Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express

Train in India

Dhanbad–Alappuzha Bokaro Express

Dhanbad-Alappuzha Bokaro Express train board.

Overview
Service type| Express
Locale| Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
First service| 1 April 1966; 58 years ago (1966-04-01)
Current operator(s)| East Central Railway
Route
Termini| Dhanbad Junction (DHN)
Alappuzha (ALLP)
Stops| 75
Distance travelled| 2,546 km (1,582 mi)
Average journey time| 51h 50m
Service frequency| Daily [a]
Train number(s)| 13351 / 13352
On-board services
Class(es)| AC first, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements| Yes
Sleeping arrangements| Yes
Catering facilities| On-board catering
E-catering
Observation facilities| Large windows
Entertainment facilities| Wide Windows
Baggage facilities| Available
Other facilities| Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock| LHB coach
Track gauge| 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification| 110 kv 50 Hertz
Operating speed| 45 km/h (28 mph) average including halts
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The 13351 / 13352 Dhanbad–Alappuzha Bokaro Express is an Express train belonging to East Central Railway zone that runs between Dhanbad Junction and Alappuzha in India. It is currently being operated with 13351/13352 train numbers on a daily basis, earlier it runs between Bokaro and Chennai so it was named as Bokaro-Madrass express .[1][2][3]

## Service

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The 13351/Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 2546 km in 57h. The 13352/Alappuzha–Dhanbad Express has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 2546 km in 55h 30m. From April first 2019 the train will not touch Shornur Junction, pass through link line and will halt at Ottappalam and Wadakkanchery in both directions.

## Route and halts

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The important halts of the train are:

* Dhanbad Junction
* Katrasgarh
* Chandrapura Junction
* Bokaro Steel City
* Kotshila Junction
* Jhalida
* Muri Junction
* Ranchi Junction
* Hatia
* Govindpur Road
* Bano
* Nuagaon
* Bondamunda
* Rourkela Junction
* Rajgangpur
* Bamra
* Jharsuguda Junction
* Rengali
* Sambalpur Junction
* Attabira
* Bargarh Road
* Barpali
* Balangir junction
* Titlagarh Junction
* Kesinga
* Muniguda
* Rayagada
* Parvathipuram Town
* Parvathipuram
* Bobbili Junction
* Vizianagaram Junction
* Kottavalasa Junction
* Somhachalam
* Visakhapatnam Junction
* Duvvada
* Anakapalle
* Elamanchili
* Narsipatnam Road
* Tuni
* Annavaram
* Pithapuram
* Samarlkota Junction
* Anaparti
* Dwarapudi
* Rajahmundry
* Nidadavolu Junction
* Tadepalligudem
* Eluru
* Vijayawada Junction
* Tenali Junction
* Nidubrolu
* Bapatla
* Chirala
* Ongole
* Singarayakonda
* Kavali
* Nellore
* Nayudupeta
* Sullurupeta
* MGR Chennai Central
* Tiruvallur
* Arakkonam Junction
* Katpadi Junction
* Jolapettai
* Tirupattur Junction
* Samalpatti
* Bommidi
* Salem Junction
* Erode Junction
* Tiruppur
* Coimbatore Junction
* Palakkad Junction
* Ottappalam
* Wadakancheri
* Thrissur
* Aluva
* Ernakulam Junction
* Turavur
* Cherthala
* Mararikulam
* Alappuzha

## Coach composition

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The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 22 coaches. It consist one 1st AC , four 2nd AC , six 3rd AC , five Sleeper , three General second class , two SLRD/EOG & one Pantry Car Coach. [4]

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## Direction reversal

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The train reverses its direction two times:

* Visakhapatnam Junction
* Chennai Central

## Rakes

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The train has six dedicated rakes. It ran as link train with 18189/18190 Tatanagar–Alappuzha Express but was discontinued when Indian Railways started phasing out link services.

