Details of Pit Lines available in all BG Coaching Depots by Zone wise & Division wise in Indian Railways:

Part-1:

1) CENTRAL RAILWAY ZONE:
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a) Mumbai CSM Terminus:
• Mumbai CSMT – 2 Pit lines (1-22 ICF/20 LHB, 1-20 ICF/18 LHB)
• Wadi Bunder Yard (Mumbai) – 8 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Mazgaon Yard (Mumbai) – 6 Pit lines (1-19 ICF/17 LHB, 2-18 ICF/16 LHB, 3 17 ICF/15 LHB)
• Lokmanya Tilak – 8 Pit lines (6-26 ICF/24 LHB, 2-26 ICF/23 LHB)
• Dadar Central – 2 Pit lines (Each 17 ICF/15 LHB)
• *Kalamboli (Panvel/Navi Mumbai) – 4 New Pit lines (Each 29 ICF/26 LHB) (Under Construction)

b) Pune Division:
• Ghorpadi Coach Maintenance Complex (GCMC) – 5 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• New Washing Siding (PUNE) – 4 Pit lines (3-16 ICF/14 LHB, 1-12 ICF)
Note: 12 Coaches length Pit line is used of maintenance of EMU rakes.
• Old Washing Siding (PUNE) – 2 Pit Lines (1-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-15 ICF/14 LHB)
• Kolhapur – 2 Pit lines (1-24 ICF/21 LHB, 1-22 ICF/19 LHB)
• Miraj – 2 Pit lines (Each 12 ICF/10 LHB)

c) Nagpur CR Division:
• *Nagpur Coach Care Complex – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
Note: There is a proposal for replacement of Old Pit lines at Nagpur with 2 New Pit Lines (Each 27 ICF/24 LHB)
• *Ajni Coach Care Complex – 1 Pit line(26 ICF/24 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• *Balharshah – 1 New Pit Line (28 ICF/25 LHB) (Under Construction)
Note: 6 ICF coaches length Pit line extension to 28 ICF Coaches Pit Line

d) Solapur Division:
• Solapur – 3 Pit lines (2-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-18 ICF/15 LHB)
• Kalaburagi – 1 Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Daund – 1 Pit line (12 ICF/10 LHB)

e) Bhusaval Division:
• *Bhusaval – 3 Pit lines (1-21 ICF/18 LHB, 2-17 ICF/14 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (25 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Manmad – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Amravati – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Chalisgaon – 1 Pit line (7 ICF/6 LHB)

2) NORTHERN RAILWAY ZONE:

a) Delhi Division:
• Old Delhi (DLI) – 4 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/25 LHB, 1-25 ICF/24 LHB, 2-23 ICF/21 LHB)
• New Delhi – 13 Pit lines (2-28 ICF/26 LHB, 5-27 ICF/25 LHB, 2-27 ICF/25 LHB, 1-22 ICF/20 LHB, 1-21 ICF/19 LHB, 1-16 ICF/15 LHB, 1-10 ICF/9 LHB)
• Nizamuddin – 6 Pit lines (5-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-27 ICF/25 LHB)
• Delhi Sarai Rohilla – 5 Pit lines (Each 27 ICF/25 LHB)
• Anandvihar Terminal – 5 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Shakur Basti (Delhi) – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• *Bijwasan (Delhi) – 5 New Pit lines (Each 27 ICF/25 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Meerut City – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Jind – 1 Pit line (18 ICF/17 LHB)
• Panipat – 1 Pit line (14 ICF/13 LHB)

b) Lucknow NR Division:
• Lucknow Charbagh – 6 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-26 ICF, 1-18 ICF, 1-17 ICF, 1-15 ICF, 1-12 ICF)
• *Varanasi Junction – 4 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-26 ICF, 2-22 ICF) + 2 New Pit lines (26
ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Ayodhya Cantt/Faizabad – 3 Pit lines (1-21 ICF, 2-08 ICF)
• Sultanpur – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• *Rae Bareli – 1 Pit line (14 ICF) + 2 New Pit lines (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Prayagraj Sangam – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• *Pratapgarh – 1 Pit line (8 ICF) + 1 New Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)

