Vaishali Express


Vaishali Express is a daily superfast train service, connecting Saharsa in East Central India to New Delhi. This train is one of the oldest train of this route. Earlier it was known as Samastipur-New delhi Jayanti Jayanta Express. It is the first train after Bhopal Express to be certified for quality at the ISO 9000 level. It connects the major cities of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh like Saharsa, Barauni, Muzaffarpur, Chhapra, Siwan, Deoria Sadar, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Lucknow and Kanpur with the national capital New Delhi. The aged ICF coaches of the train were replaced with LHB coaches during first week of May 2018, increasing its speed limit to.
This train is hauled by CNB based WAP-7 from end-to-end.

Coaches and facilities

The train has 4 dedicated rakes. The train usually runs with 24 coaches viz., ENG-EOG-GS1-GS2-S1 TO S10-PC-B1-B2-A1-A2-HA1-H1-GS3-GS4-GS5-EOG. The 12553 Saharsa-New Delhi Vaishali Express Train will be augmented on a permanent basis by one additional sleeper coach from 04-09-11 when departing from Saharsa.

Schedule

Rake Composition

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Gallery

Award

Vaishali Express was awarded ISO 9000 on 1 May 2012.