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The 12853 / 12854 Amarkantak Express is a daily Superfast Express train which runs between the Bhopal Junction railway station in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Durg, a city in Chhattisgarh state in central India. This train replaced the 8225/8226 Bhopal–Bilaspur Mahanadi Express along with the 8291/8292 Bhopal–Raipur Express and the 1235/1236 Bhopal–Jabalpur Express.
The name of the train comes from the name of the city Amarkantak, which is a pilgrim town in the Anuppur District from the state of Madhya Pradesh. The Narmada River, which is the largest river in Central India originates near the city.




Arrival and departure information


Train no. 12854 departs from Bhopal Junction daily at 4.00 pm, reaching Durg the next day at 08.05 am. Train no. 12853 departs daily from Durg at 6.25 pm reaching Bhopal Junction the next day at 10:30 am. This train takes in all 27 halts before reaching its destination




Route and halts


The important stations along the train route are:

Bhopal Junction
Rani Kamalapati
Narmadapuram
Itarsi Junction
Pipariya
Gadarwara
Narsinghpur
Madan Mahal
Jabalpur Junction
Katni South
Umaria
Shahdol
Anuppur Junction
Bilaspur Junction
Bhatapara
Raipur Junction
Bhilai Power House
Durg




Coach composition


The train normally consists of 22 LHB coaches:

1 AC 1 cum II Tier (HA1)
2 AC II Tier (A1 A2)
7 AC III Tier (B1-B7)
1 AC III Tier economy (M1)
6 Sleeper coach (S1-S6)
3 General coach
1 EOG/Power Car
1 Seating cum luggage rake/SLR
As is customary with Indian Railways, coaches are added/removed as per the demand.




Average speed and frequency


This is a daily train service in each direction. The trains operate at an average speed of 54 km/hour.




Loco links


The trains are hauled by the following locomotives;

Itarsi-based WAP-4 / WAP-7 locomotive between Bhopal Junction and Itarsi Junction.
Itarsi-based WAP-7 locomotive between Itarsi Junction and Bilaspur Junction.
Bhilai-based WAP-7 locomotive between Bilaspur Junction and Durg Junction.




Direction reversal


The train reverses its direction twice at;

Itarsi Junction
Bilaspur Junction.




Other trains from Bhopal to Bilaspur


12441/12442 Bilaspur Rajdhani Express
18233/18234 Narmada Express
18235/18236 Bhopal–Bilaspur Passenger cum Express
18237/18238 Chhattisgarh Express
18473/18474 Puri–Jodhpur Express
12409/12410 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express
22909/22910 Valsad–Puri Superfast Express




References



Indian Railways

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