Mumbai To Nanded : Full Journey : 17617 Mumbai CSMT - Hazur Sahib Nanded Tapovan Express

MUMBAI (MAHARASHTRA) TO NANDED (MAHARASHTRA) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 17617 MUMBAI CSMT - HAZUR SAHIB NANDED TAPOVAN EXPRESS : GOOTY WDP-4D LOCOMOTIVE : INDIAN RAILWAYS

17617/Tapovan Express
तपोवन एक्सप्रेस
CSMT/Mumbai CSM Terminus -- NED/Hazur Sahib Nanded

The 17617 / 17618 Tapovan Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways – South Central Railway zone that runs between Hazur Sahib Nanded & Mumbai in India.In the earlier days Tapovan Express was running between Mumbai & Manmad later it extended up to Nanded.
It operates as train number 17618 from Huzur Sahib Nanded to Mumbai CSMT and as train number 17617 in the reverse direction, serving the state of Maharashtra.
Tapovan (Sanskrit) comes from the two root words tapasya – meaning specifically austerity, and more generally spiritual practice, and vana, meaning forest, or wilderness.
Tapovan Express has 2 AC Chair Car, 10 Second Class seating, 4 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches.
Tapovan Express covers the distance of 610 km (379 mi) in 11 hours 40 mins.
Tapovan Express runs on a daily basis in both directions.
The 17618/17617 Tapovan Express runs from Hazur Sahib Nanded via Parbhani Junction, Jalna, Aurangabad, Manmad Junction, Niphad, Nashik Road, Igatpuri, Kalyan Junction, Thane to Mumbai CSMT.
As the route is fully electrified WAP-4 locomotive hauls the train from Mumbai CSMT to Hazur Sahib Nanded, and vice versa.
The train shares its rake with 17687/17688 Marathwada Express.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus since 2017, formerly Victoria Terminus (VT), Bombay station code: CSMT (mainline)/ST (suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The terminus was designed by a British architectural engineer Frederick William Stevens from an initial design by Axel Haig, in an exuberant Italian Gothic style. Its construction began in 1878, in a location south of the old Bori Bunder railway station, and was completed in 1887, the year marking 50 years of Queen Victoria's rule.
Inside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, 2022
In March 1996, the station's name was officially changed from "Victoria Terminus" to "Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus" (with station code CST) after Shivaji, the 17th-century warrior king and the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire who founded the state in the western Marathi-speaking regions of the Deccan Plateau.
In 2017, the station was again renamed "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus" (with code CSMT), where the title Maharaj has literal meaning, "Great king; emperor." Both former initials "VT" and the current, "CST", are also commonly used.
The terminus is the headquarters of India's Central Railway. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India, serving as a terminal for both long-distance and suburban trains with a total number of 18 platforms.
CSMT has a total of 18 platforms—seven platforms are for suburban EMU trains and eleven platforms (Platform 8 to Platform 18) are for long-distance trains. Rajdhani, Duronto, Garib Rath and Tejas Express leave from Platform No. 18. Air-conditioned dormitories were inaugurated at CST on 16 April 2013. The facility has 58 beds for men and 20 for women.
The station was a filming location for the "Jai Ho" song in Slumdog Millionaire and the 2011 Indian film Ra.One.

Hazur Sahib Nanded railway station (station code: NED) is a railway station serving Nanded city in Nanded district of Maharashtra state of India. It is under the Nanded railway division of South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is located on the Secunderabad–Manmad line of Indian Railways. It is classified as an A1–category station, in terms of earnings. This Station connects Nanded with other major cities of Maharashtra and India like Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Dhanbad, Shirdi, Pandharpur, New Delhi, Howrah, Bangalore, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Vishakhapatnam, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vijaywada, Ahmedabad, Surat, Patna, Sri Ganganagar.
The station is located at 36 m above sea level and has four platforms. As of 2018, 89 passenger trains halt each day at this station.
In 2008, the station was named after Hazur Sahib, a takht of Sikhism which is situated here.
The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway. John Wallace Pringle — who had recently completed surveying routes for the Uganda railway — was appointed as the superintending engineer in 1900. The railway opened in 1900 with a 391 miles (629 km) line from Hyderabad city to Manmad Junction.
Gauge conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge was completed between Manmad–Nanded/Mudhkhed in 1995. The patch between Mudkhed–Secunderabad remained metre-gauge till it was finally converted by 2003.