Thursday, April 19, 2012

Longest train journeys in India

Men drink tea on the platform prior to departing from the Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi.

Indian Railways has 114,500 kilometres of total track over a route of 65,000 kilometres and 7,500 stations. It has the world's fourth-largest railway network after those of the United States, Russia and China.
The railways carry over 30 million passengers and 2.8 million tonnes of freight daily. It is the world's fourth-largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.4 million employees.
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Source: Wikipedia
A girl peers out from a carriage at Nizamuddin Railway Station.

1. Train name/No: Vivek Express/15906
Origin city: Dibrugarh
Destination: Kanyakumari
Distance: 4,286km
No. of stops: 52
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 82 hrs(3.5 days)
A passenger checks his seating on the Amritsar bound train, as he receives help from a conductor at the Nizamuddin Railway Station.
2. Train name/No: Himsagar Express/6318
Origin city: Jammutawi
Destination: Kanyakumari
Distance: 3,715km
No. of stops: 71
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 71 hrs (3 days)
Workers wait to cross tracks as a train to passes nearby to the Nizamuddin Railway Station.

3. Train name/No: Navyug Express/16687
Origin city: Mangalore
Destination: Jammu
Distance: 3,609km
No. of stops: 71
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 70 hrs (3 days)
Families alight from a train at the Nizamuddin Railway Station.
4. Train name/No: Dibrugarh Express/14034
Origin city: Yeswanthpur (Bangalore)
Destination: Dibrugarh
Distance: 3,578km
No. of stops: 70
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 70 hrs (3 days)
Workers move the morning delivery of flowers from a train at the Nizamuddin Railway Station.
5. Train name/No: Ten Jammu Express/16787
Origin city: Tirunelveli
Destination: Jammu
Distance: 3,561km
No. of stops: 70
Frequency: Biweekly
Scheduled running time: 70 hrs (3 days)
A boy waits with his family belongings prior to boarding a train at the Nizamuddin Railway Station.

6. Train name/No: Guwahati Express/12515
Origin city: Thiruvananthapuram
Destination: Guwahati
Distance: 3552 km
No. of stops: 70
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 70 hrs (3 days)
Workers take a break from unloading cargo from incoming trains at Nizamuddin Railway Station.
7. Train name/No: DDN KCVL SUP Express/12288
Origin city: Dehradun
Destination: Kochuveli Railway Station (Thiruvananthapuram)
Distance: 3,459km
No. of stops: 70
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 70 hrs (3 days)
Labourers work on the tracks at Nizamuddin Railway Station.
8. Train name/No: Train name/No: Raptisagar Express/12522
Origin city: Ernakulam
Destination: Barauni
Distance: 3,441km
No. of stops: 61
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 62 hrs (3 days)
A man peers from a carriage prior to departure from the Nizamuddin Railway Station.

9. Train name/No: Kerala S Kranti Express/12218
Origin city: Chandigarh
Destination: Kochuveli Railway Station(Thiruvananthapuram)
Distance: 3415km
No. of stops: 70
Frequency: Weekly
Scheduled running time: 70 hrs (3 days)
Workers load mail onto a train at Nizamuddin Railway Station.

10. Train name/No: Tamil Nadu Express/12622
Origin city: Chennai
Destination: Delhi
Distance: 2,184km
No. of stops: 9
Frequency: Daily
Scheduled running time: 32 hrs 45 mins (2 days)












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