Humsafar Express to Soon Replace Duronto Express on This Route
Indian Railways has decided to soon replace the Delhi-Allahabad Duronto Express with Humsafar Express.
From September 13, this train will run four days a week, instead of the earlier three. The schedule of the new Humsafar express train will remain the same as that of the 12275/12276 Allahabad-New Delhi-Allahabad Duronto Express Train.
The 12275 Allahabad-New Delhi Humsafar Express train will run on every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, while the return train will run every Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
A senior official from the Railways said, "The Humsafar Express, which currently runs four days a week between Allahabad and Delhi and three days a week from Delhi to Allahabad, has now been extended to cover all seven days. This will help in standardisation of rakes and also ensure full occupancy as well."
The Delhi-Allahabad Duronto Express one among the first set of 12 non-stop trains introduced by Mamata Banerjee in the 2009-2010 railway budget. Till date, it remains one of the fastest trains in the country.
Some of the earlier replaced Duronto Express trains Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ajmer Sharif, Coimbatore-Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh-Amritsar and Howrah-Puri routes.
