Karjat To Panvel Train | Pragati Express

Karjat To Panvel Train | K P water fall | Pragati Express

Pragati Express is composed of 15 LHB Coaches, as follows:

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1 AC Chair Car
1 AC Vistadome
6 Second Seating
1 Unreserved coach (Reserved for Monthly Season Ticket holders)
4 General Second Class
1 Unreserved Ladies, Divyangjan and Brake Van
1 Generator Luggage and Brake Van
Pragati Express service is run using a single LHB rake and is maintained after every round trip in Pune at the Ghorpadi coaching depot

It was inaugurated on 27 December 1991 as an alternative to the most popular train on this sector the Deccan Queen. It is one of the six point-to-point express trains meant for intercity travel between Mumbai and Pune that carry thousands of regular commuters. The other five being the Sinhagad Express, Deccan Queen, Deccan Express, Indrayani Express and the Intercity Express. Although all trains have the same livery, the Pragati Express takes a different route. It takes the single line electrified route between Karjat and Panvel and continues towards Diva Junction from where it continues the rest of journey towards Mumbai CSMT. Thus it completely bypasses the Karjat–Kalyan Junction–Diva Junction section of the Central Line.


The Pune–Mumbai Pragati Express Express is the 3rd of 6 dedicated trains to leave Pune Junction for Mumbai CST & is the 2nd-last train to return.

12126 Pune–Mumbai Pragati Express leaves Pune Junction every day at 07:50 hrs IST and reaches Mumbai CST at 11:15 hrs IST.

On return, the 12125 Mumbai–Pune Pragati Express leaves Mumbai CST every day at 16:25 hrs IST and reaches Pune Junction at 19:50 hrs IST.

When the train was introduced, it was hauled by WCM 2/3/5 DC locomotives as the route between Mumbai and Pune was under 1500 V DC. Post 2014, after conversion of DC to AC on Central Line, it has been hauled occasionally by Bhusawal-based WAP-4/WAM-4 or Ajni-based WAP-7.

At Karjat, it gets two or three WAG-7 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 1 in 40.