Shiv Ganga Express is a Superfast train of North Eastern Railway Zone named after the two jewels of Varanasi: Shiva and the Ganges river. The main towns along the route are Prayagraj and Kanpur.It was passed in 2002's Railway Budget and hence initiated its journey from 1 July 2002. It operates daily and covers a distance of from Manduadih to New Delhi. Shiv Ganga Express originally consisted of 24 ICF Coaches which includes 1 First AC coach, 1 Second AC coach, 4 Third AC coach, 10 Sleeper Class coaches,5 General coaches, Pantry Car and 2 SLR overall 24 coaches that makes it one of the longest trains in India. Shiv Ganga Express is usually hauled by a WAP 4 or a WAP 7 Locomotive from Manduadih to New Delhi. It is considered as the best train between New Delhi and Varanasi. It has got a maximum speed of. It is one of the few Superfast trains which pass through Manduadih-Madho Singh-Allahabadsection. This train is now running with 22 LHB Coaches from 16 June 2015 which includes 1 First AC Coach, 1 Second AC Coach, 4 Third AC Coaches, 9 Sleeper Class Coaches, 4 General Coaches, Pantry Car and 2 EOG.
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Time Table
From Varanasi New Delhi it starts with Number 12559 and time table is as:
S.No.
Station
Arrival
Departure
Halt
Day
Elevation
1
Manduadih
Starting Station
19:55
-
1
80m
2
Prayagraj
22:20
22:30
10
1
100m
3
Kanpur Central
01:05
01:13
8
2
129m
4
New Delhi
08:10
Destination
-
2
216m
From New Delhi to Manduadih it starts with Number 12560 and time table is as:
S.No.
Station
Arrival
Departure
Halt
Day
Elevation
1
New Delhi
Starting Station
18:55
-
1
216m
2
Kanpur Central
01:00
01:05
5
2
129m
3
Prayagraj
03:50
04:00
10
2
100m
4
Manduadih
06:50
Destination
-
2
80m
Reservation
People have to take an advanced reservation ticket to travel in the train except for the General class. It records a rush of passengers throughout the year in both peak as well as non-peak period. Because of its comfortable time of arrival and departure, it is fairly popular among masses.
Coach composition
This train has 22 coaches between Manduadih to New Delhi station. 9 Sleeper class Coach 4 Sleeper 3 Tier AC Coach 1 1st Class AC Coach 1 AC 2 Tier Coach 4 General compartments 1 Pantry Car 2 EOGs Coach composition for 12559 :
Loco
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
EOG
GEN
GEN
H1
A1
B1
B2
B3
B4
PC
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
GEN
GEN
EOG
Coach composition for 12560 :
Loco
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
EOG
GEN
GEN
S9
S8
S7
S6
S5
S4
S3
S2
S1
PC
B4
B3
B2
B1
A1
H1
GEN
GEN
EOG
Journey
It takes around 11 hours 55 minutes to cover its journey of with an average speed of.
