Mumbai Central–Hisar Duronto Express

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Mumbai Central–Hisar Junction Duronto Express

Overview
Service type	Duronto Express
First service	3 April 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-03)
Current operator(s)	Western Railways
Route
Termini	Mumbai Central (MMCT) Hisar Junction (HSR)
Stops	3
Distance travelled	1,160 km (721 mi)
Average journey time	15 hours 20 minutes
Service frequency	Bi-Weekly
Train number(s)	12239 / 12240
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes, pantry car attached
Observation facilities	Rake sharing with 12227/12228 Mumbai Central–Indore Duronto Express
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	76 km/h (47 mph) average including halts

The 12239 / 12240 Mumbai Central–Hisar Duronto Express is a Duronto Express train of the Indian Railways connecting Mumbai Central (MMCT) to Hisar Junction (Hisar). It is currently being operated with 12239 / 12240 train numbers.

Coach composition

The rake has 8 AC 3 tier coaches, 2 AC 2 tier coaches, 1 AC First Class, 5 AC Chair Car, 1 Pantry car and 2 EOG cars making a total of 14 coaches.

As is customary with Indian Railways, coaches are added/removed as per the demand.

Service

It is the fastest train on the Mumbai–Jaipur sector. It averages 75.59 km/h as 12239 Duronto Express covering 1159 km in 15 hrs 20 mins and 70.24 km/h as 12240 Duronto Express covering 1159 km in 16 hrs 30 mins.

Some of the other trains that cover the Mumbai–Jaipur sectors are 12955/56 Jaipur Superfast Express, 12979/80 Jaipur–Bandra Terminus Superfast Express, 19707/08 Amrapur Aravali Express, 22933/34 Bandra Terminus–Jaipur Weekly Superfast Express, 12215/16 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express which initially ran up to Jaipur, later extended to Delhi Sarai Rohilla.

Train details

This train had its inaugural run on 3 April 2011. It was & still is a 2 days a week service. It is a fully AC train & uses LHB rakes. Until 17 August 2021, it used to ply between Mumbai Central and Jaipur Junction but then, it was extended upto Hisar Junction.

Commercial halts

It has halts atJaipur Junction, Vadodara Junction, Ratlam Junction, Kota Junction

Sawai Madhopur Junction is where it reverses direction of travel. This Is Not Commercial Halt This Halt Is For Rake Reversal only

The train is hauled by a Electric locomotive

Mumbai central - Hisar Duronto Express – AC 3 tier coach

Time Table

12239 Mumbai Central–Alwar Duronto Express leaves Mumbai Central every Tuesday & Sunday and reaches Alwar Junction the next day.
12240 Alwar–Mumbai Central Duronto Express leaves Alwar Junction every Tuesday & Thursday and reaches Mumbai Central the next day.

References

v t e Railways in Western India
National network / trunk lines	New Delhi–Mumbai main line Konkan Railway Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Mumbai–Chennai line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line
Branch lines / sections	Mathura–Vadodara section Akola–Ratlam line Nagda–Ujjain section Ujjain–Bhopal section Ahmedabad–Viramgam section Bhusawal–Kalyan section Gandhidham–Ahmedabad main line Gandhidham–Bhuj section Gandhidham–Kandla Port section Gandhidham–Palanpur section Gandhidham–Samakhiali section Jodhpur–Bathinda line Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mumbai Dadar–Solapur section Nagpur–Bhusawal section Samakhiali–Maliya Miyana section Solapur–Guntakal section Surendranagar–Bhavnagar line Viramgam–Mahesana section Viramgam–Maliya Miyana section Viramgam–Okha line Dharangadhra–Surendra Nagar section Viramgam–Surendra Nagar section Wankaner–Surendra Nagar section Rajkot–Wankaner section Jamnagar–Porbandar line Porbandar–Jetalsar section Rajkot–Somnath line Palitana–Sihor section Bharuch–Dahej line Ankleshwar–Rajpipla section Anand–Khambhat line Vasad–Kathana line Kanjari Boriyavi–Vadtal line Anand–Godhra section Bilimora–Waghai section Udhna–Jalgaon line Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
Suburban lines	Ahmedabad (Planned) Mumbai (Western line Central line Harbour line Trans-Harbour line Port line) Pune
Metro rail	Mumbai Metro Navi Mumbai Metro Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Greater Nashik Metro Surat Metro Pune Metro Nagpur Metro
Monorail	Mumbai
Defunct lines revived / under revival	Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway Barsi Light Railway
Defunct lines	Salsette–Trombay Railway Bhavnagar State Railway Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Cutch State Railway
Railway divisions	Bhusawal Pune
Railway companies	Central Railway Western Railway West Central Railway Konkan Railway Corporation Great Indian Peninsula Railway Saurashtra Railway Mumbai Port Trust Railway
See also	Indian Railways Ahmedabad–Prayagraj (Allahabad) Weekly Superfast Express Bholu (mascot) Urban rail transit in India Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor Bhor Ghat

v t e Duronto Express
Operational	Mumbai Central–Hapa Pune-Ahmedabad Mumbai LTT–Prayagraj Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Jammu Tawi Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Ernakulam Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–New Delhi Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Mumbai CSMT–Howrah Howrah–Pune Mumbai Central–Indore Mumbai Central–Jaipur Mumbai Central–New Delhi Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Patna–Kolkata Sealdah–Bikaner Sealdah–Puri Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Secunderabad Yesvantpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad
Defunct	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–Puri Chennai–Coimbatore Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Amritsar–Chandigarh Lucknow–New Delhi Howrah–Digha Allahabad–New Delhi Chennai–Madurai

External links

"Welcome to Indian Railway passenger reservation enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. 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.
"Western Railway". wr.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
"Duronto Express to bring Mumbai closer to city". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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