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Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express

The 12907 / 12908 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express is a Sampark Kranti Superfast Express train that operates between in Mumbai and in Delhi, India.

It is the fastest non premium train of Indian Railways with average speeds competing with many Rajdhani trains.

Background

This train was introduced as one of the Sampark Kranti trains announced by the then-Railway Minister Nitish Kumar in the 2004/2005 rail budget. It originally departed from and, after a stop at , ran non-stop to , except for operational halts. Due to low ridership, the operational stops were changed to commercial stops. It now also halts at , and for crew changes. It formerly used ICF coach cars, but has used LHB rakes cars since 15 January 2017.

Coach composition

The train uses standard LHB rakes cars and has a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches:

  • 1 AC I Tier
  • 2 AC II Tier
  • 6 AC III Tier
  • 8 Sleeper coaches + SLR
  • 1 Pantry car
  • 3 General
  • 1 End-on Generator

Stoppage

Traction

As the Western Railway has switched to AC traction, is now an operational halt. It is hauled end-to-end by an Vadodara-based WAP-7 (HOG) equipped locomotive.

From April 2018, bio toilets were installed in this train. In August 2016, along with a few other trains, this train was selected to run advertisements on the coaches.

The train was temporarily halted during COVID19 and was restarted in January 2022.

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