Secunderabad–Darbhanga Express

(Redirected from Secunderabad - Darbhanga Express) Train in India

Overview

Service type

Express

First service

14 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-14)

Current operator(s)

South Central Railway

Route

Termini

Secunderabad (SC)
Darbhanga (DBG)

Stops

Distance travelled

1,917 km (1,191 mi)

Average journey time

39 hrs 45 mins

Service frequency

Bi-weekly

Train number(s)

17007 / 17008

On-board services

Class(es)

AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved

Seating arrangements

Yes

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

On-board catering,
E-catering

Observation facilities

Large windows

Baggage facilities

Other facilities

Below the seats

Technical

Rolling stock

ICF coach

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

49 km/h (30 mph) average including halts.

Route map

The 17007 / 17008 Secunderabad–Darbhanga Express is a Superfast Express trains in India train belonging to South Central Railway zone that runs between Secunderabad Junction and Darbhanga in India. It is currently being operated with 17007/17008 train numbers on bi-weekly basis. The train was cancelled due to closure of Dhanbad–Chandrapura line. As the train service between Dhanbad and Chandrapura line is resumed, this train is restored and will follow its older route from 2 July 2019 as 17007 Secunderabad Darbhanga Express and from 5 July 2019 as 17008 Darbhanga Secunderabad Express with slightly modified timetable.

Service

The 17007/Secunderabad–Darbhanga Express has an average speed of 51 km/h and covers 1917 km in 39h 5m. The 17008/Darbhanga–Secunderabad Express has an average speed of 52 km/h and covers 1917 km in 39h 5m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 21 coaches:

2 AC II Tier
4 AC III Tier
10 Sleeper coaches
5 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

The route is fully electrified, both trains are hauled by a Lallaguda Loco Shed-based WAP-7 or Vijayawada Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Secunderabad to Darbhanga and vice versa.

Notes

References

External links

17007/Secunderabad–Darbhanga Express India Rail Info
17008/Darbhanga–Secunderabad Express India Rail Info

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Railway companies

Accidents
and incidents

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