Indian railway
Dibrugarh–Kanniyakumari Vivek SUPERFAST Express Service type Superfast Express Status Active Locale Assam , Nagaland , West Bengal , Bihar , Jharkhand , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh , Kerala & Tamil Nadu First service 19 November 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-19 ) Current operator(s) Northeast Frontier Railway Ridership Superfast Express Termini Dibrugarh (DBRG)Kanniyakumari (CAPE)Stops 57 Distance travelled 4,154 km (2,581 mi) Average journey time 75 hr 30 min Service frequency Daily (Effect from 8 July 2024) Train number(s) 22503/22504 Class(es)
2nd A/C II Tire - 2
3rd A/C III Tire - 4
Sleeper - 11
UnReserved - 4
EOG - 2
Pantry (A/C Hot Buffet) - 1 Disabled access Seating arrangements Yes Auto-rack arrangements Yes Catering facilities Pantry car Observation facilities Large windows Entertainment facilities YES Baggage facilities Available Other facilities CCTV Cameras in all coaches Rolling stock LHB coach
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in )Electrification 25kV AC 50 Hz Operating speed 65 km/h (40 mph) Average length 24 Coaches Rake sharing RSA with 15903/15904 Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express and 15945/15946 Mumbai LTT-Dibrugarh Express Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express Route map
The 22503 / 22504 Dibrugarh – Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh Vivek Superfast Express is a Daily Superfast Express train of the Vivek Express series belonging to Indian Railways and operated by Northeast Frontier Railway 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 4,189 kilometres (2,603 mi) and traverses through eight states in India .[ 1] longest train route in India by both distance and time,[ 2] 28th-longest train service in the world . The train has 57 halts across its route.
History
Vivek Express is a series of four 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 7:55 PM and reaches Kanyakumari at 9:55 PM on the fourth day of journey. In the return direction the train no: 22503 leaves Kanyakumari at 5:25 PM and reaches Dibrugarh at 8:50 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
The train runs with modern LHB rakes. The coach composition is
Major halts
New Tinsukia Jct , Lumding Jct, Guwahati, New Bongaigaon Jct, New Cooch Behar, New Jalpaiguri Jct, Malda Town, Rampurhat Jct, Kharagpur Jct, Cuttack Jct, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam Jct, Vijayawada Jct, Katpadi Jct, Coimbatore Jct, Thiruvananthapuram Central.
Locomotive
The train is hauled by WDP-4D Locomotive of Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri from New Tinsukia to Guwahati . Then it is hauled by WAP-7 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam from Guwahati up to Visakhapatnam . Lastly from Visakhapatnam to Kanniyakumari it is hauled by WAP-7 locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram .
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