Himsagar Express
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Express Train | ||||
| Status | Active | ||||
| First service | 1980 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) | ||||
| End | Kanniyakumari (CAPE) | ||||
| Distance travelled | 3,787 km (2,353 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 71 hours, 35 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | Weekly | ||||
| Train number(s) | 16317/16318 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Track gauge | Broad Gauge | ||||
| Operating speed | 53 km/h (33 mph) | ||||
| Track owner(s) | Indian Railways | ||||
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Himsagar Express is a weekly express train of the Indian Railways running between Kanyakumari in India's southernmost state of Tamil Nadu to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in Jammu and Kashmir- the northernmost state of India. It is currently the second longest running train on the Indian Railways in terms of distance and time, surpassed only by the Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express. In 72hours, the train covers a distance of 3787 km at a speed of 52 km/h, and transverses twelve of India's states halting at a total of 73 stations.
It runs weekly, starting every Friday at 14:05 hours from Kanyakumari, reaching Katra on Mondays at 15:20 hours. It starts from Katra on Mondays at 21:55 hours and reaches Kanyakumari on Thursdays at 21:30 hours. Because of this schedule, it needs just one rake to complete its entire run. There is a Slip Route of this train, running from Erode Junction to Tirunelveli Junction & Chhindwara Junction to Bhopal Junction. The train travels through states of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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