The 12449 / 12450 ''Goa Sampark Kranti Express'' is one of the most important trains among the
Sampark Kranti Express trains series operated on
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...
by the
Northern Railway Delhi
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Division between and , a town in the Indian state of
Goa
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to th ...
The train is extended to
Chandigarh
Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which ...
similar to
Kerala Sampark Kranti recently.
As of 2015, this train is running on a bi-weekly basis and holds Superfast status.
Train details
* 12449DN Madgaon–Chandigarh via
New Delhi
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and Hazrat Nizamuddin Goa Sampark Kranti Express
* 12450UP Chandigarh–Madgaon Goa Sampark Kranti Express
In 2008 Indian
Railway Budget, the train announced to run bi-weekly as the frequency increased from weekly to bi-weekly.
Alternative trains for Madgaon or Goa from national capital
# 12779/12780 Vasco-Da-Gama H.Nizamuddin
Goa Express – daily via, Madgaon, Belgaum,
Miraj
Miraj (Pronunciation: iɾəd͡z ) is a city in Sangli District and also in Maharashtra, India, that was founded in the early 10th century. It was an important jagir of the Adil Shahi court of Bijapur.
Shivaji Maharaj stayed in Miraj for ...
,
Bhusawal
Bhusawal is the largest municipal council (established in 1882) in the Jalgaon district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, situated along the banks of the river Tapi. The city emerged as a major railway junction during the British Raj, and sti ...
,
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It ...
# 12617/12618
Mangala Lakshadweep Express – via Konkan Railways,
Panvel
Panvel () is a city and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal Corpora ...
, Bhusawal, Bhopal
# 12431/12432 Trivandrum–H.Nizamuddin
Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express
The 12431 / 12432 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani Express train service in India, connecting in the country capital New Delhi to , the capital of Kerala state. It is the longest-running Rajdhani Express t ...
via,
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...
,
Konkan Railway
The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi an ...
# 22413/22414 Madgaon–H.Nizamuddin
Madgaon Rajdhani Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 12217/12218 Kochuveli–Chandigarh
Kerala Sampark Kranti Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 12483/12484
Kochuveli–Amritsar Weekly Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 22659/22660
Kochuveli–Dehradun Superfast Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 22633/22634
Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 12283/12284
Ernakulam–H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 22653/22654
Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam)
The 22653 /22654 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India.
It operates as train number 22653 from Thiruvanantha ...
, Vadodara, Konkan Railway
# 22655/22656
, Vadodara, Konkan Railway
Traction
Earlier, a
Sabarmati-based
WDP-4D
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would haul this train between and , and a
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...
-based
WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...
(HOG)-equipped locomotive for its journey between Vadodara and Chandigarh.
Now that the electrification of Konkan Railways has been completed, since 17/10/2022 a Ludhiana based WAP-7 loco hauls this train for the entire journey.
Route & Halts
This train halts at the following stations
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Pernem
Pernem or Pedne (pronounced ) is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the capital of the Pernem Sub-District
Geography
Pernem is one of the twelve sub-districts of Goa. Pernem sub-district ...
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See also
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Goa Express
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Trains of SWR
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Konkan Railways
The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India with its headquarters at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The first passenger train ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993, between Udupi ...
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Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express
The 12707 / 12708 ''Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express'' is a South Central Railway train running from New Delhi to Tirupati. It is part of the Sampark Kranti Express series of trains, which link the Indian national capital, New Delhi ...
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Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti
References
Indian Railways
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