Chennai Central–Ahmedabad Humsafar Express, also known as Ahmedabad Humsafar Express, is a 18 Coached partially air-conditioned version of Humsafar-type service running between and . It is one of the fastest train to connect Gujarat to Tamil Nadu, doing so in less than thirty hours. It is maintained by the Ahmedabad division of Western Railway (WR). In the up direction, from Ahmedabad to Chennai, the service runs with train number 22920 and in down direction, from Chennai to Ahmedabad, as train number 22919.
The maiden run of the train was on 8 May 2017. It ran as Ahmedabad–Chennai Central Humsafar inaugural special express for the very first time and was flagged off by the then Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu.
Train no. 22920 leaves Ahmedabad Junction at 09:40 every Monday and arrives Chennai Central at 15:25 the next Tuesday. The return train 22919 leaves Chennai Central at 16:00 every Wednesday and arrives Ahmedabad Junction at 21:15 the next Thursday. Chennai-Ahmedabad Humsafar Express runs with an average speed of 59 km/h.
Locomotive It is hauled by a Vadodara loco shed-based WAP-7 loco end to end.
Coach composition Pure LHB coach in red-grey Rajdhani livery, manufactured in India, are used for this train. Humsafar vinyl or wallpaper pasting is done on the AC-3 Tier coaches to give the humsafar livery. The service was launched with fifteen AC-3 Tier and one Pantry Car. The AC-3 tier coaches were designed by Indian Railways with LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. It is planned to have announcement system, vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, and bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.
The service consists of 10 Third AC (3A), 6 Sleeper Class (SL), 1 Seating cum Luggage Rake and 1 Generator car luggage car guard van, hence, a total of 18 coaches. As is customary with most train services in India, the coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Maximum 1–2 extra coaches may be added to clear extra rush during holidays. In September 2019, sleeper coaches were added to the train.
+Loco123456789101112131415161718 22919 EOG S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 SLR 22920 SLR B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 EOG
Route and halts The schedule of Chennai Central – Ahmedabad Humsafar Express is given below:-
MAS - ADI Humsafar Express22919Stations22920ArrivalDepartureArrivalDeparture -NIL-16:0015:25 -NIL-18:3018:3512:1512:2023:2523:3007:0007:1001:1801:2004:4304:4503:5704:0006:3506:4006:3506:4000:1500:2010:5511:0520:1020:1513:2213:2516:5216:5514:2014:2515:5215:5714:5414:5615:1515:1716:5216:5513:0713:1218:3318:3811:1011:1519:1019:12Anand Junction10:3410:3621:15 -NIL- -NIL- 09:40
See also Navjeevan Express Humsafar Express Central Railways' Press Release
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