## See also

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* Alappuzha railway station
* Dhanbad Junction railway station
* Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
* Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Chennai)
* Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Tirupati)

## Notes

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1. ^ Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

## External links

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* 13351/Dhanbad–Alappuzha (Bokaro) Express
* 13352/Alappuzha–Dhanbad (Bokaro) Express

## References

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1. ^ "Changes in operation of trains on July 10 & 11"
2. ^ For undertaking engineering works, the Southern Railway has announced changes in train schedule
3. ^ Mob missiles target trains on open line
4. ^ @EastCoastRail (27 July 2022). ".@RailMinIndia #ECoRupdateDhanbad-Alappuzha-Dhanbad Express will run with LHB coach as per the following... 👇…" (Tweet) - via Twitter.

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Odisha|

* Khurda Road–Bolangir line
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Suburban
rail transport|

* Kolkata Metro
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* Kolkata Circular Railway

Monorail|

* Kolkata Monorail
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Defunct lines|

| Revived/
Under revival|

* Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway
* Bankura–Damodar Railway
* Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway
* Burdwan–Katwa Railway
* Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway
* Futwah–Islampur Light Railway

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Inactive|

* Bengal Provincial Railway
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* Kalighat Falta Railway
* Mayurbhanj State Railway
* Dehri Rohtas Light Railway
* Patna–Digha Ghat line
* Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions|

| Eastern|

* Asansol
* Howrah
* Malda
* Sealdah

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East Central|

* Danapur
* Dhanbad
* Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
* Samastipur
* Sonpur

East Coast|

* Sambalpur
* Khurda Road
* Waltair

North Eastern|

* Varanasi

Northeast Frontier|

* Katihar
* Alipurduar

South Eastern|

* Adra
* Chakradharpur
* Kharagpur
* Ranchi

Production units/
workshops|

* Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
* Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
* Braithwaite & Co.
* Burn Standard Company Limited
* Bharat Wagon and Engineering
* Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
* Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut

Transit points
with Bangladesh|

| Active|

* Haldibari–Chilahati
* Singhabad–Rohanpur
* Radhikapur–Biral
* Gede–Darshana
* Petrapole–Benapole

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Defunct|

* Mahisasan–Shahbajpur
* Changrabandha–Burimari
* New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border|

* Raxaul Junction
* Bairgania
* Jaynagar
* Jogbani
* Laukaha Bazar
* Thakurganj

Railway companies|

* East Indian Railway Company
* Bengal Nagpur Railway
* Indian Branch Railway Company
* Indian Railways
* Martin's Light Railways

See also|

* Bholu (mascot)
* Suburban rail in India

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Authority|

* Ministry of Railways
* Railway Board

Railway companies|

* Indian Railways
* Konkan Railway
* Kerala Rail Development Corporation

| Defunct|

* East Coast State Railway
* Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways
* Madras Railway
* Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
* Mysore State Railway
* Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
* South Indian Railway Company
* Southern Mahratta Railway

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Zones and divisions|

| East Coast|

* Waltair

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South Central|

* Guntakal
* Guntur
* Hyderabad
* Secunderabad
* Vijayawada

Southern|

* Chennai
* Madurai
* Palakkad
* Salem
* Thiruvananthapuram
* Tiruchirappalli

South Western|

* Bangalore
* Hubli
* Mysore

Workshops|

* BEML
* Bharat Heavy Electricals
* Golden Rock
* Integral Coach Factory
* ICF coach
* Rail Wheel Factory

Depots|

| Electric Loco|

* Arakkonam
* Erode
* Guntakal
* Kazipet
* Krishnarajapuram
* Lallaguda
* Royapuram
* Vijayawada
* Visakhapatnam

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Diesel Loco|

* Coonoor
* Erode
* Ernakulam
* Golden Rock
* Gooty
* Guntakal
* Hubli
* Kazipet
* Krishnarajapuram
* Tondiarpet
* Vijayawada
* Visakhapatnam

