Goa Express
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| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Superfast | ||||
| Status | Operating | ||||
| Locale | Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi | ||||
| Current operator(s) | South Western Railway | ||||
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| Start | Vasco da Gama (VSG) | ||||
| Stops | 27 | ||||
| End | Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM) | ||||
| Distance travelled | 2202 km | ||||
| Average journey time | 39 hrs 25 mins | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12779 / 12780 | ||||
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| Class(es) |
1st AC (0.5), 2nd AC (2.5), AC 3rd (3), Sleeper (11), General (3)
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| Seating arrangements | Available | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge | ||||
| Operating speed | Average - 55km/h | ||||
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1st AC (0.5), 2nd AC (2.5), AC 3rd (3), Sleeper (11), General (3)
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The Goa Express is a daily superfast train run by Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama, and Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi. It is one of the high priority superfast trains of Indian Railways and also a very important train for Hubli division of South Western Railway.
This train is similar to trains like Karnataka Express and Andhra Pradesh Express amongst others in providing convenient link between respective state capitals and New Delhi. Vasco da Gama (IR Code: VSG) is the nearest railhead to the capital of Goa, Panjim. Panjim is not directly accessible by rail.
The train was introduced around 1987. At the time of introduction, rail links into Goa were Meter Gauge. Hence the train ran with a Broad Gauge and a Meter Gauge counterpart, the MG section between Vasco da Gama and Miraj, and the BG section between Miraj and Hazrat Nizamuddin. At the time of introduction the train was numbered 2479/2480, with maintenance in Delhi Division of Northern Railway. Post gauge-conversion when the BG train ran the entire route, the train's maintenance was transferred to the Hubli division of the present day South Western Railway, and renumbered as 12779/12780.
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