The 12561 / 12562 Swatantrata Senani Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to

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 ...

that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12561 from Jaynagar to New Delhi and as train number 12562 in the reverse direction. It services the states of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

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and

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. It reverses direction at Samastipur Junction.

Coaches

Since September 2017 the 12561/12562 Swatantra Senani Superfast Express with new LHB coach has 1 AC 1st Class, 2 AC 2 tier, 6 AC 3 tier,1 AC 3E, 6 Sleeper class, 3 General Unreserved coaches & 1 Pantry car, 1Physical Handicapped coach, and 1 power generator cars. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

Swatantra Senani SuperFast was initially introduced between

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

and

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district on the banks of Burhi Gandak River, Burhi Gandak river in the Tirhut division of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur distri ...

. Later it got extended to

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth largest city and municipal corporation in the state of Bihar in India, and is considered an important city in North Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. Darbhanga ...

and then in 2017 this train got extended to

Jaynagar Jaynagar may refer to: * Jaynagar Majilpur, a town of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal * Jaynagar Majilpur Municipality, a municipal corporation of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal * ...

The 12561 Swatantra Senani Superfast Express covers a distance of 1234 kilometers in 21 hours 8 mins (134.30 km/h) and 21 hours 12 mins as 12562 Swatantra Senani Superfast Express (124.24 km/h). As the average speed of the train is above And the average delay in fog season (December - February) is of 6hrs and 30 mins, As per Indian Railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Schedule

Route & halts

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Direction reversal

* SPJ –

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, it runs with

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 ...

Gomoh Gomoh (better known as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Junction Gomoh) is a census town in Topchanchi CD Block Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It has a major railway junction, which was renamed Netaj ...

-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 ...

(HOG)-equipped locomotive from end to end. From 13 September 2020 the operating speed of this train has been raised to 130 km/h between (Banaras) and .

Gallery

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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 ...

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Timetable

* 12561 Swatantrata Senani Superfast Express leaves Jaynagar every day at 17:20 hrs IST and reaches New Delhi at 15:40 hrs IST the next day. * 12562 Swatantrata Senani Superfast Express leaves New Delhi every day at 21:15hrs IST and reaches Jaynagar at 19:23 hrs IST the next day.

References

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