Classic route
Tejas Express
Delhi → Lucknow · India
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India’s first train run by a separate operator, IRCTC, rather than the Railways: with onboard hosts and automatic payouts for delays.
Stations
- 0 kmAnand Vihar Terminal
- 12 kmGhaziabad
- 153 kmMoradabad Junction
- 244 kmBareilly Junction
- 479 kmLucknow Junction
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18068175 — 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: IRCTC — 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Tejas Express?
The Tejas Express runs 512 km from Delhi to Lucknow.
How long does the Tejas Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 15 min for the 512 km. That is an average of 82 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Tejas Express?
IRCTC, with Tejas LHB rake.
How old is the Tejas Express?
The line has been in service since 2019. 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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