The Intercity Express is an express-train service in India which connects major railway junctions and
state capitals. These act as long-distance reserved and unreserved suburban trains with sitting accommodation (AC Chair Car - CC, AC Executive Chair Car EC, Anubhati class K, Vistadome EA and Non-Ac Second Sitting - 2S). These are quite fast and maintain a high average speed for short distances along with priority over other trains.
History
The first named intercity train (
Flying Ranee
The 12921/12922 ''Flying Ranee'' is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between (MMCT) and (ST) in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12922 from Surat to Mumbai Central and as train number ...
) was introduced in 1906 for providing connections between two cities from one state to other various states in India. The train left Surat station for Mumbai Central station to cover a distance of 264 km in 5 hrs 28 min and ran weekly from 1906 to 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II. Since then, it has been discontinued and restarted several times. It finally resumed operations on 1 November 1950 and has been running ever since.
The Mumbai CSMT–Pune
Deccan Queen Express, the second named intercity train in India, was introduced on 15 February 1930.
On 1 July 1992, the first intercity express was introduced between
Indore and New Delhi which is the only overnight intercity train runs between two major cities of India.
On 1 July 1997, the second intercity express train launched between
Chennai–Coimbatore &
Bengaluru–Hubbali which was the first one-day trip daily intercity express train.
Features
The trains are less expensive than other express trains and usually reach their destinations within 5–6 hours. They usually complete a round trip in a day, returning to the origin station at night and using only a single
rake
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Common meanings
* Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines
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. Generally, they have only sitting accommodations and a pantry car. Intercity-Express trains run daily, except:
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Madan Mahal–Ambikapur Intercity Express runs daily ''(on starting it runs only three days a week)''
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Jabalpur–Indore Intercity Express, three days a week
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Bhopal–Gwalior Intercity Express
The Bhopal–Gwalior Intercity Express is a superfast inter-city train service which runs between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal City, the capital of Madhya Pradesh and Gwalior Junction railway station in north Madhya Pradesh. The ...
, five days a week
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Indore–New Delhi Intercity Express, which takes 11 hours to cover the route. This train uses two rakes and also has unreserved, sleeper service and three coach classes
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Bengaluru–Ernakulam intercity express also uses 2 rakes
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Mangaluru–Coimbatore Intercity Express uses 2 rakes and which is shared with
Ernad Express
The 16605 / 16606 Ernad Express is an Express train run by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways between Mangalore Central railway station in Karnataka and Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station in Kerala.
Train number 16605 run ...
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Haldibari–Kolkata Intercity Express runs tri-weekly covering 630 km in 11 hours 10 minutes. It has Chair Car & AC Chair Car Coaches. The train is
Superfast in nature.
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Katihar–Patna Intercity Express runs except Sunday.
Named Intercity trains
The following trains are intercity-express trains, but have different names:
Normal Intercity Express trains
Intercity Express routes are (round-trip, unless noted):
Incidents
On 13 Feb 2015, at least 9 passengers were dead and over 100 passengers were injured when the
Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express derailed between Anekal Road and Hosur on Bangalore City–Salem section which lies between the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu State, In suspected some technical issue in the engine. The train was heading towards Ernakulam.
On 30 January 2016,
Ratnachal Express (12717) from Vishakhapatnam to Vijayawada was burnt in protest of reservation for Kapu community leaving no one injured according to the railway sources.
Kapu Stir Railways loses a Whopping 41 Crore at Tuni
''Times of India'', 2 February 2016, Retrieved 20 October 2020
See also
* Duronto Express
Duronto Express, translating to "restless" in Bengali, is a class of long-distance rapid trains operated by Indian Railways. Initially conceived to operate non-stop between origin and destination stations, since January 2016, these trains hav ...
* List of named passenger trains in India
* Rajdhani Express
The Rajdhani Express () is a series of passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capitals or the largest cities of various states. ''Rajdhani'', derived from the Sanskrit m ...
* Shatabdi Express
Shatabdi Express () are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways. Shatabdi Express are day trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains run at a maximum permissible speed of depending on the ...
* Express trains in India
India has a system of express trains, operated by Indian Railways which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of Government of India. , it maintains over of tracks, spanning across in route length, ...
* Rajya Rani Express
Rajya Rani trains are a series of Express trains in India, express Passenger train, trains operated by Indian Railways to connect state capitals with other cities important for tourism, pilgrimage or business.
History
The word "Rajya" means ...
References
External links
List of Indian Intercity Express Trains
{{Indian Railways
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