Ahmedabad - CSMT Kolhapur Express
Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur - Ahmedabad Express is an express train of The INDIAN Railways connecting Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus Kolhapur in Maharashtra and Ahmedabad Junctio in Gujarat. It is currently being operated with 53229/53230 train numbers on once in week basis.
Service
It averages 48 km/hr as 11049 Ahmedabad - CSMT Kolhapur Express and covers 952 km in 20 hrs & 55 km/hr as 11050 CSMT Kolhapur - Ahmedabad Express and covers 952 km in 18 hrs 55 mins.
Route and halts
The important halts of the train are :
Traction
As the route is yet to be fully electrified, it is hauled by a Pune Diesel Loco Shed based WDM-3A from Kolhapur up to Pune handing over to either Kalyan Electric Loco Shed based WCAM 2/2P locomotive or Vadodara Electric Loco Shed based WAG-5P locomotive for the remainder of the journey until Ahmedabad.
At Karjat, both trains get two or three WAG-5, WAG-7 or WCAM-2 bankers of Kalyan Loco Shed shed to push the train on the ghat section between Karjat railway station and Lonavala railway station, where the gradient is of 1 in 40.
Rake Maintenance
The train is maintained by the Kolhapur Coaching Depot. The same rake is used for CSMT Kolhapur - Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express for one way which is altered by the second rake on the other way.
See also
- Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus railway station
- Ahmedabad Junction railway station
- CSMT Kolhapur - Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express