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Navyug Express
Overview
Service typeExpress
First service31 August 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-31)[1](extended to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra)
Current operator(s)Southern Railways
Route
TerminiShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK)
Mangalore Central (MAQ)
Stops61
Distance travelled3,686 km (2,290 mi)
Average journey time68hr 20min
Service frequencyWeekly
Train number(s)16687 / 16688
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Baggage facilitiesAvailable
Other facilitiesBelow the seats
Technical
Rolling stockICF coaches
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed53 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 & 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. Uchana
  6. Narwana
  7. Tohana
  8. 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

References

  1. ^ "List of the trains announced in the Railway Budget 2014-15 which would serve the State of Jammu & Kashmir and status of implementation". Government of India. Press Information Bureau. 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ Longest train services of Indian Railways



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