The 13351 / 13352 Dhanbad–Alappuzha Bokaro Express is an
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train belonging to
East Central Railway zone
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History
First set up on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar, East Central R ...
that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13351/13352 train numbers on a daily basis, earlier it runs between Bokaro and Chennai so it was named as Bokaro-Madrass express .
Service
The 13351/Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 2546 km in 57h. The 13352/Alappuzha–Dhanbad Express has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 2546 km in 55h 30m. From April first 2019 the train will not touch Shornur Junction, pass through link line and will halt at Ottappalam and Wadakkanchery in both directions.
Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:
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Coach composition
The train has standard
LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches. It consist one 1st AC , four 2nd AC , six 3rd AC , five Sleeper , three General second class , two SLRD/EOG & one Pantry Car Coach.
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Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction two times:
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Rakes
The train has six dedicated rakes.
It ran as link train with 18189/18190
Tatanagar–Alappuzha Express
The 18189 / 18190 Tatanagar–Ernakulam Express was an express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that ran between Tatanagar Junction and Ernakulam Junction in India. It was operated with 18189/18190 train numbers on daily basis. Ti ...
but was discontinued when Indian Railways started phasing out link services.
See also
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Alappuzha railway station
Alappuzha railway station (also known as Alleppey railway station)(station code: ALLP) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Alappuzha, Kerala and is a ...
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Dhanbad Junction railway station
Dhanbad Junction railway station, station code DHN, is a railway station of the Indian railway serving the city of Dhanbad, the headquarters of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the largest railway station in Jharkhan ...
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Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
The 22503 / 22504 Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express is a Express trains in India, Daily Superfast Express train of the Vivek Express series belonging to Indian Railways and operated by Northeast Frontier Railway zone, Northeast Frontier Rail ...
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Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Chennai)
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Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Tirupati)
Notes
External links
13351/Dhanbad–Alappuzha (Bokaro) Express13352/Alappuzha–Dhanbad (Bokaro) Express
References
Transport in Dhanbad
Transport in Alappuzha
Express trains in India
Rail transport in Jharkhand
Rail transport in West Bengal
Rail transport in Odisha
Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh
Rail transport in Tamil Nadu
Rail transport in Kerala
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