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Ayodhya Cantt – Delhi Express

train in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ5431348 ↗
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The 14205 / 14206 Ayodhya–Delhi Express is a train which runs between Ayodhya and Delhi. Though there are several trains that run to Delhi via Ayodhya, Ayodhya–Delhi Express is the only train which starts at Ayodhya to Delhi. It runs daily from Ayodhya to Delhi and from Delhi to Ayodhya.

Route and halts

Ayodhya Junction

Daryabad

Barabanki Junction

Lucknow Charbagh

Shahjahanpur

Bareilly Junction

Rampur Junction

Moradabad Junction

Hapur Junction

Ghaziabad Junction

Delhi Junction

Traction

It is hauled by a Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 or Ghaziabad-based WAP-5 locomotive for entire journey.

Rake sharing

The train sharing its rake with 14207/14208 Padmavat Express.

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The public source identifies “Ayodhya Cantt – Delhi Express” as train in India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ayodhya, Cantt and Delhi.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ayodhya Cantt – Delhi Express” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.