c) Firozpur Division:
• Firozpur Cantt – 2 Pit lines (Each 24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Amritsar – 6 Pit lines (2-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-25 ICF/24 LHB, 1-22 ICF/20 LHB, 1-21 ICF/19 LHB, 1-18 ICF/16 LHB)
• Chheharta (Amritsar) – 2 Pit lines (27 ICF/26 LHB)
• Jammu Tawi – 3 Pit lines (Each 24 ICF/22 LHB)
• SVDK (Katra) – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• *Badgam (Srinagar) – New Coaching Depot Proposed (Survey is under Process for finalization site plan & No. Of Pit lines)

d) Ambala Division:
• Chandigarh – 2 Pit lines (Each 25 ICF/24 LHB)
• *Ambala Cantt – 2 Pit lines (1-17 ICF/16 LHB, 1-13 ICF/12 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) (Proposed)
• Saharanpur – 2 Pit lines (Each 13 ICF/12 LHB)
• Bathinda – 2 Pit lines (1-14 ICF/13 LHB, 1-11 ICF/10 LHB)
• Nangal Dam – 1 Pit line (15 ICF/14 LHB)
• Kalka – 2 Pit lines (1-13 ICF/12 LHB, 1-12 ICF/11 LHB)
• *Amb Andaura – 1 New Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Proposed)

e) Moradabad Division:
• *Bareilly Junction – 3 Pit lines (1-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-18 ICF/16 LHB, 1-16 ICF/14 LHB) + 2 New Pit lines (Under Construction)
• Dehradun – 2 Pit lines (Each 19 ICF/17 LHB)
• Yog Nagari Rishikesh – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Haridwar – 2 Pit lines (1-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-22 ICF/20 LHB)
• Moradabad – 2 Pit lines (1-13 ICF/12 LHB, 1-09 ICF/08 LHB)
• Najibabad – 1 Pit line (13 ICF/12 LHB)
• Balamau – 2 Pit lines (1-10 ICF/09 LHB, 1-07 ICF/09 LHB)

3) EASTERN RAILWAY ZONE:

a) Howrah Division:
• *Tikiapara Coaching Depot (Howrah) – 15 Pit lines (2-26 ICF/24 LHB, 3-24 LHB/22 ICF, 2-23 ICF/21 LHB, 2-21 ICF/19 LHB, 2-19 ICF/17 LHB, 1-18 ICF/16 LHB, 1-17 ICF/16 LHB, 2-17 ICF/15 LHB) + 4 New Pit lines (1-26 ICF/23 LHB, 2-23 ICF/21 LHB, 1-20 ICF/18 LHB) (Proposed)
• Liluah Coaching Depot/Sorting Yard (Howrah) – 10 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB, 7-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-22 ICF/20 LHB, 1-12 ICF/10 LHB)
• *Jheel Siding Coaching Depot (Howrah) – 1 Pit line (13 ICF/11 LHB) + 2 New Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Barddhaman Jn – 2 Pit lines (Each 08 ICF/06 LHB)
• Azimganj – 2 Pit lines (Each 09 ICF/07 LHB)

b) Sealdah Division:
• Sealdah – 8 Pit lines (3-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-23 ICF/21 LHB, 3-22 ICF/21 LHB, 1-18 ICF/16 LHB)
• *Kolkata – 3 Pit lines (2-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-21 ICF/19 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (13 ICF/12 LHB) (Under Construction)

c) Asansol Division:
• Asansol – 4 Pit lines (3-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-20 ICF/18 LHB)
• *Madhupur – 1 New Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) (Under Construction)
• * Deoghar – 1 New Pit line (14 ICF/12 LHB) (Under Construction)

d) Malda Division:
• Malda Town – 3 Pit lines (Each 24 ICF/22 LHB)
• *Bhagalpur – 3 Pit lines (2-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-20 ICF/18 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Jamalpur – 1 Pit line (17 ICF)
• Sahibganj – 1 Pit line (12 ICF)
• *Godda – 1 New Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) (Proposed)

4) WESTERN RAILWAY ZONE:

a) Mumbai WR Division:
• Mumbai Central – 6 Pit lines (1-25 ICF/23 LHB, 1-24 ICF/23 LHN, 3-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-21 ICF/19 LHB)
• Bandra Terminus – 5 Pit lines (Each 24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Surat – 3 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/ 24 LHB, 2-25 ICF/23 LHB)
• Udhna (Surat) – 2 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Valsad – 2 Pit lines (Each 24 ICF/22 LHB)

