Heritage route
Fairy Queen Express
Delhi → Alwar · India
Fairy Queen Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 143 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h
- Average speed
- 29 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Operator
- Indian Railways ↗
- Countries
- India
- In service since
- 1997
- Train
- 1855 Fairy Queen steam locomotive, heritage saloon
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Hauled by the 1855 Fairy Queen, the world’s oldest working steam locomotive, on a heritage run from Delhi out to the tiger country around Alwar.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11141189 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Fairy Queen Express?
The Fairy Queen Express runs 143 km from Delhi to Alwar.
How long does the Fairy Queen Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h for the 143 km. That is an average of 29 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Fairy Queen Express?
Indian Railways, with 1855 Fairy Queen steam locomotive, heritage saloon.
How old is the Fairy Queen Express?
The line has been in service since 1997. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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