The 15159 / 15160 Sarnath Express is a legendary express train 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.
Sarnath Express being numbered as No.15159 / 15160 running from with . The then Minister of Railways, Pawan Kumar Bansal announced during Railway Budget for 2013âÂÂ2014 that the service will be extended up to and .
Both trains are hauled by a Kanpur Loco Shed or Itarsi Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Chhapra to Durg and vice versa.
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 type in addition to five General Class (UR/GS) of Corridor coach type and two SeatingâÂÂLuggage 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 â 19 June 2017 for both up and down services.
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 .