title: Kushinagar Express
text: # Kushinagar Express
  
  The Kushinagar SF Express is an Indian Railways train running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai) and Gorakhpur. It is numbered as 22538/22537. The train is named after the town of Kushinagar, an important Buddhist pilgrim centre near Gorakhpur.
  
  The train takes nearly 30 hours to complete the distance of 1693 km.
  
  ## Main stops
  
  * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
  * Thane
  * Kalyan Junction
  * Igatpuri
  * Nasik Road
  * Manmad Junction
  * Bhusaval
  * Raver
  * Khandwa
  * Itarsi Junction
  * Narmadapuram
  * Mandideep
  * Rani Kamalapati
  * Bhopal Junction
  * Vidisha
  * Bina Junction
  * Virangana Laxmibai
  * Kanpur Central
  * Aishbagh
  * Gonda
  * Mankapur Junction
  * Babhnan
  * Basti
  * Khalilabad
  * Gorakhpur Junction
  
  ## Locomotives
  
  A Bhusawal-based WAP-7 electric loco powers the train for the entire up/down journey.
  
  ## Coach composition
  
  The 22538/22537 Kushinagar Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 2 AC 2 tier, 8 AC 3 tier, 5 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved coaches, 2 EOG & 1 AC pantry car. As with most train services in India, coach composition ma
  
  