Train : 12503 Bangalore Cantt - Agartala Humsafar Express
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This video features a 10 hours late Humsafar Express. The train travels through one of most beautiful railway routes of India from Lumding to Badarpur. The train climbs the mountains from Lumding to Haflong before going along the Jatinga River and finally entering the Barak Valley at Badarpur
The Humsafar Express usually crosses this section completely in the night. However, on my day it was 10 hours late and I got to explore the entire section in the day time whilst accompanied by pouring rain.
For those who wish to directly jump to the most beautiful part of the video, skip to 22:00. Prior to that, the most important section covered is the Double Bulb Curve to climb the mountain.
Humsafar Express is a fully premium service with AC-3 Tier and Sleeper Class accommodation having all the modern facilities designed and operated by Indian Railways. Its services include long haul routes. The first service was inaugurated on 16 December 2016 between Gorakhpur and Anand Vihar Terminal, New Delhi. The fares of Humsafar Express at the time of launch are around 15-20% higher compared to normal AC-3 tier and Sleeper Class fares.
The features included for its fleets are :
1. In the month of September 2019, Railways decided to add Sleeper class to provide better service to middle class passengers.
2. Railways has added a Changing table for babies in the toilet.
3. Vending machines are installed for tea, coffee and milk.
4. 110 V DC electric ports and USB ports are provided for each passenger.
5. Reading lights for each passenger.
6. More comfortable berths than the previous 3-tier AC sleeper rakes.
7. Seat-number stickers are braille-integrated.
8. Each compartment has Bio-toilets fitted for proper disposal of human waste.
9. The exterior of coaches has a futuristic look with the use of Vinyl sheets.
10. GPS based passenger information system at each end of the coach to display speed and station information on LED displays with voice announcements.
11. Compartments are equipped with smoke alarms and CCTV cameras to enhance passenger security.
12. Heating chamber and refrigerating box are installed in each coach to preserve the food that was brought from home by the passengers.
13. Curtains to maintain privacy and a dustbin to maintain cleanliness is provided in each cabin.
14. Each coach has three odour control systems fitted across the aisle.
15. Khadi bedrolls are provided.
Bangalore Cantonment-Agartala Humsafar Express is the longest running Humsafar Express of the Indian Railways, which is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting Bangalore Cantonment in Karnataka and Agartala , the capital city of Tripura . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on bi-weekly basis. The train runs through states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura. On its journey the train also touches some parts of Jharkhand in Pakur district but does not have the stoppage there.
The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB Coaches designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and have announcement system as well as, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Fitted with Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.
This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier Coaches, one Pantry Car and two Generator Power Car Coaches.
16 AC III Tier
1 Pantry Car
2 Generator Power Car
This train is hauled by a Lallaguda based WAP 7 or WAP 4 locomotive of Vijayawada shed from Bangalore Cantonment to Visakhapatnam. Then from Visakhapatnam to Malda Town it is hauled by a WAP 4 locomotive of Santragachi shed. And then from Malda Town to Agartala it is hauled by New Guwahati based WDP 4D locomotive.
It averages 56 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Friday and covering 3570 km in 65 hrs 30 mins & 59 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesdays covering 3570 km in 65 hrs 15 mins.
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21 июл 2019
