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Intercity Express (Indian Railways)
Main Operation(s)Connects important cities of India
Other Operation(s)Launched in 1906
Parent companyIndian Railways

The Intercity Express is an express-train service in India which connects major railway junctions and state capitals. These act as long-distance reserved and unreserved suburban trains with sitting accommodation (AC Chair Car - CC and Second Sitting - 2S). These are quite fast and maintain a high average speed for short distances along with priority over other trains.

History

The first named intercity train (Flying Ranee) was introduced in 1906 for providing connections between two cities from one state to other various states in India. The train left Surat station for Mumbai Central station to cover a distance of 264 km in 5 hrs 28 min and ran weekly from 1906 to 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II. Since then, it has been discontinued and restarted several times. It finally resumed operations on 1 November 1950 and has been running ever since.

The Mumbai CSMT–Pune Deccan Queen Express, the second named intercity train in India, was introduced on 15 February 1930.

On 1 July 1992, the first intercity express was introduced between Indore and New Delhi which is the only overnight intercity train runs between two major cities of India.

On 1 July 1997, the second intercity express train launched between Chennai–Coimbatore & Bengaluru–Hubbali which was the first one-day trip daily intercity express train.

Named Intercity Trains

The following trains are intercity-express trains, but have different names:

Sr no. Train number Train name Route km Avg speed (km/h)
1 12279 / 12280 Taj Express Jhansi–New Delhi 411 58
2 11901 / 11902 Gita Jayanti Express Mathura–Kurukshetra 299 42
3 12465 / 12466 Ranthambore Express Indore–Jodhpur 910 56
4 12871 / 12872 Ispat Express Howrah–Titlagarh 745 56
5 12821 / 12822 Dhauli Express Howrah–Puri 500 60
6 12757 / 12758 Kaghaznagar Express Secunderabad–Sirpur Kaghaznagar 297 56
7 19033 / 19044 Gujarat Queen Express Ahmedabad–Valsad 298 47
8 22953 / 22954 Gujarat Superfast Express Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central 492 55
9 12933 / 12934 Karnavati Express Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central 492 63
10 12921 / 12922 Flying Ranee Express Mumbai Central–Surat 263 56
11 12915 / 12916 Ashram Express Ahmedabad–Delhi 933 58
11 13017 / 13018 Ganadevata Express Howrah–Azimganj 279 47
12 13113 / 13114 Hazarduari Express Kolkata–Lalgola 225 50
13 12337 / 12338 Shantiniketan Express Howrah–Bolpur 146 65
14 13161 / 13162 Tebhaga Express Kolkata–Balurghat 441 46
15 13103 / 13104 Bhagirathi Express Sealdah–Lalgola 228 50
16 12497 / 12498 Shan-e-Punjab Express New Delhi–Amritsar 448 58
17 22105 / 22106 Indrayani Express Mumbai CSMT–Pune 192 55
18 11007 / 11008 Deccan Express Mumbai CSMT–Pune 192 46
19 11029 / 11030 Koyna Express Mumbai CSMT–Kolhapur SCSMT 516 44
20 11009 / 11010 Sinhagad Express Mumbai CSMT–Pune 192 45
21 12125 / 12126 Pragati Express Mumbai CSMT–Pune 186 54
22 12123 / 12134 Deccan Queen Express Mumbai CSMT–Pune 192 58
23 16215 / 16216 Chamundi Express Mysuru–Bengaluru City 138 50
24 12607 / 12608 Lal Bagh Express Chennai Central–Bengaluru City 359 60
25 16089 / 16090 Yelagiri Express Chennai Central–Jolarpettai 214 48
26 16023 / 16024 Malgudi Express Mysuru–Yesvantpur 143 45
27 12613 / 12614 Wodeyar Express Mysuru–Bengaluru City 138 55
28 12639 / 12640 Brindavan Express Chennai Central–Bengaluru City 358 58
29 16057 / 16058 Sapthagiri Express Chennai Central–Tirupati 146 45
30 12605 / 12606 Pallavan Superfast Express Chennai Egmore–Karaikkudi 426 64
31 17407 / 17408 Pamani Express Tirupati–Mannargudi 464 43
32 14227 / 14228 Varuna Express Varanasi–Lucknow Charbagh 283 56
33 14215 / 14216 Ganga Gomti Express Prayagraj Sangam–Lucknow 201 48
34 10103 / 10104 Mandovi Express Mumbai CSMT–Madgaon 750 50
35 14095 / 14096 Himalayan Queen Express Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Kalka 298 48
36 14795 / 14796 Ekta Express Bhiwani–Kalka 330 45
37 17239 / 17240 Simhadri Express Guntur–Vishakhapatnam 382 37
38 12747 / 12748 Palnadu Express Guntur–Vikarabad 353 55
