Indrayani Superfast Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast Express
Locale	Maharashtra
First service	27 April 1988
Current operator(s)	Central Railways
Route
Termini	Mumbai CSMT Pune
Stops	6 as 22105 Indrayani Express, 5 as 22106 Indrayani Express
Distance travelled	192 km (119 mi)
Average journey time	3 hours 28 minutes as 22105 Indrayani Express, 3 hours 20 minutes as 22106 Indrayani Express
Service frequency	daily
Train number(s)	22105 / 22106
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, Second Class sitting
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	No Pantry Car
Observation facilities	Rake Sharing with 12169/70 Pune Solapur Intercity Express
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Rake
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum 56.47 km/h (35 mph), including halts
Route map Legend Mumbai CSMT Dadar Thane Thane Viaduct (Thane Creek) Parsik tunnel Kalyan Karjat Bhor Ghat Begins Monkey Hill (Technical Halt towards Mumbai CST) Khandala Tunnel Bhor Ghat Ends Lonavla Shivajinagar (Towards Pune Junction) Pune

The 22105/22106 Indrayani Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CSMT and Pune Junction in India.

It is a daily service and is named after the river Indrayani, a culturally significant river that flows through Pune district.

The train earlier numbered as 1021 while running from Mumbai to Pune and 1022 from Pune to Mumbai, has now been upgraded to superfast and renumbered as 22105 (Mumbai CSMT - Pune Junction) and 22106 (Pune Junction - Mumbai CSMT).

The train had white and royal blue livery with red bands. On 2 February 2020 it was upgraded to LHB coaches.

Coaches

The Indirayani Express presently has two AC Chair Cars, eight General Second Class, two General Second Class coaches reserved for pass holders, and five General Unreserved coaches. As is customary with Indian Railways, coaches are added/removed as per the demand.

This train shares its rake with the Pune Solapur Intercity Express, and operational control is with Central Railways.

Service

The Indirayani Express was introduced on 27 April 1988 by Indhira Gandhi and is one of six dedicated Intercity Chair Car trains between Mumbai CSMT and Pune Junction. The other five trains are 12127/28 Mumbai Pune Intercity Express, 11007/08 Deccan Express, 11009/10 Sinhagad Express, 12125/26 Pragati Express and 12123/24 Deccan Queen.

It covers the distance of 192 kilometres in 3 hours 28 mins as 22105 Indirayani Express (55.38 km/h) and 3 hours 20 mins as 22106 Indirayani Express (57.60 km/h).

Traction

Since March 2022, as the route is electrified, it is currently hauled by WAP-7 pure AC locomotive of the Kalyan shed. From November 2009 till March 2022, it was hauled by WDM-3A or WDP 4, to save time in locomotive change, due to the rake sharing with Pune Solapur Intercity Express, as the route after Daund Junction was not electrified.

When the train was introduced back in 1988, it was hauled by WCM 1/2/5 DC locomotives till the mid-1990s as the section between Mumbai CSMT and Pune was under 1500 V DC traction. From the mid-1990s, it was hauled by WCAM 2/2P or WCAM 3 dual traction locomotives of the Kalyan shed till November 2009, when the rake sharing was initiated.

At Karjat, it gets two or three WAG-5, WAG-7, WCAM-2 or WCAM 3 bankers of Kalyan shed to push the train on the ghat section between Karjat railway station and Lonavala railway station, where the gradient is of 1 in 40.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, all passenger trains of Indian Railways were suspended for operating from 24 March 2020 due to lockdown. Indirayani Express resumed its operations from 9 October 2020. However, this time train used to be hauled by WAP-7 Electric Locomotive since its rake sharing train Pune-Solapur Intercity Express was not permitted to resume operation.

Time table

The Indirayani Express is the first of six dedicated trains to leave Mumbai CSMT for Pune Junction and is the last train to return.

22105 Indirayani Express leaves Mumbai CSMT every day at 05:40 hrs IST and reaches Pune Junction at 09:08 hrs IST.

On return, the 22106 Indirayani Express leaves Pune Junction every day at 18:35 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CSMT at 21:55 hrs IST.