The Banaras- New Delhi Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to North Eastern Railway zone that runs between Banaras and New Delhi in India. It is currently being operated with 12581/12582 train numbers on a daily basis.Railways divert, cancel several trains due to derailmentBulletin 1 of Derailment of 12987 Ajmer-Sealdah Exp. at Rura station on Kanpur-Tundla section of North Central Railway

Service

The 12581/Banaras - New Delhi SF Express has an average speed of and covers in 10 hours and 35 minutes. The 12582/New Delhi - Banaras SF Express has an average speed of and covers in 11 hours and 10 minutes.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Ghaziabad Loco Shed based WAP 7 or WAP 5 electric locomotive from Banaras to New Delhi.

Time table

'From Banaras to New Delhi it starts with Number 12581 and time table is as:

S.No. Station Arrival Departure Halt (Min.) Day Elevation1 Banaras Starting Station 23:10 - 1 80m2 Gyanpur Road 23:53 23:55 2 1 80m 3 Prayagraj 01:20 01:25 5 2 100m 4 Kanpur Central 03:45 03:50 5 2 129m 5 Tundla Junction 06:28 06:30 2 2 129m 6 Ghaziabad 08:53 08:55 2 2 216m 7 New Delhi 09:45 Destination - 2 216m

'From New Delhi to Banaras it starts with Number 12582 and time table is as:

S.No. Station Arrival Departure Halt (Min.) Day Elevation 1 New Delhi Starting Station 22:50 - 1 216m 2 Ghaziabad 23:20 23:22 1 2 216m 3 Tundla Junction 01:23 01:25 2 2 129m 4 Kanpur Central 04:25 04:30 5 2 129m 5 Prayagraj 07:30 07:40 10 2 100m6 Gyanpur Road 08:41 08:43 2 2 80m 7 Banaras 10:00 Destination - 2 80m

Coach composition

This train has 23 coaches between Banaras Station to New Delhi station.

1 AC 1 Tier Coach (H1) 2 AC 2 Tier Coach (A1-A2) 8 AC 3 Tier Coach (B1-B6 & BE1-BE2) 5 Sleeper class Coach (S1-S5) 4 General compartments (unreserved) 1 SLR 1 EOG 1 HCP

Coach composition for 12581 BSBS-NDLS Superfast Express:

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 HCPEOGH1A1A2B1B2B3B4B5B6BE1BE2S1S2S3S4S5GENGENGENGENSLR

Coach composition for 12582 NDLS-BSBS Superfast Express:

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 SLRGENGENGENGENS5S4S3S2S1BE2BE1B6B5B4B3B2B1A2A1H1EOGHCP

See also

New Delhi railway station Banaras railway station Shiv Ganga Express

Notes

References

External links

12581/Manduadih - New Delhi SF Express 12582/New Delhi - Manduadih SF Express