The 12919 / 12920 Malwa Express is a

superfast express India has a system of express trains, operated by Indian Railways which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India. , it maintains over of tracks, spanning across in route length, and operates nearly 3,000 ex ...

train service of the Indian Railways connecting of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

and of

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. It is currently being operated with 12919/12920 train numbers on a daily basis. The name

Malwa Malwa () is a historical region, historical list of regions in India, region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic plateau, volcanic upland north of the ...

signifies the region of

where the city of

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is located.

History

This train was originally introduced between and

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

and was then extended to . It was the first Indian train to reach Pakistan as a diplomatic gesture. In mid 1982 contemporaneous Member of Parliament from Indore

Prakash Chandra Sethi Prakash Chandra Sethi (19 October 1919 – 21 February 1996) was an Indian National Congress politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs (1982–84) and as the 8th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (1972–75). He was twice the chief ...

became Railway Minister for a short time, Sectioned Indore New Delhi Express which is named Malwa Express. On 22 October 1985, it terminated at

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

in Pakistan running as Indore–Lahore Special, but the service was withdrawn after 55 days due to controversies. In June 2017, Malwa Express was extended up to from Jammu Tawi. It is the 5th train in India and

to get an ISO certificate, after the

Bhopal Express The 12155 / 12156 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Rani Kamalapati Express (also Shaan-e-Bhopal) is a Daily Superfast Express train service, connecting Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, India and New Delhi. It has the distinction of being the fastes ...

Rewanchal Express The 12185 / 12186 Rewanchal Express is a daily express train operated by West Central Railway's Bhopal division in India. The train's route runs between Rani Kamalapati railway station of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Rewa. Arrival and depar ...

and

Ahilyanagari Express The 22645 / 22646 Ahilyanagari Superfast Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways, running between in Madhya Pradesh and in Kerala. From February 2021, the terminal was changed to Thiruvananthapuram North instead of Thiruv ...

. In January 2019, Malwa Express was extended up to Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow) from Indore Junction. In March 2020 it gets

LHB coach Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany and produced by rail coach manufacturing units at Kapurthala, Chennai and Raebareli. They have been used since 2000 on ...

Coach composition

The train consists of 22 coaches: * 1 First AC * 2 AC II Tier * 4 AC III Tier * 2 AC Economy * 6 Sleeper class * 1 Pantry car * 4 General Unreserved * 1 SLRD * 1 EOG * There are 4 dedicated rakes for this train.

Service

*The 12919/Malwa Superfast Express has an average speed of 55 km/h and covers 1641 km in 29 hrs 20 mins. *The 12920/Malwa Superfast Express has an average speed of 55 km/h and covers 1641 km in 30 hrs 20 mins.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Placing of coaches

Placing of coach for 12919 Malwa Express. Loco-EOG-H1-A1-A2-B1-B2-B3-B4-M1-M2-PC-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-GEN-GEN-GEN-GEN-SLR-UJN Vice Versa for 12920 Malwa Express

Schedule

Reversals

The train is reversed twice at: * *

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed 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 ...

electric locomotive between Dr. Ambedkar Nagar and Bhopal Junction. After Bhopal Junction, both trains are hauled by an Itarsi Loco Shed based

electric locomotive upto

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station (station code: SVDK) is a railway station on the Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Railway Link in Reasi district in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It mainly serves for the town of ...

and vice versa.

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Train status
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