Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express

Indian superfast train

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Bhubaneswar Superfast Express
Overview
Service type	Superfast
First service	25 February 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-25)
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railway zone
Route
Termini	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Bhubaneswar (BBS)
Stops	20
Distance travelled	1,790 km (1,112 mi)
Average journey time	31h
Service frequency	bi-weekly
Train number(s)	12879/12880
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	On-board Catering E-Catering
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	58 km/h (36 mph), including halts

The Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Bhubaneswar Superfast Express is a Superfast train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Bhubaneswar in India. It is currently being operated with 12879/12880 train numbers on bi-weekly basis.

Service

The 12879/Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Bhubaneswar SF Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 1790 km in 31h. The 12880/Bhubaneswar - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus SF Express has an average speed of 59 km/h and covers 1790 km in 30h 25m.

Route and halts

The halts of the train are:

Coach composite

The train has Modern LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches :

1 AC II Tier
4 AC III Tier
11 Sleeper Coaches
1 Pantry Car
3 General Unreserved
2 EOG

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara based WAP-4E or Bhilai Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Bhubaneswar.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 12819/12820 Odisha Sampark Kranti Express and 22879/22880 Bhubaneswar - Tirupati Superfast Express.

Direction reversal

Train Reverses its direction twice:

Jharsuguda Junction (Discontinued w.e.f. 15 October 2019. Stoppage replaced by Jharsuguda Road)
Sambalpur Junction (Temporarily discontinued w.e.f. 21.09.2024 to 01.02.2025 due to Yard restructuring. Stoppage provided at Sambalpur City)

Notes

Runs two days in a week for every direction.

References

HALT TO MAIL/EXPRESS TRAINS
50% TATKAL TICKETS on DYNAMIC PRICING IN ANOTHER 20 TRAINS
"Costlier tatkal tickets in four more trains". The Times of India. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
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Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

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