Kanyakumari–Pune Express

Kanniyakumari-Pune Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Locale	Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Kerala
First service	26 January 1973; 51 years ago
Current operator(s)	Southern Railway
Route
Termini	Kanniyakumari (CAPE); Pune Junction (PUNE)
Stops	61
Distance travelled	2,135 km (1,327 mi)
Average journey time	44 hours (Approx.)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	16381 / 16382
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large windows
Baggage facilities	No
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	47 km/h (29 mph) average including halts.
Route map
Route map

The 16381 / 16382 Kanniyakumari-Pune Express or Jayanti Janata Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that used to run between Kanyakumari and Pune Junction, Pune in India. It was the first and oldest train service from Mumbai to South India. Initially the service was from Victoria terminus Bombay (Mumbai CST) to Cochin Harbour Terminus, later it was extended to Trivandrum, 81/82 Bombay- Cochin Jayanti Janata Express has been extended up to Trivandrum with effect from 1-4-1978. Then to Nagercoil then to Kanyakumari.^[2]

From 2020 onwards, according to zero-based timetable, it runs only till Pune. The train made its first run to Pune on 31 March 2022, after services were halted during the pandemic. The train ran with the Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB) coaches instead of those built by the Integral Coach Factory. ^[3]

It operates as train number 16382 from Kanyakumari to Pune and as train number 16381 in the reverse direction.

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified, the train is hauled by a Kalyan Loco Shed / Erode Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive on its entire journey.

Service

The 16382 Kanyakumari -Pune Express covers the distance of 2135 kilometres in 47 hours 05 mins (45.35 km/h) and in 44 hours 30 mins (47.98 km/h) as 16381 PUNE- Kanyakumari Express.

Routing

The service runs from Kanyakumari via Nagercoil Junction,Thiruvananthapuram Central, Kollam Junction, Kayamkulam Junction, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Thrissur, Palakkad Junction Coimbatore Junction, Erode Junction, Salem Junction, Jolarpettai Junction, Katpadi Junction, Pakala Junction, Tirupati,Renigunta Junction, Yerraguntla Junction, Gooty Junction, Guntakal Junction, Raichur Junction, Wadi Junction, Kalaburagi Junction, Kurduvadi Junction, Daund Junction, Pune Junction.

On the journey to Kanyakumari, the train will have additional stops at Chalakudy, Irinjalakuda, Wadakkanchery and Ottapalam. The trains will not stop in these stations on the return journey. On the return journey to Pune, the train will have additional stops at Tripunithura and Thiruvananthapuram Pettah.^[3]

References

^ "The Story of the Legendary Big Four of the South". 24 Coaches. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ https://164.100.77.150/bitstream/123456789/420755/1/PQ_105_24041978_U31_p68_p68.pdf
^ ^a ^b "After 2 years, Jayanti Janata Express resumes operation, to terminate at Pune". English.Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

External links

Official website

[24_coaches-1] "The Story of the Legendary Big Four of the South". 24 Coaches. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[2] ttps://164.100.77.150/bitstream/123456789/420755/1/PQ_105_24041978_U31_p68_p68.pdf

[:0-3] "After 2 years, Jayanti Janata Express resumes operation, to terminate at Pune". English.Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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Starting from Kochuveli	Rajya Rani Exp Kerala Sampark Kranti Exp Antyodaya Exp Hubballi SF Kochuveli–Amritsar Exp SMVT Humsafar Exp Rishikesh SF Porbandar SF Indore Exp LTT Garib Rath Yesvantpur Garib Rath Sri Ganganagar Exp Kochuveli-LTT Exp
Starting from Kollam Jn.	Quilon Mail Exp Ananthapuri Exp Tirupati Exp Visakhapatnam Exp
Starting from Ernakulam Jn.	Tea Garden Exp Bilaspur SF Kannur Exp Okha Patna SF via ASN Velankanni Exp Nizamuddin Exp
Starting from Guruvayur	Intercity Exp Chennai Egmore-Guruvayur Exp
Starting from Palakkad Jn.	Palaruvi Exp
Starting from Kozhikode	Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi
Starting from Kannur	Kannur Jan Shatabdi Yesvantpur Exp
Starting from Kasaragod	Kasaragod Vande Bharat
Starting from other states	Parasuram Exp Jayanti Janata Exp Island Exp Mangalore Mail SF Dadar-Tirunelveli SF Gandhidham–Nagercoil Exp Himsagar Exp Gurudev Exp
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