Haridwar–Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express

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Amritsar - Haridwar
Jan Shatabdi Express

Overview

Service type

Superfast Express, Jan Shatabdi Express

First service

27 September 2006; 18 years ago (27 September 2006)

Current operator(s)

Northern Railways (NR)

Route

Termini

Amritsar (ASR)
Haridwar (HW)

Stops

Distance travelled

407 km (253 mi)

Average journey time

7 hours 20 minutes as 12053 Haridwar–Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express, 7 hours 00 minutes as 12054 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express

Service frequency

Six days a week

Train number(s)

12053 / 12054

On-board services

Class(es)

AC Chair Car, Second Class seating

Seating arrangements

Yes

Sleeping arrangements

Catering facilities

No pantry car attached

Observation facilities

Runs with slip coaches of 12063/12064 Una Jan Shatabdi Express

Technical

Rolling stock

ICF coach

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

110 km/h (68 mph) maximum,
55.82 km/h (35 mph) average including halts

Route map

Legend

12053 ↓

Haridwar

border

border

Ambala Cantonment Junction

border

Jalandhar City Junction

Beas Junction

12054 ↑

Amritsar Junction

The 12054 / 12053 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between Amritsar Junction and Haridwar Junction in India, serving the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand.

It operates as train number 12054 from Amritsar Junction to Haridwar Junction and as train number 12053 in the reverse direction.

For 3 days a week, the slip coaches of 12057/58 Una Jan Shatabdi Express are attached / detached to the train at Ambala Cantonment Junction.

Coaches

The 12054 / 53 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express presently has 1 AC Chair Car & 7 Second Class Jan Shatabdi seating coaches.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 12054 / 53 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 407 kilometres in 7 hours 00 mins (58.14 km/h) and in 7 hours 35 mins (53.67 km/h) as 12053 Haridwar–Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express.

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h, as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast Express surcharge.

Except Thursdays

Routeing

The 12054 / 53 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express runs from Amritsar Junction via Jalandhar City, Ludhiana, Sirhind, Ambala Cantonment Junction Saharanpur Junction to Haridwar Junction.

Traction

Despite electrification of the 250 km stretch between Amritsar Junction & Ambala Cantonment Junction, a Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 or WAP-5 locomotive powers the train for its entire run.

Timings

12054 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express leaves Amritsar Junction every day except Thursday at 06:55 hrs IST and reaches Haridwar Junction at 13:55 hrs IST on the same day.
12053 Haridwar–Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express leaves Haridwar Junction every day except Thursday at 14:30 hrs IST and reaches Amritsar Junction at 22:05 hrs IST on the same day.

References

"12054 Amritsar Haridwar Janshatabdi | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". flickr.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"Railways moots proposal to double number of coaches on Amritsar–Haridwar Shatabdi–Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"Rain havoc: Over 10,000 train passengers hit | Business Line". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"Faulty wire stop rail traffic on Amritsar–Delhi route for three hours | RailNews". railnews.co.in. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"Press Information Bureau English Releases". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"PM flags off the Amritsar–Haridwar train – Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". earlytimesnews.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

External links

"Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System". irctc.co.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet". IRFCA. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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