Tapaswini Express

Tapaswini Express
Overview
Service type	Mail/Express Train
Locale	Orissa, Jharkhand
First service	1996
Current operator(s)	East Coast Railway
Route
Start	Puri
Stops	22 halts between Puri and Hatia
End	Hatia
Distance travelled	690 km (430 mi)
Average journey time	15 hours 10 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	18451/18452
On-board services
Class(es)	Two AC First Class Coaches, two AC two-tier coaches, two AC 3-tier coaches,9 sleeper coaches, 3 2nd Class coaches, two SLRs
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No pantry but food is served
Observation facilities	Large Windows in AC classes.
Entertainment facilities	Nil
Baggage facilities	Under the Seats
Technical
Rolling stock	4
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) (Broad Gauge)
Operating speed	55 km/h (34 mph) (average with halts)
Route map

The Tapaswini Express is daily express train between Hatia and Puri. The train was the first express train to be introduced with a route via Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Talcher, Sambalpur. 18451UP departs Hatia at 15:55 and reaches Puri at 07:15 every day. The 18452DN departs Puri at 20:00 and reaches Hatia at 11:05 every day. This train has two rakes with WAP-4 or WAP-7 Visakhapatnam locomotive. This train reverses 2 times at Sambalpur and Talcher.

This train is named after famous Odia book Tapaswini written by 19th century Odia poet Swabhabkabi Gangadhar Meher.

Route

1 PURI - Puri
2 KUR - Khurda Road Junction
3 BBS - Bhubaneswar
4 CTC - Cuttack
5 DNKL - Dhenkanal
6 TLHD - Talcher(Train reverses direction)
7 ANGL - Angul
8 BONA - Boinda
9 RAIR - Rairakhol
10 SBPD - Sambalpur Road
11 SBP - Sambalpur Junction(Train reverses direction)
12 RGL - Rengali
13 JSG - Jharsuguda Junction
14 BEH - Baghdihi
15 BMB - Bamra
16 GPH - Garpos
17 GP - Rajgangpur
18 ROU - Rourkela Junction
19 NXN - Nuagaon
20 ORGA - Orga
21 BANO - Bano
22 PKF - Pokla
23 GBX - Govindpur Road
24 HTE - Hatia

Schedule

Train Number	Station Code	Departure Station	Departure Time	Departure Day	Arrival Station	Arrival Time	Arrival Day
18451	HTE	Hatia	3:55 PM	Daily	Puri	7:35 AM	Daily (next Day)
18452	PURI	Puri	8:00 PM	Daily	Hatia	11:05 AM	Daily (next Day)

Coach Composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph.

1 AC I Tier + AC II Tire
1 AC I Tire + AC III Tire
1 AC II Tier + AC III Tire
3 AC III Tier
10 Sleeper Coaches
4 General
2 Second-class Luggage/parcel van

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
	GRD	GEN	GEN	HA1	HB1	AB1	A1	B1	B2	B3	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	GEN	GEN	GRD

Reversals

TLHR - Talcher railway station
SBP - Sambalpur Junction

Loco

As this route is fully electrified This train runs with electric locomotive WAP-7 or WAP-4 of Visakhapatnam shed end to end

'BNDM/WDM-3D/Twins was used earlier ( before electrification of Jharsuguda/Sambalpur to Talcher route)

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References

External links

India Rail Info page

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