Intercity Express (Indian Railways)
The Intercity Express is the express-train service in India which connects major railway junctions and state capitals.
Features
The trains are less expensive than other express trains, and usually reach their destinations within 5–6 hours. They usually complete a round trip in a day, returning to the origin station at night and using only a single rake. Generally, they have only sitting accommodations and a pantry car. Intercity Express trains run daily, except:
- Jabalpur - Habibganj Intercity Express daily
- Rajgriha Intercity Express, Rajgir→Danapur Intercity
- Indore - Jabalpur Intercity Express, three days a week
- Bhubaneshwar-Visakhapatnam Intercity Express, daily
- Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express, five days a week
- Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express, which takes 11 hours to cover the 550 kilometres (340 mi) route. This train uses two rakes and also has unreserved, sleeper service and three coach classes.
- Bengaluru-Ernakulam intercity express also uses 2 rakes
- Bhubaneswar - Rourkela Intercity Express, daily
- Coimbatore - MangaluruIntercity Express uses 2 rakes and which is shared with Ernad Express
- Haldibari-Kolkata Intercity Express runs Tri-Weekly covering 630 km in 11 hours 10 minutes. It has Chair Car & AC Chair Car Coaches. The train is Superfast in Nature
- Katihar-Patna Intercity runs Except Sunday
Train names
The following trains are intercity-express trains, but have different names:
- Thiruvananthapuram-Guruvayoor Express
- Taj Express
- Kovai Express
- Brindavan Express
- Lal Bagh Express
- Pinakini Express
- Satavahana Express
- Janmabhoomi Express
- Pallavan Express
- Vindhyachal Express
- Tippu express
- Chamundi Express
- Pragati Express
- Deccan Queen Express
- Deccan Express
- Venad Express
- Vanchinad Express
- Vaigai Express
- Amritha Express
- Shatabdi Express
- Jan Shatabdi Express
- Ernakulam/Alappi
- Hutatma Express
Routes
Intercity Express routes are (round-trip, unless noted):
- New Delhi-Kanpur
- New Delhi-Agra
- New Delhi-Chandigarh (one-way)
- Dehradun-New Delhi (one-way)
- New Delhi-Gwalior
- Mumbai Pune Intercity Express
- Mumbai-Nagpur
- Akola - Hyderabad Kacheguda Intercity Express
- Nagpur Ajni - Amravati - Nagpur Ajni Intercity Express
- Jaipur-Jodhpur
- Bhopal - Indore Intercity Express
- Bhopal-Gwalior Intercity Express
- Bhopal - Jabalpur Intercity Express
- Bandra Surat Intercity Express
- Surat Jamnagar Intercity Express
- Lucknow-Gorakhpur
- Bhopal-Dahod
- Bhopal-Ajmer Intercity Express
- Bhopal - Ratlam Intercity Express
- Bhubaneshwar-Visakhapatnam Intercity Express
- Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express
- Indore-Bhind
- Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express
- Indore-Jodhpur
- Indore-Udaipur
- Gwalior-Udaipur
- Jabalpur-Rewa
- Ratlam-Ajmer
- Bangalore-Hubli
- Bhubaneswar-Rourkela
- Chennai-Coimbatore
- Bangalore-Shimoga
- Ernakulam Junction-Thiruvananthapuram
- Thiruvananthapuram-Guruvayur
- Trichy-Tirunelveli
- Patna-Dehri On Sone Intercity Express
- Guwahati-Ledo intercity Express
- Ranchi-Dehri On Sone Intercity Express
- Ernakulam Junction - Kannur Main Intercity Express
- Coimbatore JN - Mangalore Central Intercity Express
- Katihar-Siliguri Intercity Express
- Kamakhya-Jorhat-Dibrugarh Intercity Express
- Siliguri-Dhubri Intercity Express
- Howrah-Malda Town Intercity Express
- Alipurduar-Lumding Intercity Express
- New Jalpaiguri-Balurghat Intercity Express
- Patna-Dhanbad Intercity Express
- Sahibganj-Danapur Intercity Express
- Varanasi-Lucknow Intercity Express
- Puri-Sambalpur
- Alipurduar-New Jalpaiguri Intercity Express
- Kamakhya-Dekargaon Intercity Express
- Jaynagar-Danapur Intercity Express
- Lucknow-Agra Intercity Express
- Bhabua-Ara-Patna Intercity Express
- Kanpur- Pratapgarh Intercity Express[1]
- Valsad-Dahod Intercity Express
- Solapur Pune Intercity Express
See also
- Duronto Express
- List of named passenger trains of India
- Rajdhani Express
- Shatabdi Express
- Superfast Mail/Express
- Rajya Rani Express
References
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