Indore - Bhopal Intercity Express

The Indore - Bhopal Intercity Express (Hindi:इंदौर - भोपाल इंटरसिटी एक्सप्रेस, Urdu: اندور - بھوپال انٹرستے ایکسپریس) is a daily intercity express train which runs between Indore Junction railway station of Indore, the largest city & commercial hub of Central Indian state Madhya Pradesh and Bhopal Habibganj, the sub-urban railway station of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.

Arrival and departure

• Train no.19323 departs from Indore daily at 06:55 hrs. from platform no.3 reaching Bhopal Habibganj the same day at 10:40 hrs.
• Train no.19324 departs from Bhopal Habibganj daily at 17:20 hrs., reaching Indore the same day at 21:30 hrs.

Route and halts

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(Indore - Bhopal) Intercity Express Route map

The train goes via Maksi & Dewas. The important halts of the train are:

• INDORE JUNCTION
• Dewas
• Maksi
• Shujalpur
• Bhopal Bairagarh
• Bhopal Junction
• BHOPAL HABIBGANJ

Coach composite

The train consist of 11 Chair Car Coaches :

• 1 AC Chair Car
• 6 Reserved Chair Car
• 4 Second Class Chair Car

Average speed and frequency

The train runs with an average speed of 63 km/h which makes it really the fastest to cover more than 220 km stretch of Indore to Bhopal route in less than 4 hours. Hence this train is the first choice of the Indore people to reach Bhopal as it also has few halts. The train runs on daily basis.

Loco link

The train is hauled by Ratlam RTM WDM-3 Diesel engine.

Rake maintenance & sharing

The train is maintained by the Habibganj Coaching Depot. The same rake is used for Bhopal - Dahod Express for one way which is altered by the second rake on the other way.

Bhopal-Dahod Passenger

The Bhopal-Dahod Passenger trains is a daily service which runs between Bhopal Habibganj railway station of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Dahod town in Gujarat. The train is numbered 287/288 and shares the same coaches of Bhopal-Indore Intercity Express. It halts as many as 18 major-minor railway stations such as Bhopal Junction, Sehore, Shujalpur, Ujjain Junction, Ratlam Junction, Meghnagar, Anas, etc.

Trivia

• This train is the fastest connection of Indore with Bhopal despite of being an express train. The super fast Malwa Express takes more than 5.2 hours while this train takes less than 4 hours to reach Bhopal. Hence it is the most busiest train of the route.
• It goes via. Dewas without touching Ujjain Junction
• Ratlam RTM-WDM 3 its regular loco link along with pale-yellow coloured livery coaches.

See also

• Bhopal - Indore Intercity Express
• Indore Junction
• Bhopal Junction

References

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