Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Agartala AC Express
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The Agartala–Mumbai LTT AC Express[1] is a Superfast fully air-conditioned Express train connecting Agartala and Mumbai.
This is the first fully air conditioned train connecting the north eastern and western parts of India touching Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It is the fastest train connecting Northeast India and Mumbai
This train was announced in Union Railway Budget 2012 and it made its first inaugural run on 18 April 2013.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi flagged off the first fully air-conditioned Agartala–Lokmanya Tilak Terminal Mumbai AC Express, at a function held at Kamakhya railway station.[2][3]
This train is currently India's longest running AC Express after its extension to Agartala.
Accommodations
This train comprises 1 First AC, 4 AC 2-Tiers, 14 AC 3-Tiers, 1 AC Hot Buffet Car & 2 Luggage/Parcel cum Generator cum Brake van one of which is provided with the Guards' cabin. Total coach composition is 22. This train will be using the latest LHB coach. Rakes are owned and maintained by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).[4]
Major stops
| State | Station |
|---|---|
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Ambassa | |
| Dharmanagar | |
| Assam | Badarpur |
| New Haflong | |
| Lumding | |
| Hojai | |
| Jagiroad | |
| Chaparmukh | |
| Guwahati | |
| Kamakhya Junction | |
| Rangiya Junction | |
| New Bongaigaon Junction | |
| West Bengal | New Cooch Behar Junction |
| New Jalpaiguri Junction (Siliguri) | |
| Bihar | Kishanganj |
| Katihar Junction | |
| Naugachia | |
| Khagaria Junction | |
| Begusarai | |
| Barauni | |
| Hajipur Junction | |
| Patliputra Junction | |
| Danapur | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction |
| Mirzapur | |
| Prayagraj Chheoki Junction | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Satna Junction |
| Jabalpur Junction | |
| Itarsi Junction | |
| Khandwa Junction | |
| Maharashtra | Bhusaval Junction |
| Jalgaon Junction | |
| Manmad Junction | |
| Nasik Road | |
| Igatpuri | |
| Kalyan Junction | |
| Thane | |
| Lokmanya Tilak Terminus |
Traction
A Gomoh-based WAP-7 hauls the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus till Guwahati and from Guwahati to Agartala, the train is hauled by Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri based WDP4/WDP-4D locomotive and vice versa.