The Intercity Express is the Express train service in India which connect and run only between important railway junctions

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 or state capitals.

General Features

The trains are comparatively cheaper as compared to other express trains and reach to the destination within 5–6 hours only usually. They run on daily basis. Generally they complete the round trip in the day i.e. return back to the origin station at night and use only a single rake. They generally have only sitting accommodation and a pantry car.

Exceptions

• Indore - Jabalpur Intercity Express which runs only 3 days a week.
• Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express
  Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express
  The Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express is a superfast inter-city train service which runs between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal City, the capital of Madhya Pradesh and Gwalior Junction railway station in North Madhya Pradesh.-Number and Nomenclature:The number provided for the train is...
  
   which runs only 5 days a week.
• Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express which takes 11 hours to cover the 550 kilometres (341.8 mi) strech between the 2 cities. This train uses 2 rakes between the stations and also has Chair Car, Unreserved, Sleeper Class, Pantry Car, 1A, 2A and 3A coach.

Named Intercities

Following trains possess the qualities of Intercity but have different names:

• Taj Express
  Taj Express
  The Taj Express was started in 1964 to serve tourists traveling from Delhi to Agra. It reduced the traveling time from over three hours to around two and a half hours. Taj Express was started along the lines of Deccan Queen and provided a quick and comfortable journey between Agra and Delhi...
  
  
• Kovai Express
  Kovai Express
  The Kovai Express is a daily superfast express train on Indian Railways, running between Chennai Central and Coimbatore Junction. Recently ads featuring the mobile phone services operator Vodafone can be spotted on the exteriors of the Kovai Express coaches. Train Number 2675 starts from Chennai...
  
  
• Brindavan Express
  Brindavan Express
  The 2639/2640 Brindavan Express is a train linking Chennai Central and Bangalore City Railway Station. It leaves Chennai Central at 07:15 and reaches Bangalore City at 13:20 hours. In the reverse direction, it leaves Bangalore City at 14:30 and reaches Chennai Central at 20:20 hours...
  
  
• Lal Bagh Express
  Lal Bagh Express
  The Lalbagh Express is a train in India, linking Bangalore City Railway Station and Chennai Central.-Timings:It leaves Bangalore City at 06:30 hrs and reaches Chennai Central at around 12:15 hrs. In the return direction, it leaves Chennai Central at 15:35 hrs and reaches Bangalore City at 21:35 hrs...
  
  
• Pinakini Express
• Satavahana Express
  Satavahana Express
  Satavahana Express, is an Intercity Express running between Vijayawada and Secunderabad in the Andhra Pradesh State. The Vijayawada Division of South Central Railways of Indian Railways administers this line. The train covers 351 Kilometers in just 5 Hours and 35 Minutes and is a Shatabdi Express...
  
  
• Janmabhoomi Express
• Pallavan Express
  Pallavan Express
  The Pallavan Express is a superfast train operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This train connects the cities of Tiruchirapalli and Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the more prestigious trains of the Southern Railway.-General information:The train...
  
  
• Vindhyachal Express
  Vindhyachal Express
  The Vindhyachal Express is an express train service offered by West Central Railways. It runs between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal City, the capital of Madhya Pradesh and Itarsi Junction...
  
  
• Tippu express
  Tippu express
  The Tippu Express is a superfast train running between Bangalore and Mysore in India. It covers a distance of 139 km in 2.5 hours with just a stop at Mandya...
  
  
• Chamundi Express
  Chamundi Express
  The Chamundi Express is a very popular daily commuter train between Mysore and Bangalore. This train leaves Mysore at 6:45 AM to reach Bangalore City at 9:40 AM. Return it leaves Bangalore City at 6:15 PM and reaches Mysore at 9:10 PM....
  
  
• Pragati Express
  Pragati Express
  The Pragati Express is a daily express train plying between the cities of Pune and Mumbai in India. It is operated by Indian Railways and comes under the Central Railway zone...
  
  
• Deccan Queen Express
• Deccan Express
  Deccan Express
  The Deccan Express is an express train that plies daily between the cities of Pune and Mumbai in India. It is operated by Indian Railways and comes under the Central Railway zone and is one of the six point-to-point express trains which carry thousands of passengers daily between Pune and Mumbai,...
  