Steam Loco|

* Coonoor

Multiple Unit|

* Avadi
* Bangalore
* Kollam
* Palakkad
* Tambaram
* Velachery
* Vijayawada

Lines|

| Main|

* Chennai–Bangalore
* Chennai–Howrah
* Chennai–Gudur
* Gudur–Vijayawada
* Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam
* Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road
* Chennai–New Delhi
* Chennai–Mumbai
* Renigunta–Guntakal
* Guntakal–Solapur

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Broad Gauge|

* Bangalore–Hassan
* Bangalore–Hubli
* Bangalore–Mysore
* Bhimavaram–Narasapur
* Chamarajanagar–Mysore
* Chennai–Thanjavur
* Cochin–Shoranur
* Ernakulam–Kayamkulam
* Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam
* Erode–Tiruchirappalli
* Gudivada–Machilipatnam
* Gudur–Renigunta
* Guntakal–Vasco da Gama
* Guntur–Tenali
* Guntur–Vijayawada
* Jolarpettai–Shoranur
* Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram
* Kazipet–Vijayawada
* Konkan Railway
* Kirandul–Kothavalasa
* Kollam–Sengottai
* Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram
* Kothapalli–Manoharabad
* Madurai–Tirunelveli
* Manamadurai–Rameswaram
* Manamadurai–Virudhunagar
* Mangalore–Mysore
* Mangalore–Shoranur
* Motumarri–Vishnupuram
* Nagercoil–Tirunelveli
* Nallapadu–Nandyal
* Nallapadu–Pagidipalli
* Nandyal–Guntakal
* Nandyal–Yerraguntla
* Nidadavolu–Vijayawada
* Nilambur–Shoranur
* Palakkad–Pollachi
* Peddapalli–Nizamabad
* Pune–Londa
* Samalkot–Kakinada
* Secunderabad–Dhone
* Secunderabad–Manmad
* Secunderabad–Nagpur
* Tenali–Repalle
* Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram

Mountain|

* Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Defunct|

* Cochin State Forest Tramway
* Kundala Valley Railway
* Nilambur–Nanjangud line
* Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains|

* Express
* High speed
* Luxury
* Passenger

Stations|

| Major|

* Arakkonam Jn.
* Chengalpattu Jn.
* Bengaluru
* KSR Bengaluru
* Yesvantpur Jn.
* Chennai
* Avadi
* Chennai Central
* Chennai Egmore
* Tambaram
* Coimbatore Jn.
* Ernakulam Jn.
* Hyderabad
* Hyderabad Deccan
* Kacheguda
* Secunderabad Jn.
* Katpadi Jn.
* Kollam Jn.
* Kozhikode
* Madurai Jn.
* Mysuru Jn.
* Thiruvananthapuram Central
* Thrissur
* Tirupati
* Tiruvallur
* Vijayawada Jn.
* Visakhapatnam Jn.

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Suburban and metro|

| Operational|

| Suburban|

* Chennai Suburban
* Chennai MRTS
* Hyderabad MMTS

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Metro|

* Chennai Metro
* Kochi Metro
* Hyderabad Metro
* Namma Metro

Proposed|

* Bengaluru Monorail
* Chennai Metrolite
* Chennai Monorail
* Coimbatore Metro
* Kozhikode Light Metro
* Madurai Metro
* Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro
* Trichy Metro

Railway companies|

* Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation
* Bangalore Suburban Rail Company
* Chennai Metro Rail Limited
* Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation
* Kochi Metro Rail Limited

Accidents
and incidents|

* South Indian railway strike (1928)
* Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway strike (1932)
* Rameswaram cyclone (1964)
* Indian Railway strike (1974)
* Peruman accident (1988)
* Nellore fire (2012)
* Chennai bombing (2014)
* Medak collision (2014)
* Anekal derailment (2015)
* Tamil Nadu train collision (2024)

Related articles|

* Madras Time
* Timeline of Southern Railway zone

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