Tulsi Express

Tulsi Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Central Railway
Route
Termini	Lokmanya Tilak Terminus; Ayodhya Cantt
Stops	23
Distance travelled	1,663 km (1,033 mi) as 22129 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express, 1,663 km (1,033 mi) as 22130 Ayodhya Cantt–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Tulsi Express
Average journey time	30 hours 00 mins as 22129 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express, 30 hours 00 mins as 22130 Ayodhya Cantt–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Tulsi Express
Service frequency	Bi–weekly. 22129 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express – Tuesday & Sunday, 22130 Ayodhya Cantt–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Tulsi Express – Monday & Wednesday.
On-board services
Class(es)	1 AC 2 tier, 7 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved, 1 SLR and 1 EOG
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Route map
Route map

The 22129 / 22130 Tulsi Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Central Railway zone that runs between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Ayodhya Cantt in India. It is the only train that runs from Mumbai to Ayodhya Cantt via Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi railway station

It operates as train number 22129 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Ayodhya Cantt and as train number 22130 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Coaches

The 22129 / 30 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express has 1 AC 2 tier, 7 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved and 1 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.

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 22129 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express covers the distance of 1663 KM in 30 hours 0 minutes (55.43 kmph) and in 30 hours as 22130 Ayodhya Cantt–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Tulsi Express (55.43kmph).

Routeing

The 22129 / 22130 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express runs from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via Thane, Kalyan Junction, Igatpuri, Manmad Junction, Bhusaval Junction, Khandwa, Itarsi Junction, Habibganj, Bhopal Junction,Bina Junction,Jhansi Junction, Banda Junction, Prayagraj Junction, Sultanpur Junction and Ayodhya Cantt Junction.

It reverses direction of travel at Jhansi Junction.

Traction

The route is now fully electrified. Earlier a Kalyan-based WCAM-3 locomotive would haul the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus until Manmad Junction handing over to an Itarsi-based WAP-4 or WAM-4 until Jhansi Junction following which a Jhansi-based WDM-3A locomotive would haul the train for the remainder of the journey until Ayodhya Cantt Junction.

With Indian Railways progressively moving towards a complete changeover from DC to AC traction, it is now hauled by a Kalyan-based WAP-7 locomotive from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Jhansi Junction and thereafter Jhansi-based WAP-4 locomotive for the remainder of the journey until Ayodhya Cantt.

Operation

22129 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ayodhya Cantt Tulsi Express leaves Lokmanya Tilak Terminus every Tuesday and Sunday reaching Ayodhya Cantt Junction the next day.

22130 Ayodhya Cantt–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Tulsi Express leaves Ayodhya Cantt Junction every Monday and Wednesday reaching Lokmanya Tilak Terminus the next day.

Incidents

On 3 October 2007, a fire damaged the sleeper class coach of the train during shunting operations. As the train was empty at the time, no injuries were reported [1]

References

"Allahabad–LTT Tulsi Express – YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
"Fire engulfs sleeper coach of Tulsi Express, no casualty – News Oneindia". news.oneindia.in. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
"Tulsi Express | Flickr – Photo Sharing!". flickr.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

External links

"Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
"[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

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