Karnataka Express

The Karnataka Express is a daily Superfast train that runs between the Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka and the Indian capital New Delhi.

Karnataka SuperFast Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
First service1976 (1976) (split train as Kerala - Karnataka (KK) Express )[1]
1983 (1983) (as separate train, Karnataka Express)[2]
Current operator(s)South Western Railway
Route
StartKSR Bengaluru(SBC)
Stops32
EndNew Delhi(NDLS)
Distance travelled2410 km
Average journey time39 hrs 30 mins (up direction) and 40 hrs 45 mins (down direction)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)12627 /12628
On-board services
Class(es)AC First Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangementsAvailable
Sleeping arrangementsAvailable
Catering facilitiesAvailable (Paid)
Baggage facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Track gaugeBroad Gauge
Operating speedMaximum - 110.0 km/hr, Average - 61 km/hr
Route map

Route & Halts

It runs from KSR Bengaluru via Yelahanka, Dharmavaram, Anantpur, Guntakal, Wadi, Solapur, Daund, Manmad, Bhusaval ,Burhanpur, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Jhansi, Gwalior, Agra Cantt. to New Delhi.

Locomotive

Both trains are hauled by a Pune based WDP-4D locomotive from KSR Bengaluru to Daund and handing over to a Tughlakabad based WAP 7 locomotive from Daund to New Delhi and vice versa. Now they run with LHB coaches and a WAP7 hauls it end to end with WDP4D piggybacking from Wadi to Daund in both directions.

See also

References
  1. "Railway Budget speech 1977-78 (interim)" (PDF). www.indianrailways.gov.in. Government of India, Ministry of Railways. 28 March 1977.
  2. "Railway Budget speech 1983-84" (PDF). www.indianrailways.gov.in. Government of India, Ministry of Railways. 24 March 1983.
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