The Indore Duronto is a superfast

Superfast Mail/Express

Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...

 express train service offered by Western Railways division in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

. It runs between Indore Junction BG railway station of Indore

Indore

Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...

, the largest metro city and commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

 and Mumbai Central

Mumbai Central

Mumbai Central , previously known as Bombay Central, is a major intercity railway station and a commuter station in Mumbai. It was designed by the british architect Claude Batley. It serves as the terminal for several long distance trains operated by Western Railway. The station is located in south...

 railway station of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, the capital of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

Number and nomenclature

The number provided for the train is :

• 12228 - From Indore to Mumbai
• 12227 - From Mumbai to Indore

The name Duronto signifies the fastest non-stop train service offered by Indian railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

 between the metro cities of India.

Indore Duronto - The first non-stop AC train

Unlike other super fast trains, this train does not halt at any minor station, nor at any railway junction and provide point to point non-stop service for the passenger. It is already a success as running from both the sides the Second AC seats are already showing an RAC... the RAC/WL of 3A indore duronto will almost get cleared till the WL25 it is expceted, in 2A it can be cleared till WL5... As of now there is no Tatkal Quota in the train as it is yet to become popular similar to the elder sister Avantika Express...

Indore duronto is the first AC Duronto train service of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

state.

Arrival and departure

The train covers the 829 km route in 13 hours and 5 minutes from Indore to Mumbai and in 12 hours from Mumbai to Indore. It has technical stops at Ujjain (2 mins) and Ratlam (10 mins) and Vadodara (15mins).
But the passengers cannot board the train from these stations. The tickets are issued from Indore to Mumbai only.

As per the new schedule wef 01-07-2011 the Train leaves at 23.00 hrs from Indore every Friday and Sunday. It reaches Mumbai Central next day at 11.50 hrs. However most of the times in a few days train touches BCT by 11:45 am itself...

The Train from Mumbai to Indore leaves at 23.15 hrs. every Thursday and Saturday. It reaches Indore next day at 11.15 hrs.

Locomotives
The Mumbai Indore Duronto is currently using Electric and Diesel Locomotives. When it starts from Mumbai it is hauled by the BL WCAM 2P till Vadodara which is used by almost the best superfast trains like Rajdhani Express, August Kranti Express, Jaipur Superfast Golden Temple Mail etc leaving the Mumbai Central and Nizamudin Garib Rath, Swaraj Express, Paschim Express leaving Bandra Terminus.
Once the Train Reaches Vadodara at around 04.35 am presently the RTM shed WDM takes over till Indore as the Ujjain Indore track is not electrified yet... It is expected that once the ujjain-indore section becomes electrified it will be hauled by the WAP4 BRC shed from vadodara to Indore Jn BG which is proposed to happen from the month of Jan 2012 onwards.

While returning from Indore it uses the same loco which hauls it till indore that is the RTM shed WDM till Vadodara and then the BL WCAM 2P takes over till the BCT.

Coach composite

The Indore Duronto consists of 14 coaches including ONE AC-1, Two AC-2, Eight AC-3, One Pantry Car and Two Generator Cars of Alstom LHB design manufactured by the ICF. The t grain has rake sharing with the Jaipur Duronto Express... below is the Rake Sharing Schedule...

Rake A --- Thursday Departure from BCT for INDB
Rake A --- Saturday Arrival @ BCT from INDB
Rake A --- Resting @ BCT shed on Saturday
Rake B -- Saturday Departure from BCT for INDB
Rake A -- Sunday Departure from BCT for JP
Rake B --- Monday Arrival @ BCT from INDB
Rake B --- Resting @ BCT on Monday
Rake A --- Tuesday Arrival @ BCT from JP
Rake A --- Resting @ BCT on Tuesday and Wednesday
Rake B --- Tuesday Departure from BCT for JP
Rake B --- Thursday Arrival @ BCT from JP
Rake B --- Resting @ BCT on Thursday and Friday

Coach Allocation

The coach allocation of the Indore Duronto leaving BCT is as follows:-

ENGINE-PowerVAN-B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-B6-B7-B8-A1-A2-Pantry-HA1-PowerBreakLuggageVAN

Average speed and frequency

The train runs on bi-weekly basis from Mumbai on Every Thursday and Saturday and from Indore on Every Friday and Sunday at an average commercial speed of 66.10 k.m./hour.