN	S10	S9	S8	S7	S6	S5	S4	S3	S2	S1	B2	B1	A1	GEN	GEN	SLR

Routeing

The 19225/26 Bathinda Jammu Tawi Express runs from Bathinda Junction via Firozpur Cantonment, Jalandhar City Junction, Amritsar Junction, Pathankot Junction to Jammu Tawi.

Firozpur Cantonment railway station is located in Firozpur district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Firozpur, on the banks of the Sutlej River.

Jalandhar City railway station is located in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Jalandhar.

Amritsar Junction railway station is located in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Amritsar

Traction

As this route is partially electrified, a Ludhiana Junction based WDM 3A pulls the train up to its destination.

Ludhiana railway station is located in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Ludhiana. It is located in about the centre of the city and is among the most busiest railway stations of Punjab. It is also among the most cleaned railway stations of India.

The class WDM-3A is Indian Railways' workhorse diesel-electric locomotive. Since 1993, it has been manufactured in India by the Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), diesel (D), mixed traffic (M) engine. The WDM-3A is the most common diesel locomotive of Indian Railways. The WDM-3A is a later classification of earlier WDM-2C. These units have been retro-fitted with dual brakes, in addition to the air and vacuum brakes. The WDM-3A locos have a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). The gear ratio is 65:18.

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References

External links

19225 Bathinda Jammu Tawi Express at India Rail Info
19226 Jammu Tawi Bathinda Express at India Rail Info

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[1] , indiatimes.com, 19 July 2015

[2] , bhaskar.com, 3 July 2015

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