Ajanta Express

Ajanta Express

Ajanta Express near Cavalry Barracks
Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	South Central Railway zone
Route
Start	Secunderabad railway station
Stops	21
End	Manmad railway station
Distance travelled	621 km (386 mi)
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, Second Class seating, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Technical
	Standard Indian Railway coaches
Operating speed	52 km/h (32 mph) avg
Route map Ajantha Express Route map

Route map
Ajantha Express Route map

Ajanta Express is an Express train in India that runs with a daily frequency on Secunderabad – Manmad line between Secunderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad of Telangana, and Manmad Junction, a town in Nasik District of Maharashtra.

Ajanta Express runs through eastern Maharashtra (Marathwada region) and north-western region of Telangana. It was known as Kacheguda Express very often by the people travelling on Kacheguda-Nizamabad-Nanded-Aurangabad route on former Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways.

The train was introduced in around the 1960s as a metre gauge train between Kacheguda railway station and Manmad, via Nizamabad, Nanded and Aurangabad. The train became popular in a short time as Manmad Junction on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge was the point to take broad gauge trains to other destinations.

After the track from Manmad to Parbhani was converted to broad gauge in 1992–95 and the track from Parbhani to Mudkhed and Nizamabad was still not converted, the train was re-routed between Kacheguda and Manmad via Bidar and Parbhani in 1995–1996 because the metre gauge had been converted between Vikarabad and Parbhani by then. In 2007, the train reverted to its original metre gauge route via Nizamabad, Mudkhed and Purna which had been converted into broad gauge in 2002–2003.