#Know your train 003
#Sampoorna Kranti Express, pride of ECR, one of the fastest trains in India.
#Name: Sampoorna Kranti means total change or wide spread revolution.
*During the struggle for independence, once Bihar was the center of
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the freedom fight.
*One of Mahatma Gandhi's greatest struggles was in Champaran
which is ion the state of Bihar.
*Hence this Bihar originated train is named as Sampoorna Kranti exp.
#Operator(s): This train is maintained by the Hajipur based
East Central Railways(ECR).
#Inaguration: This train made its inagural run February 16th,2002, it was
initiated by the Rail Minister, Nitish Kumar who had given Bihar
a number of good trains.
*During the time of introduction it ran between Patna Junction
And New Delhi.
*Due to its amazing speed record it gave birth to the concepts
of Durontos and Sampark Kranti.
(informed by Rohit Kumar Singh**)
#Regions and states: This travels through the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
&Delhi NCT(National Capital Territory) connecting Patna,
Bihar and New Delhi.
*This trains mainly travels though the ganges plain.
#Halts and Railway zones: This train travels through three railway zones
namely, East Central Railways(ECR), North Central
Railways(NCR) and Northern Railways(NR)
*This train has three halts of which two are
technical.
*No. of halts by railzone,
ECR-2, NCR-1, NR-1(terminals and tech.halts
included), total 3 halts between Rajendranagar
Patna and New Delhi.
#Languages: This train connects Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi speaking regions.
#Rake: Sampoorna Kranti is one of the few normal superfasts in India having
pure LHB rakes, it has 22 LHB coaches, GEN-4, SL-10, 3A-3, 2A-1,1A-1
and Gaurd cum luggage vans. It has 2 dedicated rakes.
#Speed: Being a train with LHB rakes, Sampoorna Kranti is a very fast train.
#max: 115 kmh between Rajendra Nagar Patna and Kanpur Central
#min: 60kmh between Kanpur Central and New Delhi.
* It can go at 130 kmh but it doesn't as it has to trail behind Poorva
express and others with ICF rakes.(restricted to go at 110kmh)
#Travel time: This train covers 1002 kms within 15 hours with an average
speed of 66 kmh.
#Ratings:1.Choice of people- There are a lot of alternatives to this train but
still it's a popular one,
8.5/10
2. Time management- Very reliable but not in festive seasons, 7/10
3. Cleanliness- Good, 7.5/10
4. Speed- Excellent, 10/10
5. Quality of food- Good, 7/10
Total, 40/50.