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Departing Ernakulam Junction : 12283 Ernakulam - Nizamuddin Duronto Express : Indian Railways

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ERS WDM3A WITH 12283 ERNAKULAM - HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN DURONTO EXPRESS DEPARTING ERNAKULAM JUNCTION STATION OF SOUTHERN RAILWAYS.

12283/Ernakulam - Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express
എറണാകുളം-ഹസ്രത്ത് നിസാമുദ്ദീൻ തുരന്തോ എക്സ്പ്രസ്സ്     एरणाकुलम-हजरत निजामुद्दीन दुरोंतो एक्सप्रेस
ERS/Ernakulam Junction (South) -- NZM/Hazrat Nizamuddin

Ernakulam–Duronto is a weekly non-stop superfast train which runs between Kochi, and the national capital New Delhi.[1] It runs through the scenic Konkan Railway. This is the first Duronto express to Kerala and the longest running Duronto express in Indian Railways. It is the longest non-stop train services by distance in the entire world.
This train runs once in a week. Train no: 12283 departs Ernakulam Junction on Tuesdays at 23:30 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin on Thursdays at 19:40. In the return journey, train no: 12284 departs Hazrat Nizamuddin on Saturdays at 21:35 and reaches Ernakulam Junction on Mondays at 15:40. It covers a distance of 2943 kilometres in each direction and takes 42 hours 05 minutes towards Ernakulam and takes 44 hours 10 minutes towards H.Nizamudin.
It is hauled by WAP 5 of Vadodara or Ghaziabad Shed from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Vadodara Junction after which a WDM 3A of Ernakulam Shed would take the train from Vadodara Junction to Ernakulam Junction.
The LHB rake has 7 non-AC three -tier sleeper coaches, 4 AC three-tier coaches, 1 AC two-tier coaches, 1 AC first-class, 1 pantry car and 2 EOG cars making a total of 16 coaches.

Rake/coach composition
LOCO EOG H1 A1 B4 B3 B2 B1 PC S7 S6 S5 S4 S3 S2 S1 EOG.

It has technical halts at Kozhikode (CLT), Mangalore Junction (MAJN), Madgaon Junction (MAO), Ratnagiri (RN), Panvel Junction (PNVL), Vasai Road (BSR), Vadodara Junction (BRC), Ratlam Junction (RTM) and Kota Junction (KOTA). You cannot book tickets to or from these technical halt stations.
The IRCTC handles the online ticket booking for this train. The table below shows the fares of different classes per one traveler. The fares for extra luggage change from time to time.

Class Fare
(in rupees)
AC - First Class ₹ 7,495
AC - Second Class ₹ 4,500
AC - Third Class ₹ 3,215
Sleeper ₹ 1,390.

Ernakulam Junction railway station (also known as Ernakulam South, code: ERS) is the biggest railway station in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Controlling 376 train routes at a time, it is the busiest railway junction station in South India.[2] At ₹158 crore (equivalent to ₹162 crore or US$24 million in 2017), it is the second largest in terms of passenger revenues in Kerala and the fifth largest in Southern Railway.[3] It is an A1 classified station operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division.

Ernakulam Diesel Loco Shed is one of the four diesel loco sheds of the southern railway and the only loco shed of any kind in the state of Kerala, and is the southernmost loco shed of the Indian Railways. The Diesel Loco Shed was set up in 1981 and handles around 56 diesel locomotives a month and employees 373 personnel. It undertakes repair, housing and maintenance of WDM2, WDM3A, WDG3A and WDS-6 and locos.

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