Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express

Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express

Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express at Guwahati
Overview
Service type	Express
Status	Active
Locale	Assam, Bihar, Nagaland, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
First service	19 November 2011; 10 years ago (2011-11-19)
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Route
Start	Dibrugarh (DBRG)
Stops	58
End	Kanyakumari (CAPE)
Distance travelled	4,219 km (2,622 mi)
Average journey time	82hr 50min
Service frequency	Weekly, Saturday
Train number(s)	15905/15906
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2, AC 3, Sleeper, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry car On-board Catering E-Catering
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	51 km/h (32 mph)
Route map Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express Route map

Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek 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 close to 80 hours the train covers a distance of 4,218.6 kilometres (2,621.3 mi) and traverses through nine states in India.^[1] This train is currently the longest train route in India by both distance and time, as well as the 24th-longest train service in the world. The train has 58 halts across its route.

History[]

Vivek 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 national wide lockdown in March 2020.

Route[]

Dibrugarh - Kaniyakumari Vivek Express Main stoppings:

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:15906 starts from Dibrugarh at 22:45 PM and reaches Kanyakumari at 9:50 AM on the fifth day of journey. In the return direction the train no: 15905 leaves Kanyakumari at 23:00 PM and reaches Dibrugarh at 07:15 AM on the fifth day of the journey. 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

• 3 general coaches
• 11 sleeper coaches
• 1 pantry coach
• 1 AC 2-Tier
• 4 AC 3-Tier
• 2 End On Generators(Only for lhb coaches only)

Traction[]

Due to partial electrification of route, A -based WDP-4D hauls the train from Dibrugarh till New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station after which an Electric Loco Shed, Howrah-based WAP-7 hauls the train till Visakhapatnam Junction after which an Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam or Electric Loco Shed, Erode based WAP 4 takes it towards the remaining part of the journey till Kanniyakumari.

Loco reversal[]

The train reverses its direction only once at Visakhapatnam Junction

See also[]

• Vivek Express
• Himsagar Express
• Longest train services
• Longest train services of Indian Railways
• Tambaram–Guwahati Express
• Bangalore-Guwahati Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
• New Tinsukia-Bengaluru Express
• Bangalore-Agartala Humsafar Express
• Chennai–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express
• Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express

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