The 22943 / 22944 Indore–Daund Superfast Express is a superfast train of the

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which runs between in

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and in

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. In late 2020 its rakes had been upgraded to

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. This train earlier had the numbers 19311/19312 until July 2016, when railways decided to upgrade its service from Mail/Express to Superfast and introduced Indore-Pune Express which went through Karjat-Panvel-Vasai Road route, instead of Karjat-Kalyan-Vasai Road. Until late 2020s, This train used to run till

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only, later on railways extended it to

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for traffic regulation purposes at Pune Railway Junction. It is the only rail connection between

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and

since Indore–Pune Express (via Panvel) got cancelled permanently.

Service

*22943/Daund–Indore Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 1038 km in 18 hrs 30 mins. *22944/Indore–Daund Superfast Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 1038 km in 18 hrs 00 mins. *It has a maximum permissible speed of 130 km/h.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are; * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * .

Schedule

Coach composition

*Note – The coach composition shown here is for 22943 (Daund to Indore), For 22944 (Indore to Daund) the composition will be flipped.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 19315/19316 Veer Bhumi Express.

Traction

It is hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed based

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electric locomotive on its entire journey.

References

External links

22943/Pune–Indore Superfast Express
India Rail Info
22944/Indore–Pune Superfast Express
India Rail Info {{DEFAULTSORT:Indore- Daund Superfast Express Transport in Indore Transport in Pune Express trains in India Railway services introduced in 1999 Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh Rail transport in Maharashtra Rail transport in Gujarat 1999 establishments in India