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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gaya Weekly Superfast Express

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The Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Gaya Weekly Superfast Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus of Maharashtra and Gaya of Bihar in India.[1] It is currently operated with 22357/58 train numbers on a weekly basis.[2]

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Gaya Weekly Superfast Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast Express
LocaleMaharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand & Bihar
First service25 October 2024; 31 days ago (2024-10-25)
Current operator(s)East Central
Route
TerminiLokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)
Gaya Junction (GAYA)
Stops23
Distance travelled1,993 km (1,238 mi)
Average journey time33h 35m
Service frequencyWeekly
Train number(s)22357 / 22358
On-board services
Class(es)General Unreserved, Sleeper Class, AC 3rd Class Economy, AC 3rd Class Tier, AC 2nd Class Tier, AC 1st Class Tier
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Observation facilitiesLarge windows
Technical
Rolling stockLHB coach
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph) maximum,
/59 km/h (37 mph) average including halts

It operates as train number 22357 from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Gaya Junction and as train number 22358 in the reverse direction, serving as the states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand & Gaya.

Services

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• 22357/ Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Gaya Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 59 km/h and covers 1993 km in 33h 35m.

• 22358/ Gaya–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Weekly Superfast Express has an average speed of 57 km/h and covers 1993 km in 34h 50m.

Schedule

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I) 22357 - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (1:15 PM) on Friday.

II) 22358 - Gaya Junction (7:00 PM) on Wednesday.

Routes and halts

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The Important Halts of the train are :

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

Kalyan Junction

Nashik Road

Jalgaon Junction

Bhusaval Junction

Akola Junction

Badnera Junction

Wardha Junction

Nagpur Junction

Gondia Junction

Durg Junction

Raipur Junction

Bilaspur Junction

Raigarh

Jharsuguda Junction

Rourkela Junction

Hatia

Ranchi Junction

Mesra

Barkakana Junction

Hazaribagh Town

Koderma Junction

Gaya Junction

Rake Reversal

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No rake Reversal or rake share.

See also

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Trains from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus :

  1. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Ernakulam Duronto Express
  2. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Karaikal Weekly Express
  3. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
  4. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express
  5. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Sitapur Junction Superfast Express

Trains from Gaya Junction :

  1. Gaya–Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express
  2. Gaya–Chennai Egmore Weekly Superfast Express
  3. Ekatmata Express
  4. Mahabodhi Express
  5. Howrah–Gaya Vande Bharat Express

Notes

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a. Runs one day in a week for every direction

References

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  1. ^ Mishra, Kamal (13 October 2024). "Mumbai: Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw To Flag Off 2 New Weekly Train Services Between Bandra-Lalkuan And LTT-Gaya On October 13, Ahead Of Diwali". Free Press Journal. p. 3.
  2. ^ Mascarenhas, Presten (15 October 2024). "mbai Ltt - Gaya Sf Express 22357". Deccan Herald. p. 4.