b) Ahmedabad Division:
• Ahmedabad BG Coaching Depot – 4 Pit lines (1-21 ICF/20 LHB, 3-17 ICF/15 LHB)
• Kankaria Coaching Depot (Ahmedabad) – 5 Pit lines (Each 27 ICF/25 LHB)
• *Sabarmati Coaching Depot – 2 Pit lines (Each 27 ICF/24 LHB) + 2 New Pit lines (Each 27 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Gandhidham – 2 Pit lines (1-25 ICF/23 LHB, 1-24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Bhuj – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB)

c) Ratlam Division:
• Indore BG Coaching Depot – 6 Pit lines (5-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-09 ICF)
• *Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow) – 2 Pit lines (24 ICF/22 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB)
Note: At DADN Pit lines-1 & 2 are Extending upto 26 ICF/24 LHB Coaches (Under Process)

d) Vadodara Division:
• Pratapnagar Coaching Depot (Vadodara) - 1 Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB)
e) Rajkot Division:
• *Rajkot – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (27 ICF/24 LHB) (Under
Construction)
• *Okha – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Sanctioned but Construction yet not started)
• Hapa – 1 Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB)

f) Bhavnagar Division:
• Bhavnagar – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Porbandar – 1 Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Veraval – 1 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB)

5) SOUTHERN RAILWAY ZONE:

a) Chennai Division:
• Basin Bridge Coach Care Complex (Chennai Central) – 16 Pit lines (6-24 ICF/24 LHB, 4-21 ICF/19 LHB, 2-20 ICF/18 LHB, 2-19 ICF/17 LHB, 2-15 ICF/13 LHB)
• Gopalsamy Nagar Coaching Depot (Chennai Egmore) – 3 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB,
1-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-18 ICF/16 LHB)
• *Tambaram – 2 Pit lines (26 ICF/24 LHB) + 2 New Pit lines (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)

b) Madurai Division:
• Madurai – 4 Pit lines (3-26 ICF/24 LHB, 1-24 ICF/22 LHB)
• Tirunelveli – 3 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Rameswaram – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Tuticorin – 1 Pit line (21 ICF/19 LHB)

c) Tiruchchirappalli Division:
• Tiruchchirappalli – 3 Pit lines (2-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-13 ICF/11 LHB)
• Villupuram – 1 Pit line (26 ICF/24 LHB)
d) Salem Division:
• Coimbatore – 2 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Erode – 2 Pit lines (1-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-10 ICF/08 LHB)

e) Thiruvananthapuram Division:
• Thiruvananthapuram – 5 Pit lines (1-26 ICF/24 LHB, 2-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-20 ICF/18 LHB)
• Kochuveli – 3 Pit lines (Each 24 ICF/22 LHB)
• *Nagercoil – 3 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)+ 2 New Pit lines (26 ICF/24 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Ernakulam – 3 Pit lines (Each 26 ICF/24 LHB)
• Alappuzha – 1 Pit line (18 ICF/16 LHB)

f) Palakkad (Palghat) Division:
• *Mangalore Central – 3 Pit lines (2-24 ICF/22 LHB, 1-18 ICF/16 LHB) + 1 New Pit line (24 ICF/22 LHB) (Under Construction)
• Shoranur – 1 Pit line (12 ICF/10 LHB)


Source: Through RTI filed by me

Classification of numbering of Kolkata EMU trains.

Here is the list of Kolkata EMU numbering types.

30xxx series—Kolkata Circular Railway.
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31xxx series—Sealdah Main Line locals.
1) 310xx—Budge Budge - Naihati.
2) 311xx—Sealdah - Katwa, Sealdah - Barddhaman and Naihati - Kalyani Simanta.
3) 312xx—Sealdah - Barrackpore
4) 313xx—Sealdah - Kalyani Simanta
5) 314xx—Sealdah - Naihati
6) 315xx—Sealdah - Shantipur, Ranaghat - Krishnanagar City (via Shantipur) and Shantipur - Krishnanagar City.
7) 316xx—Sealdah - Ranaghat
8) 317xx—Naihati - Ranaghat, Ranaghat - Krishnanagar City, Ranaghat - Gede, Ranaghat -Lalgola EMU Passenger and Ranaghat - Shantipur.
9) 318xx—Sealdah - Krishnanagar City
10) 319xx—Sealdah - Gede

32xxx Series—Sealdah - Dankuni - Baruipara Series
1) 322xx—Sealdah - Dankuni
2) 324xx—Sealdah - Baruipara

