The 15159 / 15160 Sarnath Express is a legendary
express train
An express train is a type of passenger train that makes few or no stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, providing faster service than local trains that stop at many or all of the stations along their ...
belonging to
North Eastern Railway connecting with . Sarnath Express initially used to run between Varanasi Junction and Durg Junction, whereas at present, the service extended up to Chhapra Junction.
Overview
Sarnath Express being numbered as No.15159 / 15160 running from with .
The then
Minister of Railways
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Pawan Kumar Bansal
Pawan Kumar Bansal (born 16 July 1948) is an Indian National Congress politician, who was appointed as the interim treasurer in November 2020 and a former minister in the Manmohan Singh government. He represented Chandigarh constituency in the ...
announced during
Railway Budget
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for 2013–2014 that the service will be extended up to and .
Route & halts
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Traction
Both trains are hauled by a
Kanpur Loco Shed or
Itarsi 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 from Chhapra to Durg and vice versa.
Rakes
The service has one First A/C (HA1), two Second A/C (2A), eight Third A/C (3A) and 05 Sleeper Class (LS) of
Couchette car
A couchette car is a railway carriage conveying non or semi-private sleeping accommodation.
Overview
The car is divided into a number of compartments (typically 8 to 10) accessed from the side corridor of the car, which in daytime are configur ...
type in addition to five General Class (UR/GS) of
Corridor coach
A corridor coach is a type of railway passenger coach divided into compartments and having a corridor down one side of the coach to allow free movement along the train and between compartments.
The idea of connecting railway coaches by means of ...
type and two Seating–Luggage rakes (SLR). During 16 March 2017, it was announced by
North Eastern Railway zone that an additional Third A/C coach will be added to the existing for a period of three months from 19 March 2017 – 19 June 2017 for both up and down services.
Route
The service originates as Train.No.15159 from and traverses through Ghazipur City, , , a satellite station of Bilaspur, Raipur before it reaches final destination at .
The return journey commences as Train.No.15160 and follows the same route to the destination at .
Notes
References
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Transport in Chhapra
Transport in Durg
Named passenger trains of India
Rail transport in Bihar
Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Rail transport in Chhattisgarh
Express trains in India