after this great marvel of medevial Odisha or Kalinga.
#Operators: This train is operated and maintained by the Mumbai based
Central Railways(CR)
#Inaguration: This train made its inagural run on August 16th 1978.
*During that time this train ran only between
Bhubaneswar(BBS) Secunderabad Junction(SC)
*Passengers to Mumbai had to take another train, Minar
Express for Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus. These two trains
shared some coaches.
#Regions and states: This trains travels connects Bhubaneswar, Odisha with
Mumbai, Maharastra. This train passes through Odisha,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharastra.
*This train covers 1200 kms distance only in
AP. Hence it covers most of Andhra Pradesh.
(source:wikipedia)
#Halts and railzones: This train travels through railway zones,
Central Railways, South Central Railwas and
East Coast Railways.
*Having halts, CR-10, SCR-16 and ECoR-11. In total 35
halts between BBS and CSTM.(terminals excluded in
total number of halts.)
#Languages: This train connects Marathi, Telgu and Odia speaking regions.
#Speed :
#max 110kmh between Bhubaneswar and VSKP and
#min 45 kmh
between Mumbai an Pune(own travel experience)
#Travel time: This train covers a total distance of 1932 kms in 37h15mins with
an average speed of 51 kmh.
#Ratings: 1. Choice of people:full all over the year,
9.5/10
2. Time management-Runs bang on time and very reliable but no IR
train is trustworthy in the case of being always on time,
9/10
3. Cleanliness-average, 6/10
4. Speed-Good, 6.5/10
5. Quality of food-Good, 7/10.
Total: 38/50
