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12859/Gitanjali Express (PT)
गीतांजलि एक्सप्रेस

AK/Akola Junction --> NGP/Nagpur Junction

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▪️ Departure from CSMT on 27.09.24 is diverted Sini - Kandra - Chandil - Adra - Medinipur - Kharagpur
Thu Sep 26, 2024 (10:08PM)
News History
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 07.08.24, 09.08.24, 13.08.24 & 14.08.24 is cancelled
Sat Aug 03, 2024 (12:10PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 30.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Nuagaon - Hatia - Bokaro - Adra - Medinipur - Kharagpur ▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Hatia - Purulia - Tatanagar
Tue Jul 30, 2024 (03:29PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Hatia - Purulia - Tatanagar
Tue Jul 30, 2024 (11:15AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 28.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Hatia - Purulia - Tatanagar
Tue Jul 30, 2024 (09:52AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT from 26.06.24 - 01.07.24 is diverted via Raipur - Titlagarh - Jharsuguda
Sat Jun 15, 2024 (12:27AM)
🔹Due to Pre-NI & NI work at Mumbai CSMT & YARD for Extension of Platform 10 & 11 & for provision of Electronic Interlocking, Train no. 12859/Gitanjali Express (PT) JCO 01/06/2024 and 02/06/2024 will be partially cancelled between Mumbai CSMT - Dadar, thereby short originating from Dadar Ctrl.
Wed May 15, 2024...
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(10:43AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.10.23 is diverted via Rourkela - Nuagaon - Hatia - Muri - Kothsila - Purulia - Chandil - Tatanagar
Mon Oct 30, 2023 (01:29PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 20.09.23 which was earlier announced as diverted will run in its normal path
Thu Sep 21, 2023 (09:40AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 19.09.23 is cancelled
Mon Sep 18, 2023 (09:53PM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave CSMT at 09.00 hrs instead of 06.00 hrs on 13.08.23
Wed Aug 09, 2023 (07:21PM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave CSMT at 12.00 hrs instead of 06.00 hrs on 04.05.23
Thu May 04, 2023 (02:05PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.04.23 is diverted via IB - Jharsuguda Road - Sambalpur City - Kalpilas - Bhadrak - Kharagpur
Sun Apr 30, 2023 (11:23AM)
Cancelled on 08/04/23 and 09/04/23.
Sat Apr 08, 2023 (05:25PM)
JCO 06/04/23 - Short terminated at TATA. JCO 07/04/23 and 08/04/23 are Cancelled.
Fri Apr 07, 2023 (02:37PM)
JCO 06/04/2023 short terminated at TATA.
Fri Apr 07, 2023 (02:30PM)
JCO 05.04.2023 is diverted via Tatanagar-Chandil-Purulia-Bokaro Steel City-Talgaria-Adra-Medinipur-Kharagpur JCO 07.04.2023 is cancelled
Thu Apr 06, 2023 (08:54PM)
JCO 04.04.2023 is diverted via Rourkela-Ranchi-Bokaro Steel City-Adra-Kharagpur JCO 05.04.2023 is diverted via Tatanagar-Chandil-Purulia-Bokaro Steel City-Talgaria-Adra-Medinipur-Kharagpur
Wed Apr 05, 2023 (12:08PM)
JCO 04.04.2023 is diverted via Rourkela-Ranchi-Bokaro Steel City-Adra-Kharagpur
Tue Apr 04, 2023 (06:24PM)
▪️One Rake has Sleeper towards the front end.▪️ Departure from CSMT on 21.02.23 is diverted via Jharsuguda - Sambalpur -Angul - Kapilas Road - Bhadrak - Kharagpur
Wed Feb 22, 2023 (10:06AM)
▪️One Rake has Sleeper towards the front end.
Sun Jan 01, 2023 (02:31PM)
Trains will leave from Dadar o­n 20.11.2022 (Cancelled Between CSMT & Dadar).
Fri Nov 11, 2022 (02:39PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 15.11.22 & 16.11.22 will be diverted via Raipur - Lakholi - Titlagarh - Sambalpur - Jharsuguda
Fri Nov 11, 2022 (02:11AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT from 21.09.22 - 28.09.22 is cancelled
Wed Sep 21, 2022 (09:08PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 19.09.22 diverted via Chandil - Muri - Bokaro Steel City - Bhojudih - Adra - Kharagpur
Tue Sep 20, 2022 (07:35PM)
▪️ Restoration of Unreserved Booking in this Train will start W.E.F 29/06/2022
Fri Jun 10, 2022 (03:26PM)
12859 Mumbai- Howrah Gitanjali Express leaving Mumbai on May 21 will run on a diverted route via Chakradharpur-Sini-Chandil-Asansol.
Sun May 15, 2022 (08:23AM)
AC 3 Economy will be available from 04/06/2022. Bookings will commence shortly.
Mon Feb 07, 2022 (10:34AM)
AC 3 Economy will be available from 02/06/2022. Bookings will commence shortly.
