Indore-Daund Superfast Express

The 22943 / 22944 Indore–Daund Superfast Express is a superfast train of the Indian Railways which runs between Indore Junction in Madhya Pradesh and Daund Junction in Maharashtra.In late 2020 it's rakes had been upgraded to LHB coaches.

This train earlier had the numbers 19311/19312 until July 2016, when railways decided to upgrade it's service from Mail/Express to Superfast and introduced Indore-Pune Express which went through Karjat-Panvel-Vasai Road route, instead of Karjat-Kalyan-Vasai Road.

Until late 2020s, This train used to run till Pune only, later on railways extended it to Daund for traffic regulation purposes at Pune Railway Junction.

It is the only rail connection between Indore and Daund since Indore–Pune Express (via Panvel) got cancelled permanently.

Service

 * 22943/Daund–Indore Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 1038 km in 18 hrs 30 mins.
 * 22944/Indore–Daund Superfast Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 1038 km in 18 hrs 00 mins.
 * It has a maximum permissible speed of 130 km/h.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are;


 * Indore Junction
 * Dewas Junction
 * Ujjain Junction
 * Nagda Junction
 * Khachrod
 * Ratlam Junction
 * Meghnagar
 * Dahod
 * Godhra Junction
 * Vadodara Junction
 * Surat
 * Vasai Road
 * Bhiwandi Road
 * Kalyan Junction
 * Karjat Junction
 * Lonavala
 * Chinchwad
 * Pune Junction
 * Daund Junction.

Coach composition
* Note – The coach composition shown here is for 22943 (Daund to Indore), For 22944 (Indore to Daund) the composition will be flipped.

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 19315/19316 Veer Bhumi Chittaurgarh Express.

Traction
It is hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive on its entire journey.