The 12859 / 12860 Gitanjali Express is a Daily Superfast Express train of Indian Railways running between Two Major Metro Cities Kolkata, () in West Bengal and Mumbai, (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) in Maharashtra connecting the East with the West. Numbered 12859/60 this train belongs to the Superfast Express category. This train takes 30½ hrs to cover the distance of 1968 km between Mumbai and Howrah while the return takes 31 hrs 15 mins. This is first train which depart behind pure AC Loco from Mumbai CSMT after conversion of Mumbai CSMT to Thane from DC to AC. It has the top most priority in Howrah Mumbai route. It uses the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line.
Relevance Rabindranath Tagore, a famous poet of India, wrote the book Gitanjali. Since this train, too, starts from Bengal this train has the same name. This is the first Classless train in India, introduced by Ex Railway Minister Prof. Madhu Dandvate on 26 December 1977.
Train schedule From Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to Howrah — 12859. The train starts from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus everyday. Station code Station name Arrival Departure CSMT Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus --- 06:00DRDadar Central06:1206:15 KYN Kalyan Junction 06:52 06:55 KSRA Kasara railway station 08:00 08:03 IGP Igatpuri railway station 08:30 08:32NKNashik Road09:2509:30JLJalgaon11:5812:00 BSL Bhusaval Junction 12:40 12:45MKUMalkapur13:2913:30SEGShegaon14:1414:15 AK Akola 14:45 14:50 BD Badnera 16:12 16:15WRWardha Junction 17:1817:20 NGP Nagpur Junction 18:55 19:00BRDBhandara Road19:5119:53 G Gondia 20:48 20:50 RJN Raj Nandgaon 22:07 22:09 DURG Durg Junction 22:50 22:55 R Raipur Junction 23:30 23:35BSPBilaspur Junction01:2001:35RIGRaigarh03:1103:13JSGJharsuguda04:2804:30ROURourkela Junction05:4405:52CKPChakradhapur07:1307:15TATATatanagar Junction08:1508:25KGPKharagpur10:2310:28SRCSantragachi Junction11:4711:48 HWH Howrah 12:30 --- Note : Train stops at Kasara & Igatpuri Railway Station only for Bankers Loco attachment & removal at the back of the Train. There is no Commercial halt at these Stations.
From Howrah to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus — 12860. The train starts from Howrah everyday. Station code Station name Arrival Departure HWH Howrah --- 14:05KGPKharagpur 15:4015:45 TATA Tatanagar Junction 17:41 17:48CKPChakradharpur 18:4518:47ROURourkela Junction 20:1220:20 JSG Jharsuguda 21:53 21:55RIGRaigarh22:5823:00BSPBilaspur Junction 01:0001:15 R Raipur Junction 02:45 02:50 DURG Durg Junction 03:45 03:50RJNRaj Nandgaon 04:1204:14 G Gondia 05:40 05:42BRDBhandara Road06:2906:31 NGP Nagpur Junction 07:40 07:45 WR Wardha Junction 08:48 08:50 BD Badnera 10:32 10:35 AK Akola 11:30 11:35SEGShegaon12:0312:05MKUMalkapur12:4312:45BSLBhusaval Junction 13:4513:50JLJalgaon14:1814:20NKNashik Road17:0517:10 KYNKalyan Junction 20:0220:05DRDadar Central20:4720:50 CSMT Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus 21:20 ---
Arrival and departure Train No.12859 leaves source point, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai Daily Early Morning at 6:00 am and reaches its destination station Howrah Junction daily at 12:30 PM in afternoon the next day. Train No.12860 leaves Howrah Junction at 2:05 pm daily and reach its destination, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 9:20 pm next evening it is a daily Superfast Express service with Top Most High Level Priority.
Traction It is hauled by a Santragachi Loco Shed / Ajni Loco Shed / Kalyan Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive on its entire journey.
Coach composition Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SLRGENS1S2S3S4S5S6S7PCM1M2M3B1B2B3B4B5A1A2GENEOG
See also Dedicated Intercity trains of India
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