After this extension, it is now the longest-running superfast train and the second-longest-running train in India. From 21 November 2017, it has been extended to Silchar. Thiruvananthapuram Central–Silchar Express: This train is a Superfast Express train Initially it ran between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Guwahati.They are only representative of states that the routes runs through. Please note these are not official maps, neither to scale. All the maps in this article sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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The Vivek Express train series was started in November 2011 to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, that was to be held in 2013. Indian Railway took to social media to announce the last train to suspend operation, a first (total freeze) for the IR in its 167 years of service. This train arrived at Palakkad and Thrissur (in Kerala) on Wednesday and at Kanyakumari thereafter. It was only 55 minutes into its journey spanning more than 82 hours when it began its journey from Dibrugarh before the Janata Curfew was announced on Sunday and authorities ordered the suspension of all trains till further orders. It also makes the return journey on the same route. An interesting fact about this train: This train was the last train to suspend operations when the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020 to combat COVID-19. It joins Dibrugarh (DBRG) in Assam, North-East India to Kanyakumari (CAPE), Tamil Nadu which is the southernmost tip of mainland India. Spanning 4273 km on rail tracks, and a running time of 80 hours and 15 minutes and about 55 scheduled stops, the Vivek Express covers the longest train route in India. But among the longest is the Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari route. Vivek Express - Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari: Vivek Express is a chain of express trains and 4 pairs run on 4 different routes.Here is the list of longest train journeys in India one can make in a single train. Indian Railway offers journeys on some extraordinarily long routes that span the length and breadth of India. IR boasts of over 115,000 km of rail track over a route of 65,000 km and 7,500 stations on which 12,617 passenger trains and 7421 freight trains ply daily.Īnd if you check the list of 10 of the world’s longest rail routes where you can board a train and alight only at the destination without a change, India’s Vivek Express makes it to the list. So much so that it has two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Indian Railways (IR) are known to be one of the largest rail networks in the world. Here is a list of 10 of the longest train journeys you can undertake and not bother about alighting for a train change any place from start to finish.