Mhow Indore Passenger was a passenger train of
Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
, which ran between
Indore Junction railway station (MG) to
Mhow railway station in the
Central India
Central India refers to a geographical region of India that generally includes the states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
The Central Zonal Council, established by the Government of India, includes these states as well as Uttar Prades ...
n state 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 ...
.
In 2015, the train was cancelled due to closure of
Indore
Indore (; ISO 15919, ISO: , ) is the largest and most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The commercial capital of the state, it has been declared as the List of cleanest cities in India, cleanest city of In ...
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Mhow
Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old -Agra Mumbai Road. It is the birthplace of Babasaheb B. R. Ambedkar . ...
line for Gauge Conversion.
Arrival and departure
Train no. 52962 departed from Mhow, daily at 03:50 hrs., reaching Indore the same day at 04:40 hrs. Train no. 52979 departed from Indore daily at 22:05 hrs reaching Mhow the same day at 23:00 hrs. The train covered the 21-kilometer journey in 50 minutes with an average speed of 25 km/h.
Route and halts
The train ran via Dewas and Ujjain. The important halts of the train were:
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Indore Junction
Indore Junction (station code: INDB) is one of the Railway junction, Railway junctions in Madhya Pradesh and serves Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. The railway station of Indore Junction BG (future Indore Centr ...
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Saifi Nagar railway station
Saifee Nagar railway station (station code: SFNR) is a local railway station in Nandanvan Colony, Indore.
Station on the Delhi–Hyderabad metre-gauge line that was founded in the 1970s.
Saifee Nagar has been connected to Indore and Khandwa b ...
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Lokmanya Nagar railway station
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Rajendra Nagar railway station
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Rau railway station
The Rau railway station is one of the local railway stations in Rau, a suburb of Indore.
Rau is situated on rail line from Ratlam to Akola. Rail line is now converted from meter-gauge to broad-gauge between Ratlam and Mhow. Rau is well connect ...
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Haranya Kheri railway station
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Mhow railway station
Coach composite
The train consisted of 9 coaches :
* 9 unreserved coach
* 2 luggage/brake van coach
* 1 sleeper coach
References
Transport in Indore
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Slow and fast passenger trains in India
Railway services discontinued in 2015
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