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The Intercity Express is the Express train service in India which connect and run only between important railway junctions or state capitals.
General Features
The trains are comparatively cheaper as compared to other express trains and reach to the destination within 5–6 hours only usually. They run on daily basis. Generally they complete the round trip in the day i.e. return back to the origin station at night and use only a single rake. They generally have only sitting accommodation and a pantry car.
Exceptions
- Indore - Jabalpur Intercity Express which runs only 3 days a week.
- Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express which runs only 5 days a week.
- Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express which takes 11 hours to cover the 550 kilometres (340 mi) strech between the 2 cities. This train uses 2 rakes between the stations and also has Chair Car, Unreserved, Sleeper Class, Pantry Car, 1A, 2A and 3A coach.
Named Intercities
Following trains possess the qualities of Intercity but have different names:
- Taj Express
- Kovai Express
- Brindavan Express
- Lal Bagh Express
- Pinakini Express
- Satavahana Express
- Janmabhoomi Express
- Pallavan Express
- Vindhyachal Express
- Tippu express
- Chamundi Express
- Pragati Express
- Deccan Queen Express
- Deccan Express
- Venad Express
- Vanchinad Express
- Amritha Express
- All Shatabdi Express
- All Jan Shatabdi Express
Current running status
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Currently the following Intercity Express run on :
- > New Delhi - Kanpur
- < Kanpur - New Delhi
- > New Delhi - Agra
- < Agra - New Delhi
- > New Delhi - Chandigarh
- < Dehradun - New Delhi
- > New Delhi - Gwalior
- < Gwalior - New Delhi
- > Mumbai - Pune
- < Pune - Mumbai
- > Mumbai - Nagpur
- < Nagpur - Mumbai
- > Jaipur - Jodhpur
- < Jodhpur - Jaipur
- > Bhopal - Indore Intercity Express
- < Indore - Bhopal Intercity Express
- > Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express
- < Gwalior - Bhopal
- > Bhopal - Jabalpur Intercity Express
- < Jabalpur - Bhopal
- > Lucknow - Gorakhpur
- < Gorakhpur - Lucknow
- > Bhopal - Dahod
- < Dahod - Bhopal
- > Bhopal - Ajmer Intercity Express
- < Ajmer - Bhopal
- > Bhopal - Ratlam Intercity Express
- < Ratlam - Bhopal
- > Indore - Gwalior Intercity Express
- < Gwalior - Indore
- > Indore - Bhind
- < Bhind - Indore
- > Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express
- < Hazrat Nizamuddin - Indore
- > Indore - Jodhpur
- < Jodhpur - Indore
- > Indore - Udaipur
- < Udaipur - Indore
- > Gwalior - Udaipur
- < Udaipur - Gwalior
- > Jabalpur - Rewa
- < Rewa - Jabalpur
- > Ratlam - Ajmer
- < Ajmer - Ratlam - Ajmer
- > Bangalore - Hubli
- < Hubli - Bangalore
- > Bangalore - Ernakulam
- > Chennai - Coimbatore
- < Banglore - Shimoga
- > Shimoga - Bangalore
- < Ernakulam Junction - Thiruvananthapuram
- > Thiruvananthapuram - Guruvayur
See also
- Duronto Express
- List of named passenger trains of India
- Rajdhani Express
- Shatabdi Express
- Superfast Mail/Express