39 12341 / 12342 Agniveena Express Howrah–Asansol 200 62
40 12339 / 12340 Coalfield Express Howrah–Dhanbad 260 60
41 22387 / 22388 Black Diamond Express Howrah–Dhanbad 272 55
42 14519 / 14520 Kisan Express Delhi–Bathinda 341 45
43 14633 / 14634 Ravi Express Amritsar–Pathankot 107 43
44 17023 / 17024 Tungabhadra Express Secunderabad–Kurnool City 244 49
45 17027 / 17028 Hundry Express Secunderabad–Kurnool City 244 52
46 17687 / 17688 Marathwada Express Manmad–Dharmabad 421 46
47 17617 / 17618 Tapovan Express Mumbai CSMT–HS Nanded 606 52
48 12109 / 12110 Panchvati Express Mumbai CSMT–Manmad 257 56
49 12117 / 12118 Godavari Express Mumbai LTT–Manmad 240 54
50 13233 / 13234 Rajgriha Express Rajgir–Danapur 108 28
51 24227 / 24228 Varuna Express Varanasi–Kanpur 355 52
52 12805 / 12806 Janmabhoomi Express Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad 689 55
53 12711 / 12712 Pinakini Express Vijayawada–Chennai Central 430 61
54 12713 / 12714 Satavahana Express Vijayawada–Secunderabad 349 63
55 17201 / 17202 Golconda Express Guntur–Secunderabad 380 49
56 14043 / 14044 Garhwal Express Kotdwar–Delhi 239 33
57 14629 / 14630 Sutlej Express Chandigarh–Firozpur 235 43
58 14231 / 14232 Manwar Sangam Express Prayagraj Sangam–Basti 260 37
59 16301 / 16302 Venad Express Shoranur–Thiruvananthapuram 327 40
60 16649 / 16650 Parasuram Express Mangaluru Central–Nagercoil 702 45
61 16303 / 16304 Vanchinad Express Ernakulam Jn–Thiruvananthapuram Central 220 45
62 16605 / 16606 Ernad Express Mangaluru Central–Nagercoil 691 43
63 12675 / 12676 Kovai Express Chennai Central–Coimbatore 496 65
64 16791 / 16792 Palaruvi Express Tirunelveli Jn–Palakkad 477 33
65 12883 / 12884 Rupashi Bangla Express Kolkata Santragachi–Purulia 315 56
66 13301 / 13302 Swarna Rekha Express Dhanbad–Tatanagar 188 32
67 12885 / 12886 Aranyak Express Kolkata Shalimar–Bhojudih 322 61
68 12813 / 12814 Steel Express Howrah–Tatanagar 250 63
69 12857 / 12858 Tamralipta Express Howrah–Digha 185 56
70 22897 / 22898 Kandari Express Howrah–Digha 185 55
71 12865 / 12866 Lalmati Express Howrah–Purulia 340 60
72 13205 / 13206 Janhit Express Saharsa–Danapur 224 30
73 22321 / 22322 Hool Express Howrah–Siuri 242 56
74 12717 / 12718 Ratnachal Express Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam 349 61
75 18801 / 18802 Hasdeo Express LHB Korba–Raipur 200 51
76 18803 / 18804 Hasdeo Express ICF Korba–Raipur 200 51
77 12635 / 12636 Vaigai Superfast Express Chennai Egmore–Madurai 497 68
78 11003 / 11004 Tutari Express Dadar–Sawantwadi Road 497 52
79 16557 / 16558 Rajya Rani Express Mysore–Bangalore 139 52
80 22161 / 22162 Rajya Rani Express Bhopal–Damoh 291 61
81 16349 / 16350 Rajya Rani Express Kochuveli–Nilambur Road 443 42
82 18117 / 18118 Rajya Rani Express Rourkela–Gunupur 798 49
83 15417 / 15418 Rajya Rani Express Alipurduar–Silghat 560 34
84 22454 / 22453 Rajya Rani Express Meerut City–Lucknow 459 58
85 17611 / 17612 Rajya Rani Express Hazur Sahib Nanded–Mumbai CSMT 607 55
86 12567 / 12568 Rajya Rani Express Saharsa–Patna 224 56

Normal Intercity Trains

List of Indian Intercity Express Trains

Incidents

On 13 Feb 2015, at least 9 passengers were dead and over 100 passengers were injured when the Bangalore City–Ernakulam Intercity Express derailed between Anekal Road and Hosur on Bangalore City–Salem section which lies between the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu State, In suspected some technical issue in the engine. The train was heading towards Ernakulam.

On 30 January 2016, Ratnachal Express (12717) from Vishakhapatnam to Vijayawada was burnt in protest of reservation for Kapu community leaving no one injured according to the railway sources.

See also

References

  1. "Famous Trains". Indian Railways Fan Club. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. "Deccan Queen, one of the most iconic trains of India, enters 90th years of service". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. "Several Injured as Bangalore Ernakulam Express derails near Karnataka Border", NDTV, 13 February 2015
  4. Kapu Stir Railways loses a Whopping 41 Crore at Tuni, Times of India, 2 February 2016, Retrieved 20 October 2020
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