Navyug Express

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Navyug Express

Overview
Service type	Express
First service	31 August 2015; 6 years ago (2015-08-31)[1](extended to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra)
Current operator(s)	Southern Railways
Route
Start	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK)
Stops	61
End	Mangalore Central (MAQ)
Distance travelled	3,686 km (2,290 mi)
Average journey time	68hr 20min
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	16687 / 16688
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available
Baggage facilities	Available
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	53 km/h (33 mph) average including halts

The 16687 / 16688 Navyug Express or the "New-Era" Express is a weekly train running between Katra and Mangalore Central. Coaches for the slip of Navyug Express that runs between Katra and Tirunelveli are bifurcated at Erode Junction. It takes about 68 hrs for the distance of 3,685 km and is the 5th-longest train service of Indian Railways. It travels through 13 states in India^{[2][circular reference]}

Route and halts[]

16687/88 Navyug Express runs through the following stations and states:

KARNATAKA

1. Mangalore (Starts)

KERALA

1. Kasaragod
2. Kannur
3. Thalassery
4. Kozhikode
5. Shoranur Junction
6. Palakkad Junction

TAMIL NADU

1. Coimbatore Junction
2. Tiruppur
3. Erode
4. Salem Junction
5. Jolarpettai Junction
6. Katpadi Junction

ANDHRA PRADESH

1. Chittoor
2. Tirupati
3. Renigunta Junction
4. Gudur Junction
5. Nellore
6. Ongole
7. Tenali
8. Vijayawada Junction

TELANGANA

1. Khammam
2. Warangal
3. Ramagundam

MAHARASHTRA

1. Balharshah Junction
2. Chandrapur
3. Sewagram Junction
4. Nagpur Junction

MADHYA PRADESH

1. Itarsi Junction
2. Bhopal Junction
3. Gwalior

RAJASTHAN

1. Dholpur

UTTAR PRADESH

1. Jhansi Junction
2. Agra Cantonment
3. Faridabad

DELHI

1. Hazrat Nizamuddin
2. New Delhi
3. Shakurbasti

HARYANA

1. Bahadurgarh
2. Rohtak Junction
3. Julana
4. Jind Junction
5. Faridabad
6. Uchana
7. Narwana
8. Tohana
9. Jakhal Junction

PUNJAB

1. Lehragaga
2. Sunam
3. Sangrur
4. Dhuri Junction
5. Malerkotla
6. Ahmedgarh
7. Kila Raipur
8. Ludhiana Junction
9. Phillaur Junction
10. Phagwara Junction
11. Jalandhar Cantonment
12. Urmar Tanda
13. Dasuya
14. Mukerian
15. Pathankot Cantonment

JAMMU KASHMIR

1. Kathua
2. Samba
3. Jammu Tawi
4. Udhampur
5. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (Ends)

See also[]

• Vivek Express
• Himsagar Express
• Kerala Express

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