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Madgaon–Hapa Superfast Express

train in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ39048043 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 22907 / 22908 Madgaon–Hapa Superfast Express is a Superfast train belonging to Western Railway zone that runs between Madgaon Junction and Hapa in India. It is currently being operated with 22907/22908 train numbers on a weekly basis.

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 23 coaches:

1 AC II Tier

5 AC III Tier

10 Sleeper

1 Pantry Car

4 General Unreserved

2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Service

The 22907/Madgaon–Hapa Superfast Express has an average speed of 61 km/h and covers 1348 km in 22 hrs 15 mins.

The 22908/Hapa–Madgaon Superfast Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 1348 km in 23 hrs 20 mins.

Schedule

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Madgaon Junction

Thivim

Kudal

Ratnagiri

Khed

Panvel

Vasai Road

Vapi

Surat

Bharuch Junction

Vadodara Junction

Anand Junction

Nadiad Junction

Ahmedabad Junction

Viramgam Junction

Surendranagar Junction

Rajkot Junction

Hapa

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Vatva Loco Shed based WAP-4 or Vadodara Loco Shed based WAP-5 electric locomotive from Madgoan to Hapa and vice versa

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 19577/19578 Jamnagar Tirunelveli Express.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Madgaon–Hapa Superfast Express” is train in India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Madgaon, Hapa and Superfast, not as a finished interpretation.

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This entry incorporates text from “Madgaon–Hapa Superfast 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.