GANDHIDHAM (GUJARAT) TO BENGALURU (KARNATAKA) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 16505 GANDHIDHAM - KSR BENGALURU EXPRESS : 2 AC / 2 TIER AC COACH INTERIORS : BGKT WDP-4B LOCOMOTIVE : BGKT WDP-4B LOCOMOTIVE FAILED BEFORE TUMAKURU & TKD WAG-9HH CAME TO RESCUE : INDIAN RAILWAYS
16505/Gandhidham - KSR Bengaluru Express (PT)
गांधीधाम - क्रा सं रा बेंगलुरु एक्सप्रेस
GIMB/Gandhidham Junction -- SBC/KSR Bengaluru City Junction (Bangalore)
The 16505 / 16506 Gandhidham-KSR Bengaluru Express is an Express train belonging to South Western Railway zone that runs between Gandhidham Junction and Bangalore City in India. It is currently being operated with 16505/16506 train numbers on a weekly basis.
The 16505/Gandhidham-KSR Bengaluru Express has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 1955 km in 42 hrs 15 mins.
The 16506/KSR Bengaluru-Gandhidham Express has an average speed of 51 km/h and covers 1955 km in 38 hrs 40 mins.
Both trains are hauled by a Bhagat ki kothi Loco Shed based WDP-4B / WDP-4 / WDP-4D diesel locomotive from Bangalore to Gandhidham and vice versa.
The train shares its rake with ;
16573/16574 Yesvantpur-Puducherry Weekly Express,
16533/16534 Jodhpur-Bangalore City Express (via Guntakal),
16533/16534 Ajmer-Bangalore City Garib Nawaz Express
16507/16508 Jodhpur-Bangalore City Express (via Hubballi).
The important halts of the train are :
Gandhidham Junction
Ahmedabad Junction
Vadodara Junction
Surat
Vasai Road
Bhiwandi Road
Kalyan Junction
Karjat Junction
Lonavala
Pune Junction
Satara
Miraj Junction
Belagavi
Londa Junction
Dharwad
Hubli Junction
Arsikere Junction
Yesvantpur Junction
KSR Bengaluru City
The train has standard LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 21 coaches :
1 AC I Tier
2 AC II Tier
6 AC III Tier
7 Sleeper coaches
2 General Unreserved
1 Seating cum Luggage Rake
1 Pantry car
2 Generator Cars (EOG)
Gandhidham Junction railway station (code:- GIMB), located in Gandhidham, Gujarat, India, serves the people residing in Gandhidham and Kandla areas.
Before the formation of Gandhidham BG railway station by Indian Railways, the Cutch State Railway operated 2 ft 6inch narrow-gauge railway line. A train used to run towards Anjar from the port of Tuna. The railway was financed by the Maharao Khengarji Bawa of Cutch. This started way back in 1905.
The railway line was extended from Anjar to Bhuj in 1908.
The rail line from Varshamedi to Bhachau was opened in 1910. The 15 mile rail line from Anjar to Kandla was started in 1930. Another line was laid from Kandla to Disa in North Gujarat in 1950 by the Indian Railways.
Cutch State Railway was merged with the Western Railway on 5 November 1951. The foundation stone of Gandhidham railway station was laid on 7 April 1955. After the gauge conversion of Viramgam-Wankaner-Gandhidham section in the earlier 1980s. the first train from Gandhidham to Mumbai was introduced on 2 October 1984. After the gauge conversion of Gandhidham-Bhuj section in 2001. some of the trains were extended to Bhuj. Gauge conversion of Palanpur-Gandhidham was completed on 24 March 2006. New services were introduced via Palanpur.
Newly form Gandhidham Diesel loco has code of GIMB.
Bangalore City Railway Station, officially Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station, commonly known as KSR Bengaluru Station, Bengaluru City Railway Station or Majestic Railway station (station code: SBC), is the main railway station serving the city of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is the busiest railway station in South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways, and is the only station classified under NSG1 category in the zone.
It is located across the Kempegowda Bus Station. The station has 10 platforms and three entrances.
Platforms 1 to 7 connects to the Chennai and Salem railway lines. On platforms 8 to 10, service trains arrive via Yeshwantpur from Hubli-Dharwad. Platforms 1 to 4 terminate at Bangalore. On platforms 5 to 10, service trains depart towards Mysore. There are railway lines between Platforms 4 and 5 that are used as the railway yard. There are 5 railway lines passing from Bangalore City railway station - to Hyderabad via Guntakal, Chennai via Krishnarajapuram, Salem via Dharmapuri, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad via Tumkur, Birur. The Bangalore-Chennai railway line via Bangalore Cantonment, Bangarpet, is fully electrified and open for traffic. The Bangalore-Mysore line has also been doubled and electrified.
The important trains originating and passing from Bangalore city station are KSR Bengaluru Mail, Kacheguda-Mysuru Express, Karnataka Express, Bangalore Sangli Rani Chennamma Express, Island Express, Chennai Shatabdi Express, Rajdhani Express, Lal Bagh Express, Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express, Mysuru Junction-MGR Chennai Central Vande Bharat Express, Uday Express, Brindavan Express and Wodeyar Express, Humsafar Express, Duronto Express.