110 km/h (68 mph) maximum,
55 km/h (34 mph) average including halts
The 12557 / 12558 Sapt Kranti Superfast Express is a
Superfast train service of
Indian Railways running between
Muzaffarpur railway station and
Anand Vihar Terminal railway station. This train is operated by the
East Central Railway zone of
Indian Railways. Its inaugural run was on 1 July 2002. Its terminal station was changed from
New Delhi railway station to Anand Vihar Terminal from 2 December 2010. But from 15 June 2020 to 5 December 2020 it would be run from Old Delhi to Muzaffarpur due to COVID-19 pandemic. One rake of this train got Gandhi theme coaches. This train got LHB coach on 2 October 2019 to celebrate 150th birthday of Mahatama Gandhi [1] The train has its name based on the Sapt Kranti movement led by
Ram Manohar Lohia. It is an
ISO 9001:2008 certified Train.[2][3]
Service
This train runs daily and covers a distance of 1059 km. This train consists of coaches of type, AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper, Second sitting (II) Unreserved, General and a pantry car. This train is generally reserved well ahead of its departure dates.[4]
From October 2019,
LHB coach replaced the old
ICF coach for the comfort of the passengers. The train is now hauled by the Indian locomotive class
WAP-7 through its entire journey.