33xxx series—Sealdah - Barasat - Bongaon/Hasnabad series
1) 330xx—Canning - Barasat
2) 331xx—Sealdah - Biman Bandar (now cancelled)
3) 332xx—Dum Dum - Barrackpore, Barasat - Dum Dum, Dum Dum - Gobardanga, Hasnabad - Dum Dum and Dum Dum - Dankuni.
4) 333xx—Barasat - Hasnabad, Barasat - Habra, Barasat - Dattapukur, Barasat - Bongaon. and Gobardanga - Barasat Local.
5) 334xx—Sealdah - Dum Dum Cantt, Sealdah - Madhyamgram and Sealdah - Barasat.
6) 335xx—Sealdah - Hasnabad.
7) 336xx—Sealdah - Dattapukur, Sealdah - Habra and Sealdah - Gobardanga.
8) 337xx—Ranaghat - Bongaon and Shantipur - Bongaon.
9) 338xx—Sealdah - Bongaon and Sealdah - Thakurnagar.


34xxx series—Sealdah South Lines.
1) 340xx—Naihati - Budge Budge, Kalyani Simanta - Budge Budge and Bongaon - Canning.
2) 341xx—Sealdah - Budge Budge
3) 343xx—Baruipur - Sonarpur, Baruipur - Lakshmikantapur, Sonarpur - Canning, Ghutiari Sharif - Sonarpur and Sonarpur - Champahati.
4) 344xx—Sealdah - Sonarpur
5) 345xx—Sealdah - Canning
6) 346xx—Sealdah - Baruipur
7) 347xx—Sealdah - Lakshmikantapur, Sealdah - Namkhana and Sealdah - Kakdwip.
8) 348xx—Sealdah - Diamond Harbour, Sonarpur - Diamond Harbour, Baruipur-Diamond Harbour and Sealdah - Magrahat.
9) 349xx—Namkhana - Lakshmikantapur, Namkhana - Kakdwip, Kakdwip - Lakshmikantapur.

350xx Series—Barddhman - Katwa Locals.

36xxx Series—Howrah - Barddhaman Chord Line locals.
1) 360xx—Howrah - Baruipara, Howrah - Chandanpur, Howrah - Gurap and Howrah - Masagram.
2) 368xx—Howrah - Barddhaman (via Chord)

37xxx Series—Howrah Main Line locals.
1) 370xx—Howrah - Shrirampur and Howrah - Seoraphuli.
2) 371xx—Howrah - Belur Math
3) 372xx—Howrah - Bandel
4) 373xx— Howrah - Singur , Howrah - Haripal, Howrah - Tarakeswar, Howrah - Arambagh, Howrah - Goghat, Tarakeswar - Goghat, Tarakeswar - Arambagh.
5) 374xx—Seoraphuli - Tarakeswar.
6) 375xx—Bally - Bandel and Naihati - Bandel
7) 376xx—Howrah - Pundooah, Howrah - Memari.
8) 377xx—Bandel - Pundooah, Bandel - Memari, Bandel - Katwa, Bandel - Barddhaman.
9) 378xx—Howrah - Barddhaman (via Main Line)
10) 379xx—Howrah - Katwa.

38xxx Series—Howrah SE Railway Locals.
1) 380xx—Shalimar - Santragachi and Howrah - Haldia.
2) 381xx—Santragachi - Uluberia and Howrah - Uluberia.
3) 382xx—Howrah - Bagnan.
4) 383xx—Santragachi - Mecheda and Howrah - Mecheda.
5) 384xx—Santragachi - Panskura and Howrah - Panskura.
6) 385xx—Howrah - Balichak
7) 386xx—Howrah - Kolaghat
8) 387xx—Howrah - Kharagpur and Santragachi - Kharagpur.
9) 388xx—Howrah - Midnapore.
10) 389xx—Howrah - Amta and Santragachi - Amta.

How the berths are booked in Railways?
Why IRCTC does not allow you to choose seats?

Would you believe that the technical reason behind this is PHYSICS.

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a seat in a train is far more different than booking a seat in a theatre.

Theatre is a hall, whereas train is a moving object. So safety concern is very high in trains.

Indian railways ticket booking software is designed in such a way that it will book tickets in a manner that will distribute the load evenly in a train.

An example to make things more clear : Imagine there are sleeper class coaches in a train numbered S1, S2 S3... S10, and in every coach there are 72 seats.

So when some one first books a ticket, software will assign a seat in the middle coach like S5, middle seat numbered between 30-40, and preferably lower berths (Railways first fills the lower berths than upper one so as to achieve low centre of gravity.)

