The 19167 / 19168 Ahmedabad - Varanasi City Sabarmati Express is an express train which connects the city of Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat to Varanasi city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh through Jhansi. The train may take up to two days to complete the journey. It travels through Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh & Gujarat.

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On 27 February 2002, the train was stopped outside Godhra Junction railway station because of the emergency chain being pulled. The train was then attacked.^[1][2]

Fifty-eight Hindu pilgrims who were returning from the holy city of Ayodhya, were trapped and killed in the burning train. The incident is perceived as the trigger for the widespread 2002 Gujarat riots that followed in Godhra as well as the rest of Gujarat in which more than 1000 died, thousands more were rendered homeless, and property worth hundreds of crores was lost.

The important stops of the train are:

• Ahmedabad Junction
• Maninagar
• Nadiad Junction
• Anand Junction
• Chhayapuri (Vadodara)
• Godhra Junction
• Dahod
• Ratlam Junction
• Ujjain Junction
• Ruthiyai Junction
• Guna Junction
• ASHOKNAGAR
• Bina Junction
• Jhansi Junction
• Kanpur Central
• Lucknow Charbagh
• Faizabad Junction
• Ayodhya Junction
• GoshainGanj
• Akbarpur Junction
• Malipur
• Shahganj Junction
• Jaunpur Junction
• Varanasi Junction

The train consists of 22 coaches:

• 2 AC II Tier
• 6 AC III Tier
• 8 Sleeper coaches
• 4 General
• 1 Seating and luggage / Generator car

As the route is fully electrified, it is hauled by a Vadodara Electric Loco Shed-based WAP-7 locomotive for its entire journey.

The train reverses its direction 2 times:

• Bina Junction

The train shares its rake with 19165/19166 Ahmedabad–Darbhanga Sabarmati Express

• Ahmedabad–Darbhanga Sabarmati Express
• 2002 Gujarat riots
• Godhra Junction railway station