Mon Feb 07, 2022 (09:05AM)
Will be regulated at Mhasavad from 11:55 hrs to 14:45 hrs for JCO 12.01.2022
Wed Jan 12, 2022 (10:04AM)
JCO 31.07.2021 will be short terminated at Santragachi
Sun Aug 01, 2021 (03:35AM)
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Inaugural Run
Fri Nov 04, 1977
Pantry/Catering
✓ Pantry Car
✓ On-board Catering
✓ E-Catering
➡️ E-Catering available at NK, JL, BSL, SEG, AK, BD, WR,...
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NGP, G (Gondia), RJN, DURG, R (Raipur), TATA, KGP, SRC & HWH.; ➡️Veg, Egg and Chicken Meal available for Lunch & Dinner. Standard Breakfast, Soup, Tea, Coffee & variety of snacks are available.
Updated: Jun 12 (20:38) by _V_K_^~
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RSA - Rake Sharing
No RSA. 4 Dedicated Rakes. PM -- SRC
Rating: 3.1/5 (389 votes)
cleanliness - average (69)
punctuality - good (68)
food - average (61)
ticket avbl - average (66)
u/r coach - average (40)
railfanning - good (65)
safety - good (60)
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2. L EOG GS A2 A1 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 M3 M2 M1 PC S7 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 GS SLR HCPV
3. L HCPV EOG GS S7 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 PC B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 M3 M2 M1 A2 A1 GS SLR
4. L EOG GS A2 A1 M3 M2 M1 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 PC S7 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 GS SLR HCPV
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Jamshedpur deserves a good train for Hyderabad?
(Via gondia) on regular basis
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No, (18111) Tata ypr is good.
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No knowledge about route.
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Great
12860 Gitanjali Exp with duranto coach .
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Dec 18 2016 (01:54)   18101/Tatanagar - Jammu Tawi Express (PT)
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SER Heavyweights in this poll. Which is the most Heavyweight Train of SER?
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18101/18102 Tatanagar-Jammu Tari Express
6%
8
18109/18110 Rourkela Jammu Tari Express
0%
0
18029/18030 Kurla Express
2%
3
18005/18006 Howrah Jagdalpur Express
1%
1
18615/18616 Kriya Yoga Express
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1
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2
12821/12822 Dhauli Express
0%
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12810/12809 Mumbai Mail
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4
12871/12872 Ispat Express
1%
1
12860/12859 Gitanjali Express
23%
33
12837/12838 Puri Express
1%
2
12839/12840 Chennai (Madras) Mail
1%
2
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60%
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Aug 11 (21:44)   12859/Gitanjali Express (PT) | AK/Akola Junction (6 PFs) | BL/WAG-9HC/32322
KaworuNagisa27
KaworuNagisa27   179 blog posts
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Great

49 pics

Back in May 8th 2024, during my trip at Akola I had some railfanning session so here's my small collection:

From Pic 1 to 8: Hr panto fitted BL(Valsad) WAG-9 pulling out NMG rake from Akola Jn. & heading towards Badnera side.

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Pic 9 to 14: GY(Gooty) WDG-4 roaming lightly at Akola Jn. Outskirts. A freight train can be observed afar to in the 14th pic.

From Pic 15 to 23: Far from it's home station, BKSC(Bokaro Steel City) WAG-9 twins shows up with BOXN-HL rake slowly arriving at Akola from Badnera side.

From Pic 24 to 26: To give the light Gooty WDG-4 a company, another light Gimb(Gandhidham) WDG-4G arrives at Akola from Shivni Shivapur side.

From Pic 27 to 39: Ajni WAP-7 with 12859/Csmt-Hwh Gitanjali express departs from Akola & makes it's way towards Badnera jn.

From Pic 40 to 50: NKJ(New Katni) WAG-7 arrives with another BOXN-HL & moves towards Akola Jn.

Video will be uploaded soon.
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Aug 17 (22:19)   12859/Gitanjali Express (PT)
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SER 12859/12860 HWH- CSMT- HWH Gitanjali Express Via NGP
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