And the software books seats in such a way that all coaches have uniform passenger distribution and seats are filled starting from the middle seats (36) to seats near the gates i.e 1-2 or 71-72 in order from lower berth to upper.

Railways just want to ensure a proper balance that each coach should have for equal load distribution.

That is why when you book a ticket at the last, you are always allotted an upper berth and a seat numbered around 2-3 or 70, except when you are not taking a seat of someone who has cancelled his/her seat.

What if the railways book tickets randomly ? A train is a moving object which moves around at a speed of around 100km/hr on rails.
So there are a lot of forces and mechanics acting on the train.

Just imagine if S1, S2, S3 are completely full and S5, S6 are completely empty and others are partially full. When the train takes a turn, some coaches face maximum centrifugal force and some minimum, and this creates a high chance of derailment of the train.

This is a very technical aspect, and when brakes are applied there will be different braking forces acting at each of the coaches because of the huge differences in weight of coach, so stability of train becomes an issue again.

Good information worth sharing, as often passengers blame the Railways citing inconvenient seats/ berths allotted to them

Source : LinkedIn

Fastest trains of India (Zonewise list) (in end-to-end average speed and above 55 km/h)

Note: I've included PRE-COVID pandemic and COVID special status of trains.

CR (Central): 22221/22222 CSMT Hazrat Nizamuddin...
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Rajdhani Express—86 km/h

ECoR (East Coast): 12281/12282 Bhubaneswar New Delhi Duronto Express—76 km/h

ECR (East Central): 12309/12310 Patna Rajdhani Express—83 km/h

ER (Eastern): 12249/12250 Howrah Anand Vihar Terminal Yuva Express—86 km/h

KR (Konkan): No tains found over 55 km/h

NCR (North Central): 12033/12034 Kanpur New Delhi Shatabdi Express—90 Km/h

NER (North Eastern): 82501/82502 Lucknow New Delhi IRCTC Tejas Express—82 km/h


NFR (Northeast Frontier): 12041/12042 Howrah New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express—70 km/h

NR (Northern): 22435/22436 Varanasi New Delhi Vande Bharat Express—95 Km/h

NWR (North Western): 12985/12986 Jaipur Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Double Decker Express—69 Km/h

SCR (South Central): 12285/12286 Secunderabad Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express—77 Km/h

SECR (South East Central): 22867/22868 Durg-Hazrat Nizamuddin Humsafar Express— 66 Km/h

SER (South Eastern): 20839/20840 Ranchi New Delhi Rajdhani Express via Bokaro—78 Km/h

SWR (South Western): 12213/12214 Yesvantpur Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express—75 km/h

SR (Southern): 22671/22672 Chennai Egmore Madurai Tejas Express—79 Km/h

WCR (West Central): 12059/12060 Kota Hazrat Nizamuddin Jan Shatabdi Express—77 Km/h.

WR (Western): 12951/12952 Mumbai Central New Delhi Rajdhani Express—89 Km/h

Aapke is useful info m mera thoda sa yogdan
➡️➡️➡️Fastest Sampark Kranti Based on AverageSpeed (Running in Covid Time as don't know when regular train will come back but timetable will be same as covid)
1) 09146Gujarat Sampark Kranti(Nzm-kdcy) 77km/hr
2)02918 Gujarat Sampark Kranti (Nzm-Adi) 76km/hr
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West Bengal Sampark Kranti 74km/hr & 02127 Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti 74km/hr
4)04564 Goa Sampark Kranti 70km/hr
5)02525 Jharkhand Sampark Kranti 66km/hr & 02883 Chhatishgarh Sampark Kranti 66km/hr
6)02447 Uttar Pradesh Sampark Kranti 65km/hr & 02819 Odisha Sampark Kranti 65km/hr
7)04559 Kerala Sampark Kranti 64km/hr & 02753 Marathawada Sampark Kranti 64km/hr
8)06249 Karnataka Sampark Kranti 63km/hr
9)02781 Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti 62km/hr & 04739 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti(Bikaner) 62km/hr
10)02463 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti(Jodhpur) 60km/hr & 02446 Uttar Sampark Kranti 60km/hr
11)02629 Karnataka Sampark Kranti 57km/hr & 02566 Bihar Sampark Kranti 57km/hr
12)05359 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti(Ramnagar) 48km/hr
13)Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti(Kathgodam) 44km/hr