12489 Bikaner - Dadar Express Via Bhildi Crossing 14708 Ranakpur Express : Indian Railways

INDIAN RAILWAYS DIESEL SINGLE LINE CROSSING : BGKT WDP4 WITH 12489 BIKANER - DADAR SUPERFAST EXPRESS VIA BHILDI CROSSING 14708 BANDRA TERMINUS - BIKANER RANAKPUR EXPRESS AT SURPURA RAILWAY STATION OF NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS. 12489/Bikaner - Dadar Western SF Express (via Bhildi) (PT) बीकानेर - दादर पश्चिम सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस (भीलड़ी के रास्ते) BKN/Bikaner Junction -- DDR/Dadar Western The 12489 / 90 Bikaner Dadar Western Superfast Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - North Western Railway zone that runs between Bikaner Junction and Dadar Western in India. It operates as train number 12489 from Bikaner Junction to Dadar Western and as train number 12490 in the reverse direction serving the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat & Maharashtra. The 12489 / 90 Bikaner Dadar Western Superfast Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 6 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 4 Second Class seating & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not have a Pantry Car Coach. 12489 Bikaner Dadar Western Superfast Express covers the distance of 1245 kilometres in 22 hours 10 mins (56.17 km/hr). 12490 Dadar Western Bikaner Superfast Express covers the distance of 1245 kilometres in 22 hours 35 mins (55.13 km/hr). The 12489 / 90 Bikaner Dadar Western Superfast Express runs via Jodhpur Junction, Bhildi Junction, Ahmedabad Junction, Vadodara Junction to Dadar Western. It reverses direction twice during its run at Bhildi & Palanpur Junction. As the route is partly electrified, it is hauled from Bikaner Junction by an Abu Road based WDM 3A locomotive until Ahmedabad Junction handing over to a Vadodara based WAP 4 or WAP 5 locomotive which powers the train for the remainder of the journey. 12489 Bikaner Dadar Western Superfast Express leaves Bikaner Junction every Tuesday & Saturday at 13:50 hrs IST and reaches Dadar at 12:00 hrs IST the next day. 12490 Dadar Western] Bikaner Superfast Express leaves Dadar every Wednesday & Sunday at 14:35 hrs IST and reaches Bikaner Junction at 13:10 hrs IST the next day. 14708/Ranakpur Express (PT) राणकपुर एक्सप्रेस BDTS/Bandra Terminus -- BKN/Bikaner Junction The 14707/14708 Ranakpur Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Bikaner and Mumbai in India. It operates as train number 14707 from Bikaner to Bandra Terminus and as train number 14708 in the reverse direction. It is named after the village of Ranakpur which is located in the Pali district of Rajasthan. The 14707/14708 Ranakpur Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 13 Sleeper Class & 6 General Unreserved coaches. The 14707 Ranakpur Express covers the distance of 1212 kilometres in 24 hours 10 mins (50.15 km/hr) & 1213 kilometres in 24 hours 30 mins as 14708 Ranakpur Express (49.51 km/hr). Prior to Western Railway switching to the AC traction, it would be hauled by a WCAM 1 engine until Valsad after which a Vadodara based WAP 4 and WAP 5 and WAP 7 would haul the train until Ahmedabad Junction following which it would get a WDP 4 , WDP 4D , WDP 4B from the Bhagat ki Kothi shed until Bikaner. Since Western Railway switched over to AC traction in February 2012, it is now hauled by a WAP 5 or WAP 4E or WAP 7 from the Vadodara shed until Ahmedabad Junction after which a WDP 4 , WDP 4D , WDP 4B from the Bhagat ki Kothi from the Bhagat ki Kothi shed takes over until Bikaner. 14707 Ranakpur Express leaves Bikaner Junction every day at 09:30 hrs IST and reaches Bandra Terminus at 09:40 hrs IST the next day. 14708 Ranakpur Express leaves Bandra Terminus every day at 15:05 hrs IST and reaches Bikaner Junction at 15:35 hrs IST the next day.

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