Pune–Manduadih Gyan Ganga Express

The 22131 / 22132 Pune–Banaras Gyan Ganga Express, are the express trains which connect Pune Junction (Pune, Maharashtra, India) and Banaras railway station (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India). During its travel it covers a distance of 1537 km, for that it takes 27 hrs 5 mins. It runs with an average speed of 56 km/h. During its journey it covers 17 halts and passes 192 intermediate stations.

Coaches
The train has standard ICF rakes with Max Permissible Speed of 110 km/h. (avg speed: 55 km/h)


 * 1 AC I Tier
 * 3 AC III Tier
 * 13 Sleeper coaches
 * 2 General
 * 2 Second-class Luggage/parcel van
 * 1 PC

Schedule
Runs only one day from either side.

Route and halts

 * Pune
 * Daund Junction
 * Manmad
 * Bhusaval
 * Khandwa
 * Itarsi Junction
 * Narsinghpur
 * Jabalpur Junction
 * Katni Junction
 * Satna
 * Prayagraj Junction
 * Gyanpur Road
 * Banaras

Reversals
The train reverses its direction 2 times at;


 * DD – Daund Junction
 * PRYJ – Prayagraj Junction

Loco link
1. Banaras to Katni;

Itarsi-based WDP-4D diesel locomotive.

2. Katni]] to Pune;

Itarsi-based WAP-4 electric locomotive.

RSA – Rake sharing
11037/11038 – Pune–Gorakhpur Express

Features
Initially it uses train No. 22131 for its journey from Pune Junction to Banaras, and train no. 22132 for its journey from Banaras to Pune Junction.

On 3 August 2011 the train numbers for Gyan Ganga Express changed to #22131 for Train #11031 and to 22132 from Train #11032.