Kanyakumari–Mumbai Express

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Kanyakumari-Pune Express
16381 Mumbai CST Kanyakumari Express - Train Board 1.jpg
Overview
Service typeExpress
First service26 January 1973; 49 years ago (1973-01-26)[1][2] (initial service between New Delhi and Ernakulam/Mangalore)[3]
Current operator(s)Southern Railway
Route
StartKanyakumari
Stops61/60
EndPune Junction
Distance travelled2,135 km (1,327 mi)
Service frequencyDaily
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesYes
Technical
Rolling stockStandard Indian Railways coaches
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed46.62 km/h (29 mph)
Route map
(Mumbai - Kanyakumari) Express route map

The Kanyakumari-Pune or Jayanti Janata Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that used to run between Kanyakumari and Pune Junction, Pune in India. It was the first and oldest train service from Mumbai to South India. Initially the service was from Victoria terminus Bombay (Mumbai CST) to Cochin Harbour Terminus, later it was extended to Trivandrum,Then to Nagercoil then to Kanyakumari. From 2020 onwards, according to zero-based timetable, it runs only till Pune.This train is not restored after the janata curfew till now.It is proposed to be run with LHB coaches within 3 months.

It operates as train number 16382 from Kanyakumari to Pune and as train number 16381 in the reverse direction.

Coaches[]

The 16382/16381 Kanyakumari - Pune Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 1 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved coaches and 1 Pantry Car. Occasionally, it also carries high-capacity parcel vans.

As with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service[]

The 16382 Kanyakumari -Pune Express covers the distance of 2135 kilometres in 47 hours 05 mins (45.35 km/hr) & in 44 hours 30 mins (47.98 km/hr) as 16381 PUNE- Kanyakumari Express.

Routing[]

The service runs from Kanyakumari via Nagercoil Junction,Thiruvananthapuram Central, Kollam Junction, , Ernakulam Junction Palakkad Junction Coimbatore Junction, Erode Junction, Salem Junction, Jolarpettai Junction, Katpadi Junction, Pakala Junction, Renigunta Junction, Yerraguntla Junction, Gooty Junction, Guntakal Junction, Raichur Junction, Wadi Junction, Kalaburagi Junction, Kurduvadi Junction, Daund Junction, Pune Junction.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Story of the Legendary Big Four of the South". 24 Coaches. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ Dheleepan G V (2014). "History of great Indian Railways". slide share.
  3. ^ "Railway Budget speech 1973-74" (PDF). www.indianrailways.gov.in. Government of India, Ministry of Railways. 20 February 1973.

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