Thiruvananthapuram - Silchar Superfast Express

Thiruvananthapuram Silchar Superfast Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast
First service	January 1984 (1984-01) (Initial run) July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01) (extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central)[1] November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21) (extended to Silchar)[2]
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Route
Start	Thiruvananthapuram Central
Stops	57 as 12515 / 16 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Express. 56 as 12507 / 08 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Express.
End	Silchar
Distance travelled	3,932 km (2,443 mi)
Service frequency	Weekly
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railway Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	55 km/h (34 mph), including halts.
Route map

The 12507 / 08 / 15 / 16 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways - Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Silchar in India. It holds the record of being the most delayed train on the Indian Railways network, being delayed by an average of 10 – 12 hours. Initially it ran between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Guwahati. From 21 November 2017, it has been extended to Silchar.^[3] After this extension, it is now the longest running superfast train and the second longest running train in India.

It operates as train number 12507 / 15 from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Silchar and as train number 12508 / 16 in the reverse direction serving the 8 states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Service

The 12508 / 16 Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express covers the distance of 3,932 km (2,443 mi) in 74 hrs 45 mins (52.60 km/hr), in 76 hrs 35 mins as 12515 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Express (51.34 km/hr) and in 74 hrs 5 mins as 12507 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Express (53.07 km/hr).

A Howrah based WDM 3A hauls the train from Silchar up to Howrah Junction handing over to a Howrah based WAP 4 which powers the train up to Visakhapatnam following which Erode or Arakkonam based WAP 4 takes over until Thiruvananthapuram Central.

Routing

The 12507 / 08 / 15 / 16 Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express runs from Silchar to Thiruvananthapuram Central via Badarpur Junction, Lumding Junction, Kamakhya Junction, Rangiya Junction, New Bongaigaon Junction, New Jalpaiguri Junction, New Farakka Junction, Howrah Junction Kharagpur Junction, Cuttack Junction,Khurda Road Junction, Vizianagaram Junction, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada Junction Chennai Central, Arakkonam Junction, Katpadi Junction, Jolarpettai Junction, Salem Junction, Erode Junction, Coimbatore Junction, Palakkad Junction, Kayamkulam Junction and Kollam Junction.

Train reversal

It reverses direction of travel four times during its journey at following stations

1. Visakhapatnam
2. Howrah Junction
3. Lumding Junction
4. Badarpur Junction

Locomotive

Coach composition

The 12507 / 08 / 15 / 16 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Silchar Express has 1 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 13 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved, 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) & a Pantry car Coaches.

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
	SLR	UR	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	A1	B1	B2	B3	B4	S6	PC	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	S12	S13	UR	UR	SLR

Gallery

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  Thiruvananthapuram Central bound Guwahati Express spotted at Marripalem, Andhra Pradesh
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  Guwahati bound 12515 (TVC-GHY) Weekly Express spotted at Dankuni, West Bengal

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