Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express

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Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	25 December 2012; 12 years ago (2012-12-25)
Current operator(s)	South Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Ranchi Junction Godda
Stops	20
Distance travelled	455 km (283 mi)
Average journey time	9 hours 47 mins
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	18619 / 18620
On-board services
Class(es)	1 AC,AC 2 Tier,AC 3 Tier, Sleeper class, General unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railways Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	42 km/h (26 mph)

The 18619 / 20 Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express is a Mail/Express train belonging to Indian Railways South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Ranchi and Godda in India.

It operates as train number 18619 from Ranchi to Godda and as train number 18620 in the reverse direction serving the states of Jharkhand & West Bengal.

Coaches

The 18619 / 20 Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express has one AC 3 Tier, four Sleeper Class, three general unreserved & two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.

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

The train has been allotted a 10-coach rake of ICF coach.

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SLR	GS	GS	B1	S1	S2	S3	S4	GS	SLR

Service

The 18619 Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express covers the distance of 410 km (255 mi) in 9 hours 50 mins (42 km/h) and in 9 hours 45 mins as the 18620 Godda–Ranchi Junction Intercity Express (42 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is slightly more than 55 km/h (34 mph), as per railway rules, its fare doesn't includes a Superfast surcharge.

Schedule

Running days : Daily from both the sides.

Train number	Station code	Departure station	Departure time (IST)	Arrival station	Arrival time
18619	RNC	Ranchi	9:25 PM	Godda	Next day 9:35 AM
18620	GODA	Godda	4:30 PM	Ranchi	Next day 4:35 AM

Routing

The 18619 / 20 Ranchi–Godda Intercity Express runs from Ranchi via Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Jasidih, Dumka to Godda.

Traction

As the route is not fully electrified, a Satragachi-based WDM-3A diesel locomotive pulls the train to Jasidih and from there it runs with a Howrah-based WAP- 4 electric locomotive pulls to its entire destination.

References

, jagran.com, 23 October 2013

External links

Ministry of Railways. (Official site)
18619 Intercity Express at India Rail Info
18620 Intercity Express at India Rail Info

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

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/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

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

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Railway companies

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