The 17001 / 17002 Secunderabad–Sainagar Shirdi Express is an

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train belonging to

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that runs between and in India.

Service

It operates as train number 17002 from Secunderabad Junction to Sainagar Shirdi and as train number 17001 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

and

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. The train covers the distance of in 16 hours 12 mins approximately at a speed of .
''South Central Railways'', 16 December 2015

Coaches

The 17002 / 01 Secunderabad–Sainagar Shirdi Express has two AC 2-tier, four AC 3-tier, 10 sleeper class, three general unreserved and two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It carries a

pantry car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a passenger railroad car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. These cars provide the highest level of service of any rai ...

. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Routing

The 17002 / 01 Secunderabad–Sainagar Shirdi Express runs from Secunderabad Junction via , , , , , , , ,

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to Sainagar Shirdi.

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified, a Vijayawada Loco Shed based

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) l ...

electric locomotive pulls the train to its destination.

References

External links

17002 Secunderabad Junction Sainagar Shirdi Express
at India Rail Info
17001 Sainagar Shirdi Secunderabad Junction Express
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