Shalimar Express

Shalimar Express is a daily train between Delhi and Jammu Tawi. It is operated by the Northern Railways. Its number is 14645/14646. It comes in the Non Superfast (Mail/Express) trains category of the Indian Railways.

Shalimar Express
Overview
Service typeMail / Express
Current operator(s)Northern Railways
Route
StartDelhi (DLI)
Stops27
EndJammu Tawi (JAT)
Distance travelled640 km
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)14645 / 14646
On-board services
Class(es)AC 1st class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangementsAvailable
Sleeping arrangementsAvailable
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Baggage facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Track gaugeBroad Gauge
Route map

History and etymology

The Shalimar Express is one of the oldest trains to Jammu Tawi. It has been given the name 'Shalimar' with reference to the Shalimar Gardens of Srinagar, as Jammu Tawi was the nearest railway station to Srinagar at that time.

Arrival and departure

The train leaves at 15:50 every day from Delhi to Jammu Tawi. It reaches Jammu Tawi the next morning, early, at around 05:20. While heading towards the Capital, it leaves Jammu Tawi at 20:45 from #platform 3 and arrives at Delhi at about 10:50 at platform 1 at the next morning.

Route and halts

Unlike all other trains to Jammu Tawi, this train does not take the Delhi - Jammu Tawi main route. This train goes via Ghaziabad, Meerut, khatauli, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Amabla Cantonment Junction, Ludhiana Junction, and Jalandhar; instead of Sonipat, Panipat, [Karnal], and Kurukshetra. The train passes through parts of Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. It has 26 halts before reaching Old Delhi. It is one of two trains travelling through this route.

With the doubling and electrification of the entire Jalandhar - Pathankot - Jammu Tawi section, it is expected that the average speed of the Shalimar Express will increase in the near future.

See also

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