Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express

Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express

Overview
Service type	Passenger
Current operator(s)	South East Central Railways
Route
Start	Nagpur Junction
Stops	50
End	Jabalpur Junction
Distance travelled	398 km (247 mi)
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	Sleeper Class, Second Class seating
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No Pantry car coach attached
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railway Narrow gauge coaches
Operating speed	50 km/h (31 mph) maximum 20.68 km/h (13 mph), including halts

The 58839 / 40 Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express is an Passenger train belonging to Indian Railways - South East Central Railway zone that runs between Nagpur Junction and Jabalpur Junction in India.

It operates as train number 58839 from Nagpur Junction to Jabalpur Junction and as train number 58840 in the reverse direction serving the states of Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh.

Coaches

58839 / 40 Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express presently has 1 Sleeper Class, 8 Second Class seating & 2 sitting cum luggage rack coaches. It does not have a Pantry car coach.

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

Service

The 58839 Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express covers the distance of 398 kilometres in 19 hours 30 mins (20.41 km/hr) & in 19 hours 00 mins as 58840 Jabalpur Nagpur Express (20.95 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is below 55 km/hr, as per Indian Railway rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 58839 / 40 Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express runs from Nagpur Junction via Patansaongi, Chhindwara Junction, Seoni, Nainpur Junction, Chorghatpipariya to Jabalpur Junction.

It reverses direction of travel at Chhindwara Junction & Nainpur Junction.

Traction

As the route is not electrified, a ZDM 4A locomotive from the Nagpur Motibagh shed powers the train for its entire journey.

ZDM 4A loco

Nagpur Narrow Gauge platform

Timings

58839 Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express leaves Nagpur Junction on a daily basis at 12:45 hrs IST and reaches Jabalpur Junction at 08:15 hrs IST the next day.

58840 Jabalpur Nagpur Narrow Gauge Express leaves Jabalpur Junction on a daily basis at 20:30 hrs IST and reaches Nagpur Junction at 15:30 hrs IST the next day.

External links

• "Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Retrieved 2014-04-05. 
• "IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System". irctc.co.in. Retrieved 2014-04-05. 
• "[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.". irfca.org. Retrieved 2014-04-05. 

References

• "[IRFCA] Indian Narrow-Gauge Lines 2002-2003". irfca.org. Retrieved 2014-05-30. 
• "Surviving Indian Narrow Gauge Railways". internationalsteam.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-30. 
• "Funds crunch hits gauge conversion work - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30. 

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