Secunderabad–Hisar Express

Secunderabad–Hisar Express
Overview

Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	South Central Railway zone
Route
Termini	Secunderabad Junction (SC) Hisar Junction (HSR)
Stops	32
Distance travelled	2,416 km (1,501 mi)
Average journey time	46h 20m
Service frequency	Bi-weekly ^[a]
Train number(s)	22737/22738
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1 tier, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry Car On-board catering E-catering
Observation facilities	ICF coach
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	51 km/h (32 mph), including halts

The Secunderabad–Hisar Express is an Express train belonging to South Central Railway zone that runs between Secunderabad Junction and Hisar Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 17037/17038 train numbers on bi-weekly basis.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Service

The 17037/Secunderabad–Hisar Express has an average speed of 52 km/h and covers 2416 km in 46h 20m. The 17038/Hisar–Secunderabad Express has an average speed of 52 km/h and covers 2416 km in 46h 45m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a max speed of 120 kmph. The train consists of 27 coaches:

1 AC I Tier
3 AC II Tier
4 AC III Tier
12 Sleeper coaches
1 Pantry car
2 Jeneral Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
1 Luggage Rake
1 Guard Cabin

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Lallaguda Loco Shed based WAP-7 or Bhusawal Loco Shed based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Secunderabad to Hisar Junction and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 17001/17002 Sainagar Shirdi–Secunderabad Express and 17017/17018 Rajkot–Secunderabad Express.

Notes

^ Runs two days in a week for every direction.

References

^ "Katra Express to stop at Chittapur from October 1"
^ Permanent Augmentation of Additional AC Coaches to Several Express Trains
^ SCR seeks MPLADs, CSR funds for improving amenities

External links

17037/Secunderabad–Hisar Express India Rail Info
17038/Hisar–Secunderabad Express India Rail Info

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

Zones and divisions

South Central	Hyderabad Secunderabad
South Coast	Guntakal Guntur Vijayawada Waltair
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Suburban and metro

Operational

Suburban	Chennai Suburban Chennai MRTS Hyderabad MMTS
Metro	Chennai Metro Kochi Metro Hyderabad Metro Namma Metro

Proposed

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hubli Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chennai–Thanjavur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Kothavalasa–Kirandul Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mysore–Bangalore Mysore–Chamarajanagar Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Manmad Tenali–Repalle Thiruvananthapuram–Kanyakumari Vijayawada–Nidadavolu Viluppuram–Tiruchirappalli
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Sections	Duvvada–Vijayawada Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Nandyal Guntakal–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Hassan–Bangalore Kazipet–Vijayawada Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagpur–Secunderabad Nallapadu–Nandyal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Pagidipalli–Nallapadu Secunderabad–Dhone Shoranur–Cochin Harbour Shoranur–Mangalore Solapur–Guntakal Vijayawada–Gudur Vijayawada–Guntur
Inactive	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.

Railway companies

Active	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) Konkan Railway Corporation (KRCL) Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTCL) Kerala Rail Development Corporation (KRDC)
Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway