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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Superfast |
| Current operator(s) | North Western Railways |
| Route | |
| Start | Ajmer Junction |
| Stops | 21 |
| End | Dadar Western |
| Distance travelled | 976 km (606 mi) |
| Service frequency | 3 days a week. 12990 Ajmer Dadar Express – Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday. 12989 Dadar Ajmer Express – Monday, Thursday & Saturday. |
| 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 Coach |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railway coaches |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Operating speed | 110 km/h (68 mph) maximum ,56.04 km/h (35 mph), including halts |
The 12990 / 89 Ajmer Dadar Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - North Western Railway zone that runs between Ajmer Junction and Dadar in India.
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Dadar railway station is one of the major railway stations in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It serves the Dadar area of Mumbai city. The station consists of eight platforms. It is one of the most important and busiest railway stations in Mumbai.
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 a route length of 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi) and total track length of 121,407-kilometre (75,439 mi) as of March 2017. Routes are electrified with 25 kV AC electric traction while 33% of them are double or multi-tracked.
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It operates as train number 12990 from Ajmer Junction to Dadar and as train number 12989 in the reverse direction serving the state of Rajasthan, Gujarat & Maharashtra.
Rajasthan is a state in northern India. The state covers an area of 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. Rajasthan is located on the northwestern side of India, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej-Indus river valley. Elsewhere it is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest.
Gujarat is a state on the western coast of India with 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 fifth 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 fifth-largest state economy in India with 17.02 lakh crore or US $251 billion in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of 2,83,000 Rs or $4,100. Gujarat ranks fifteenth among Indian states in human development index.
Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is the second-most populous state and third-largest state by area in India. Spread over 307,713 km2 (118,809 sq mi), it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the north west. It is also the world's second-most populous subnational entity.
It is one of two trains that connect Ajmer to Mumbai, the other train being the Ajmer Bandra Terminus Express.
Mumbai is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. As of 2011 it is the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.4 million. The larger Mumbai Metropolitan Region which includes nearby areas like Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli, Vasai-Virar, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Bhiwandi and Panvel is the second most populous metropolitan area in India and one of the most populous in the world, with a population of over 20 million. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It is also the wealthiest city in India, and has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India. Mumbai is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, and the city's distinctive ensemble of Victorian and Art Deco buildings.
The 22996 / 95 Ajmer Bandra Terminus Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - North Western Railway zone that runs between Ajmer Junction and Bandra Terminus in India.
