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Hyderabad–Raxaul Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	7 July 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-07)
Current operator(s)	South Central Railway
Route
Termini	Hyderabad Deccan (HYB) Raxaul Junction (RXL)
Stops	28
Distance travelled	2,160 km (1,342 mi)
Average journey time	43h 30m
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	17005 / 17006
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
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	51 km/h (32 mph) average including halts

The 17005 / 17006 Hyderabad–Raxaul Express is an Express train belonging to South Central Railway zone that runs between Hyderabad Deccan and Raxaul Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 17005/17006 train numbers on a weekly basis. The train was cancelled due to the closure of the Dhanbad – Chandrapura line. This train is restored on its original route. It will commence its first journey as 17005 Hyderabad Raxaul Express on 4 July 2019 and from Raxaul as 17006 Raxaul Hyderabad Express on 7 July 2019.

Service

The 17005/Hyderabad Deccan–Raxaul Express has an average speed of 50 km/h and covers 2160 km in 43h 30m. The 17006/Raxaul–Hyderabad Deccan Express has an average speed of 49 km/h and covers 2160 km in 43h 45m .

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are;

Coach composition

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

2 AC II Tier
4 AC III Tier
9 Sleeper coaches
5 General Unreserved
2 EOG cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Lallaguda Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Hyderabad to Raxaul and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 07265/07266 Hyderabad - Arsikere Special Express.

Notes

Runs one day in a week for every direction.

References

External links

17005/Hyderabad Deccan–Raxaul Express India Rail Info
17006/Raxaul–Hyderabad Deccan 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.