The 12125 / 12126 Pragati Superfast Express is a daily

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train plying between

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and

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via . It is operated by the

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, a zonal railway under the larger

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. Currently, it plies the distance of 187 km in 3 hours and 25 minutes.

Coaches

Pragati Express is composed of 15 LHB Coaches, as follows: * 1 AC Chair Car * 1 AC Vistadome * 6 Second Seating * 1 Unreserved coach (Reserved for Monthly Season Ticket holders) * 4 General Second Class * 1 Unreserved Ladies, Divyangjan and Brake Van * 1 Generator Luggage and Brake Van Pragati Express service is run using a single LHB rake and is maintained after every round trip in Pune at the Ghorpadi coaching depot

Service

It was inaugurated on 27 December 1991 as an alternative to the most popular train on this sector the

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. It is one of the six point-to-point express trains meant for intercity travel between Mumbai and Pune that carry thousands of regular commuters. The other five being the Sinhagad Express,

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and the

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. Although all trains have the same livery, the Pragati Express takes a different route. It takes the single line electrified route between

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and and continues towards from where it continues the rest of journey towards Mumbai CSMT. Thus it completely bypasses the

–– section of the Central Line.

Timing

The Pune–Mumbai Pragati Express Express is the 3rd of 6 dedicated trains to leave Pune Junction for Mumbai CST & is the 2nd-last train to return. 12126 Pune–Mumbai Pragati Express leaves Pune Junction every day at 07:50 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CST at 11:15 hrs IST. On return, the 12125 Mumbai–Pune Pragati Express leaves Mumbai CST every day at 16:25 hrs IST and reaches Pune Junction at 19:50 hrs IST.

Traction

When the train was introduced, it was hauled by WCM 2/3/5 DC locomotives as the route between Mumbai and Pune was under 1500 V DC. Post 2014, after conversion of DC to AC on Central Line, it has been hauled occasionally by

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-based

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) l ...

WAM-4 The Indian locomotive class WAM-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1970 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), mixe ...

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-based

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

. As of 18 April, 2025, due to an acute shortage of healthy electric locomotives in the Central Railway zone, this train is temporarily being hauled by a

WDP-4D The Indian locomotive class WDP-4 (EMD GT46PAC) is a passenger-hauling diesel–electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomoti ...

of the Pune loco shed, which were laying dormant until now. However, this train may be hauled by the regular electric locomotive link. At , it gets two or three

WAG-7 The Indian locomotive class WAG-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1990 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic ( ...

or WCAM-3 bankers of Kalyan shed to push the train on the ghat section between Karjat railway station and

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, where the gradient is 1 in 40.

Gallery

File:Pragati Express.jpg, Old Pragati Express with beautiful coach File:Pragati Express - Utkrist coaches.jpg, Pragati Express – with the new Uttamakristha coaches File:Pragati Express - 2nd Class seating - Utkrist coach.jpg, Pragati Express – 2nd Class seating – Uttamakristha coach

Sister trains

* Dedicated Mumbai–Pune Intercity trains:

References

External links

Website of the Indian Railways

Pragati Express route map
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