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{{Infobox rail service
| name = Hussainsagar Express
| image = 12702 Hussainsagar Express.jpg
| image_width =
| caption = Hussainsagar Express trainboard
| type = [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast]]
| status =
| locale = [[Telangana]], [[Maharashtra]]
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|1993|10|01}}
| last =
| operator = [[South Central Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Hyderabad Deccan Station|Hyderabad Deccan]] (HYB)
| stops = 17
| end = [[Mumbai CSMT]] (CSMT)
| distance = {{convert|790|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 13 hours 45 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class = Sleeper, Air-conditioned and Unreserved
| access =
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = On-board catering
| observation = Large windows in all carriages
| entertainment=
| baggage = Below the seats
| otherfacilities=
| trainnumber = 12701 / 12702
| stock = [[ICF coaches]]
| gauge = [[broad gauge]]
| el =
| speed = 58 km/h average with halts
| map = [[File:Hussainsagar Express and (HYB-CSTM) Express Route map.jpg|290px]]
| map_state =
}}

The 12701 / 12702 '''Hussainsagar Express''' (also spelled '''Hussain Sagar Express''') is a very popular train operated by [[South Central Railway]] between [[Hyderabad]] and [[Mumbai]]. This Train then (7001/7002) was started on 17 October 1993 (from Hyderabad end and 18 October 1993 from Mumbai end) as a tri0weekly train between Bombay Victoria Terminus (VT) (Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Hyderabad and was soon made a daily train in 1994 by shifting it to the time and slot of the 2101/2102 Minar Express which used to run between [[Mumbai CST|Bombay VT]] and {{stnlnk|Secunderabad Junction}}. Currently, it operates as a daily [[Superfast Express trains in India|superfast]] train with train No 12701/12702.

==Etymology==

The train is named after the [[Hussain Sagar]] lake in Hyderabad, India built by [[Hussain Shah Wali]] in 1562, during the rule of [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah]].<ref name="Names">{{cite web|author=Indian Railways Fan Club Association|title=Train Nomenclature|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-name.html|publisher=Indian Railways Fan Club Association|date=16 April 2007|accessdate=2008-02-21}}</ref>

The train was introduced as a replacement to the former ''Minar Express'' which operated between [[Secunderabad]] and Mumbai.

== Train number ==
'''12701:''' Mumbai CST–Hyderabad Deccan Hussainsagar express

'''12702:''' Hyderabad Deccan–Mumbai CST Hussainsagar express

The train travels a distance of 429 miles (790 km) in 13 hours 45 minutes at an average speed of 58.7 km/h.

==Schedule==

* '''Runs daily in both directions'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Train number !! Station code !! Departure station !! Departure time !! Arrival station !! Arrival time
|-
| 12701 || CSMT || Mumbai CST || 9:50 PM || Hyderabad Deccan || 12:10 PM
|-
| 12702 || HYB || Hyderabad Deccan || 2:45 PM || Mumbai CST || 4:55 AM
|}

== Composition ==
12701 Hussainsagar Express
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12702 Hussainsagar Express
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The train has a rake-sharing arrangement (RSA) with the [[Hyderabad Mumbai Express]].

== Locomotive ==
The Hussainsagar Express used to be hauled by WCM locomotive and later by [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-3|WCAM-3]] or [[Indian locomotive class WCG-2|WCG-2]] locomotive of [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan shed]] between CSTM and Pune. After the start of DC to AC conversion of Pune to Kalyan stretch it was hauled by a single WDM-3A [[diesel locomotive]] from SCR's [[Diesel Loco Shed, Kazipet]].

From mid 2013 onwards the loco links have been changed and it is now being hauled by Central Railway's [[Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan shed]] [[Indian locomotive class WDM-3A|WDM-3A]] or [[Indian locomotive class WDM-3D|WDM-3D]] or [[WDP-4D]] locomotive for its entire journey between Hyderabad and Mumbai CSMT. However, with increase in the length of electrification between the entire section, it is now hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan]]-based [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] with a [[WDP-4D]] locomotive piggybacking between [[Daund Junction railway station|Daund]] and [[Wadi Junction railway station|Wadi]].

{{see also|Indian locomotives}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:12702 Hussainsagar Express - Coach S1.jpg|12702 Hussainsagar Express – Coach S1
File:12702 Hussainsagar Express at Necklace Road 01.jpg|Hussainsagar Express – Coach B1
File:Pune WDM-2 Locomotive.jpg|The diesel locomotive WDM-3A with Hussainsagar Express
</gallery>

== Destinations ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Time Table of Hussainsagar Express
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:yellow;"|S.No
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:yellow;"|Station Name
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background:yellow;"|Station Code
|-
! scope="col" colspan="1" style="background:yellow;" |
|-
| 1
| [[Hyderabad Deccan railway station|'''Hyderabad Deccan''']]
| HYB
|-
| 2
| [[Begumpet railway station|'''Begumpet''']]
| BMT
|-
| 3
| [[Vikarabad railway station|Vikarabad Jn.]]
| VKB
|-
| 4
| [[Tandur]]
| TDU
|-
| 5
| [[Sedam]]
| SEM
|-
| 6
| Malkhaid Road
| MQR
|-
| 7
| [[Chittapur]]
| CT
|-
| 8
| [[Wadi Junction railway station|'''Wadi''']]
| WADI
|-
| 9
| [[Shahabad, Gulbarga|Shahabad]]
| SDB
|-
| 10
| '''{{stnlnk|Gulbarga}}'''
| GR
|-
| 11
| Ganagapur Road
| GUR
|-
| 12
| [[Solapur railway station|'''Solapur Jn.''']]
| SUR
|-
| 13
| {{stnlnk|Kurduvadi}}
| KWV
|-
| 14
| [[Pune Junction|'''Pune Jn.''']]
| PUNE
|-
| 15
| [[Kalyan railway station|'''Kalyan Jn.''']]
| KYN
|-
| 16
| [[Dadar railway station|'''Dadar''']]
| DR
|-
| 17
| '''[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]]'''
| CSMT
|-
|}

==See also==

* [[Rail transport in India]]
* [[South Central Railway]]
* [[Famous trains]]
* [[Hyderabad]]
* [[Husain Sagar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{South Central Railway zone}}
{{Railways in Western India}}
{{Railways in Southern India}}

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[[Category:Rail transport in Karnataka]]

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