Classic route
Himsagar Express
Jammu → Kanyakumari · India
Himsagar Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 3,785 km
- Fastest time
- 68 h
- Average speed
- 56 km/h
- Top speed
- 110 km/h
- Operator
- Indian Railways
- Train
- ICF sleeper & AC coaches
- Countries
- India
- In service since
- 1990
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
From the Himalayan foothills at Jammu to the very tip of India at Kanyakumari: about 3,785 km through a dozen states, one of the country’s longest single journeys.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 11217579 (1,529 km), relation 19874759 (557 km) — 2,087 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 76.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 40 m); the longest stretch away from it is 35 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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