Himsagar Express
Overview | |||||
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Service type | Express | ||||
First service | 3 October 1984; 39 years ago (1984-10-03) | ||||
Current operator(s) | Southern Railway | ||||
Route | |||||
Termini | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) Kanyakumari (CAPE) | ||||
Stops | 63 | ||||
Distance travelled | 3,790 km (2,355 mi) | ||||
Average journey time | 68 hrs 30 mins | ||||
Service frequency | Weekly | ||||
Train number(s) | 16317 / 16318 | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Class(es) | AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved | ||||
Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
Catering facilities | Available | ||||
Observation facilities | Large windows | ||||
Baggage facilities | Available | ||||
Other facilities | Below the seats | ||||
Technical | |||||
Rolling stock | LHB coach | ||||
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
Operating speed | 66 km/h (41 mph) average including halts. | ||||
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The 16317 / 16318 Himsagar Express is a weekly Express train of the Indian Railways running between India's southern most operational railway station of Kanyakumari to India's Northern Most Operational and connected railway station(as of March 2024) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. It is currently the 35th longest running train service of world and third-longest-running train on the Indian Railways in terms of distance and time, surpassed by the 22503/04 Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express and 12507/08 Aronai Superfast Express . In 73 hours, the train covers a distance of 3790 km at a speed of 52 km/h, and transverses twelve of India's states halting at a total of 73 stations.[1]
History
Krishnagiri MP Dr. P. V. Periasamy's demand promoted national integration from Kanyakumari to Kashmir through direct train service on 19-03-1979 in parliament.[2] The proposals to extend 131/132 Jayanti Janata Express to and from Trivandrum and 125/126 Karnataka Kerala Express to and from Kanyakumari and Jammu Tawi have been earlier examined at length and not found feasible. However, possibility of extending 131/132 Jayanti Janata Express to and from Kanyakumari in the South and to Jammu Tawi in the North on once-a-week basis is under examination; and if found feasible would provide a direct train between Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari interalia serving Trivandrum with Delhi by this service.[3]
Route
16317/18 Himsagar Express runs via following stations and states with stoppages listed in bold:
TAMIL NADU
- Kanniyakumari (Starts)
- Nagercoil
- Kulitturai
- Coimbatore Junction
- Tiruppur
- Erode Junction
- Salem Junction
- Jolarpettai Junction
- Katpadi Junction
KERALA
- Thiruvananthapuram Central
- Kollam Junction
- Kayamkulam
- Chengannur
- Tiruvalla
- Kottayam
- Ernakulam Town
- Aluva
- Thrissur
- Ottappalam
- Palakkad Junction
ANDHRA PRADESH
TELANGANA
MAHARASHTRA
MADHYA PRADESH
RAJASTHAN
UTTAR PRADESH
- Jhansi Junction
- Agra Cantonment
- Faridabad Haryana
DELHI
HARYANA
PUNJAB
- Lehragaga
- Sunam
- Sangrur
- Dhuri Junction
- Malerkotla
- Ahmedgarh
- Kila Raipur
- Ludhiana Junction
- Phillaur Junction
- Phagwara Junction
- Jalandhar Cantonment
- Urmar Tanda
- Dasuya
- Mukerian
- Pathankot Cantonment
JAMMU KASHMIR
Traction
Both trains are hauled by an Erode Loco Shed or Royapuram Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from CAPE to SVDK.[4]
Coach composition
The train has 20 LHB coaches comprising two Second AC (2AC), Six Third AC (3AC), six Sleeper class (SL), two Unreserved coaches (UR/GS), two Luggage rakes (SLR) and one Pantry car (PC).[a]
Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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![]() | SLR | UR | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | PC | A2 | A1 | B6 | B5 | B4 | B3 | B2 | B1 | M1 | UR | EOG |
See also
Notes
- ^ The coach composition is subject to change.
References
- ^ India Rail Info. "Himsagar Express/16318/ SVDK to CAPE/Timetable". India Rail Info. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2126/1/lsd_06_07_19-03-1979.pdf Page no. 150
- ^ . https://164.100.77.150/bitstream/123456789/410458/1/PQ_114_13061980_U327_p114_p114.pdf
- ^ "đźš‚HIMSAGAR EXPRESS TRAVEL VLOG PART1!!! Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Kanyakumari | Naveen Kumar" – via YouTube.
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trunk lines
sections
- Agra–Bhopal section
- Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
- Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line
- Ambala–Attari line
- Amritsar–Khem Karan line
- Amritsar–Pathankot line
- Aunrihar–Jaunpur line
- Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines
- Bathinda–Rewari line
- Bathinda–Rajpura line
- Bikaner–Rewari line
- Bhanupli–Leh line
- Chandigarh–Sahnewal line
- Delhi–Fazilka line
- Delhi–Kalka line
- Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line
- Delhi–Moradabad line
- Jalandhar–Firozpur line
- Jalandhar–Jammu line
- Jammu–Baramulla line
- Jodhpur–Bathinda line
- Jodhpur–Jaisalmer line
- Kanpur–Delhi section
- Laksar–Dehradun line
- Lucknow–Gorakhpur line
- Lucknow–Moradabad line
- Ludhiana–Fazilka line
- Ludhiana–Jakhal line
- Marwar Junction–Munabao line
- Mathura–Vadodara section
- Mau–Ghazipur–Dildarnagar main line
- Merta Road–Rewari line
- Moradabad–Ambala line
- Mughalsarai–Kanpur section
- Rewari–Rohtak line
- Shri Ganganagar–Sadulpur line
- Suratgarh–Bathinda line
- Varanasi–Chhapra line
- Varanasi–Lucknow main line
- Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line
- Varanasi–Sultanpur–Lucknow line
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- Northern Railway
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