Sapt Kranti Express


The Sapt Kranti Superfast Express is a superfast train service of Indian Railways running between Muzaffarpur Railway Station and Anand Vihar Terminal Railway Station. This Train is operated by the East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. Its inaugural run was on 1 July 2002. Its terminal station was changed from New Delhi Railway Station to Anand Vihar Terminal from 2 December 2010. It is designated by Train nos. 12557 UP and 12558 DN. Major stops are Motihari, Bettiah, Narkatiaganj, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Moradabad. In July 2002 it became the first broad gauge superfast train to pass through Champaran districts. The train has its name based on the Sapt Kranti movement led by Ram Manohar Lohia. It is an certified Train.

Service

This train runs daily and covers a distance of 1059 km. This train consists of coaches of type, AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper, Second sitting Unreserved, General and a pantry car. This train is generally reserved well ahead of its departure dates.
From October 2019, Linke Hofmann Busch coaches replaced the old ICF coaches for the comfort of the passengers. The train is now hauled by the Indian locomotive class WAP 7 through its entire journey.


Stoppage

It is runs, Muzaffarpur via Chakia, Mehsi, Bapudham Motihari, Sagauli, Bettiah, Narkatiaganj, Harinagar, Bagaha, Siswa Bazar, Kaptanganj, Gorakhpur, Lucknow Charbagh, Moradabad to Anand Vihar Terminal.

Locomotive

Both trains are hauls by a Ghaziabad or Tughlakabad based WAP 7 locomotive on its entire journey.