''The 12417 / 12418 Prayagraj S. F Express'' is a daily Overnight Superfast Express VVIP train which runs between the cities of

Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

(earlier known as ''Allahabad'') and New Delhi, India. Prayagraj Express along with Shram Shakti Express,

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and Shaan-e-Bhopal Express enjoys highest priority all over the route.

Rakes

This train used

ICF coach The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach is a conventional Passenger railroad car, passenger coach used on the majority of Indian Railways (IR) lines. Between 1955 and 2018, more than 54,000 were produced and some were exported to other countries ...

till December 2016. On 18 December 2016, replacing the old ICF coach, this train got new German LHB rakes with a total of 24 coaches. Modern

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 ...

with a MPS (Maximum Permissible Speed) of 160 km/h are more comfortable. The new coaches, based on a German technology Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB), are made of stainless steel which do not turn turtle during accidents. The light-weight coaches will also improve the train's speed. Bigger windows, biotoilets, lamps at all AC seats and sound insulation are the other features.

Schedule

12417 PRAYAGRAJ EXPRESS departs Prayagraj Junction every day at 07.00 AM IST and arrives New Delhi at 10.10 PM IST 12418 PRAYAGRAJ EXPRESS departs New Delhi at 07.00 AM IST and arrives Prayagraj Junction at 10.10 PM IST

Coaches

This train runs with two AC first-class coach, five AC 2 tier coaches, three AC 3 tier coaches, one AC 3 tier economy coach, nine sleeper coaches, two general coaches along with two EOG coaches. Thus, having a total of 24 LHB coach. It is the only train in India to be running with 24 LHB coach.

Route & Halts

It runs from Allahabad Junction via , , , to New Delhi.

Traction

It is hauled by a

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

-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 ...

locomotive on its entire journey.

Accident

In dense fog, on 2 January 2010, the Gorakhdham Express and Prayagraj Express collided near the Panki railway station near

, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow. Ten people died and about 54 were injured.

References

1.
10 killed as trains collide in dense fog U.P.
. The Hindu. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

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