Английская Википедия:Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Article for deletion/dated Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox rail service Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Superfast Express is a weekly Express train of the Vivek Express series the Indian Railways which runs from Dibrugarh in India's north eastern state Assam to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu the southernmost state of India. In 74 hours 35 minutes the train covers a distance of Шаблон:Convert and traverses through eight states in India.[1] This train is currently the longest train route in India by both distance and time,[2] as well as the 24th-longest train service in the world. The train has 57 halts across its route.

History

Vivek Express (now Vivek Super Fast Express) are four pairs of Express Trains on the Indian Railways network. These trains were announced in the Railway Budget of 2011-12 by the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. These trains were started to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Vivek express also holds another place in the history of Indian railways, as being the last train to halt its services, when the entire Indian railway passenger services came to standstill following the COVID19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown in March 2020.

Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express joins Dibrugarh in Assam, North-East India to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu which is the southernmost tip of India. The train No:22504 starts from Dibrugarh at 19:25 PM and reaches Kanyakumari at 22:00 PM on the fourth day of journey. In the return direction the train no: 22503 leaves Kanyakumari at 17:20 PM and reaches Dibrugarh at 20:50 PM on the fourth day of the journey. This train runs through Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. This train also passes through Sahibganj district and Pakur district of Jharkhand but it does not have any stoppages there.

Coach composition

It now runs with modern LHB rakes. The coach composition is

The train runs consists of 22 carriages:

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Файл:BSicon LDER.svg EOG GEN S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 PC A1 B1 B2 B3 B4 GEN GEN SLR

Locomotive

The train is hauled by WDP-4D Locomotive of Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri from Шаблон:Rws to Шаблон:Rws. Then it is hauled by WAP-7 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam from Шаблон:Rws up to Шаблон:Rws. Lastly from Шаблон:Rws to Шаблон:Rws it is hauled by WAP-7 locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram. BECAUSE THE ROUTE IS partially ELECTRIFIED

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Commons category

Шаблон:Vivek Express