Dehradun Express


The 19019/19020 Bandra Terminus - Dehradun Express is an express train of Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It is a daily service.
It operates as train number 19019 from to and as train number 19020 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consist of 16 coaches :
It carries parcel vans on a frequent basis. About four Sleeper class coaches and two General coaches are detached/attached from the train at.

Service

It is a daily train and covers the distance of 1682 kilometres in 41 hours 30 mins as 19019 Dehradun Express and 42 hours 20 mins as 19020 Dehradun Express.

Traction

Before the Mumbai region changed traction to an AC system, a WCAM 1 engine would haul the train until Vadodara from where a Vadodara based WAP 4 or WAP 5 would take over until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a WDM 3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed would take over until Dehradun.
Since Western Railways switched over to AC traction, a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 hauls the train until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a WDM 3A engine from the Tuglakabad shed takes over until Dehradun.
Now, both trains are hauled by a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 / WAP 5 uptil and vice versa.

Schedule

The important halts of the train are:
On 8 January 2014, a fire broke out on one of the trains when it was near Dahanu station in Maharashtra. Three carriages were involved. Some passengers escaped "by breaking open the back doors"
but nine were killed.