Ahmedabad–Udaipur Express

The 19944 / 43 Ahmedabad Udaipur Express was a meter gauge express train belonging to Indian Railways - Western Railway zone that ran between Ahmedabad Junction & Udaipur City in the states of Gujarat & Rajasthan in India. It ran as train number 19944 from Ahmedabad Junction to Udaipur City and as train number 19943 in the reverse direction.

Ahmedabad Udaipur Express
Overview
Service typeExpress
StatusGauge Conversion
Last service31 December 2016 (2016-12-31)
Current operator(s)Western Railways
Route
StartAhmedabad Junction M G
Stops7
EndUdaipur City M G
Distance travelled298 km (185 mi)
Service frequencyDaily
On-board services
Class(es)A/C sleeper, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesNo
Technical
Rolling stock2
Track gaugemeter (converting to broad gauge)
ElectrificationNo
Operating speed50 km/h (31 mph) maximum
28.38 km/h (18 mph) including halts.
YDM 4 at Ahmedabad

The train was discontinued due to track conversion to broad gauge.[1][2][3]

Operations

This train ran from Delhi Sarai Rohillia to Ahmedabad Jn via Ajmer, Udaipur, Himmatnagar till November 2004 after that the train was running from Ajmer to Ahmedabad via Udaipur. After the Gauge Conversion between Ajmer and Udaipur the train ran from Udaipur to Ahmedabad from 2005 to December 2016, it had one A/c sleeper till 2013 then it was removed due to less demand.

The express train covered the distance of 298 km (185 mi) in 10 hours 20 mins (28.84 km/h (17.92 mph)) as 19944, and in 10 hours 40 mins as 19943 (27.94 km/h (17.36 mph))

The express train ran from Ahmedabad Junction via Himmatnagar, Dungarpur, Kharwa Chanda to Udaipur City. The train was hauled by a Sabarmati based YDM 4 for its entire journey.

The express train had 5 sleeper class, 5 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (seating cum luggage rake) coaches. It did not carry a pantry car coach.

References
  1. http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=3494&id=0,4,268
  2. "19944/Ahmedabad - Udaipur MG Express (UnReserved) - Ahmedabad Junction MG to Udaipur WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry".
  3. "19943/Udaipur - Ahmedabad MG Express (UnReserved) - Udaipur to Ahmedabad Junction MG WR/Western Zone - Railway Enquiry".
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