The 12139 / 12140 Sewagram Superfast Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to

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that runs between Mumbai CSMT and in India. It operates as train number 12139 from Mumbai CSMT to Nagpur Junction and as train number 12140 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

The 12139/40 Mumbai CSMT Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class and 5 General Unreserved coaches. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 12139 Mumbai CSMT Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express covers the distance of 837 kilometres in 15 hours 10 mins (55.19 km/h) and in 15 hours 00 mins (55.80 km/h) as 12140 Nagpur Mumbai CSMT Sewagram Superfast Express.

Routeing

The 12139/12140 Sewagram Superfast Express runs via ,

Nashik Road Nashik Road (sometimes referred to as Nasik Road) is a suburb of Nashik that contains the city's railway station. The name 'Nashik Road' was originally used for the town surrounding the station (about 8 km or 5 miles southwest from the heart ...

, , Akola Junction, , to . The slip coaches of the Mumbai CSMT Balharshah are detached/attached at .

Traction

The train is hauled by an Ajni 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 end to end.

Time table

12139 Mumbai CSMT Nagpur–Sewagram Superfast Express leaves Mumbai CSMT daily at 15:00 hrs IST and reaches Nagpur Junction at 06:10 hrs IST the next day. 12140 Nagpur Mumbai CSMT–Sewagram Superfast Express leaves Nagpur Junction daily at 20:50 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CSMT at 11:40 hrs IST the next day.

Gallery

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Ajni Ajni railway station (station code:- AJNI) is a railway station in vicinity of Nagpur in Maharashtra on Delhi–Chennai line. It is situated at a distance of about 2.8 km from Nagpur railway station. There are plans to develop it as a t ...

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locomotive File:12139 Sewagram Express - Nagpur bound Sleeper Class coach.jpg, 12139 Sewagram Express – Nagpur-bound

Sleeper Class The sleeping car or sleeper (often ) is a railway passenger car (rail), passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the main American innovator and owner of sl ...

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References

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