  
• Venad Express
  Venad Express
  The Venad Express is a train which goes from Shoranur to Trivandrum. It is numbered train no. 16301 and 16302 ....
  
  
• Vanchinad Express
  Vanchinad Express
  Vanchinad Express is a express train in Kerala state, India which runs between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam. This train connectsstate capital Trivandrum with another important port city called Kochi in Kerala-Route:...
  
  
• Amritha Express
• All Shatabdi Express
  Shatabdi Express
  Shatabdi Express trains are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways to connect Metro cities with other cities important for tourism, pilgrimage or business...
  
  
• All Jan Shatabdi Express
  Jan Shatabdi Express
  The Jan Shatabdi Express is a more affordable variety of the Shatabdi Express, which has both AC and non-AC accommodation...
  
  

Current running status

Currently the following Intercity Express run on :

• > New Delhi - Kanpur
• < Kanpur - New Delhi
• > New Delhi - Agra
• < Agra - New Delhi
• > New Delhi - Chandigarh
• < Dehradun - New Delhi
• > New Delhi - Gwalior
• < Gwalior - New Delhi
• > Mumbai - Pune
• < Pune - Mumbai
• > Mumbai - Nagpur
• < Nagpur - Mumbai

• > Jaipur - Jodhpur
• < Jodhpur - Jaipur
• > Bhopal - Indore Intercity Express
• < Indore - Bhopal Intercity Express
  Indore - Bhopal Intercity Express
  The Indore - Bhopal Intercity Express is a daily intercity express train which runs between Indore Junction railway station of Indore, the largest city & commercial hub of Central Indian state Madhya Pradesh and Bhopal Habibganj, the sub-urban railway station of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya...
  
  
• > Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express
  Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express
  The Bhopal - Gwalior Intercity Express is a superfast inter-city train service which runs between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal City, the capital of Madhya Pradesh and Gwalior Junction railway station in North Madhya Pradesh.-Number and Nomenclature:The number provided for the train is...
  
  
• < Gwalior - Bhopal
• > Bhopal - Jabalpur Intercity Express
• < Jabalpur - Bhopal
• > Lucknow - Gorakhpur
• < Gorakhpur - Lucknow

• > Bhopal - Dahod
• < Dahod - Bhopal
• > Bhopal - Ajmer Intercity Express
• < Ajmer - Bhopal
• > Bhopal - Ratlam Intercity Express
• < Ratlam - Bhopal
• > Indore - Gwalior Intercity Express
  Indore - Gwalior Intercity Express
  The Indore - Gwalior Intercity Express is an intercity train service which runs between Indore Junction railway station of Indore, the largest city and commercial capital of Central Indian state called Madhya Pradesh and Gwalior Junction railway station of...
  
  
• < Gwalior - Indore
• > Indore - Bhind
• < Bhind - Indore
• > Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin Intercity Express
• < Hazrat Nizamuddin - Indore
• > Indore - Jodhpur
• < Jodhpur - Indore
• > Indore - Udaipur
• < Udaipur - Indore
• > Gwalior - Udaipur
• < Udaipur - Gwalior
• > Jabalpur - Rewa
• < Rewa - Jabalpur
• > Ratlam - Ajmer
• < Ajmer - Ratlam - Ajmer

• > Bangalore - Hubli
• < Hubli - Bangalore
• > Bangalore - Ernakulam
• > Chennai - Coimbatore
• < Banglore - Shimoga
• > Shimoga - Bangalore
• < Ernakulam Junction - Thiruvananthapuram
• > Thiruvananthapuram - Guruvayur

See also

• Duronto Express
  Duronto Express
  Duronto Express is a category of long distance trains on Indian Railways. The special feature of these trains is that they run non-stop from source to destination, barring technical halts. All Duronto Express trains can be easily recognized by the characteristic yellow-green livery of their...
  
  
• List of named passenger trains of India
• Rajdhani Express
  Rajdhani Express
  Rajdhani Express is a passenger train service in India connecting New Delhi with other important destinations, especially state capitals. Rajdhani means "The Capital" in Hindi.- History :...
  
  
• Shatabdi Express
  Shatabdi Express
  Shatabdi Express trains are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways to connect Metro cities with other cities important for tourism, pilgrimage or business...
  
  
• Superfast Mail/Express
  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...