Longest train services of Indian Railways
The list of longest train services of Indian Railways contains regular passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities of India which are more than 2000 apart. The special trains, coach changes, shunting or station transfers are not listed here.
Indian Railways (IR) is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 67,312 km (41,826 mi) and 7,112 stations.[1] In 2014–15, IR carried 8.397 billion passengers annually or more than 23 million passengers a day (roughly half of whom were suburban passengers) and 1058.81 million tons of freight in the year.[1] IR runs 12,617 passenger trains and 7,421 freight trains daily.[2] Since Indian Railways operates many trains per day, it is difficult to include train services with less than 2000 km length into a table.
Top train services which runs more than 2000 km
Operators
Here the operators of train services with more than 2000 are listed in sequence. In the first section the operating Zone and in second section the operating Division is tabulated separately.
Railway Zone wise
Most of the long distance trains are operated by Southern Railway (SR) (41 nos) followed by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) (18 nos). But the longest running train, Vivek express is operated by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). The table below shows the top operators which operates the long distance train services (more than 2000) of Indian Railways. It is arranged in the order of most number of services.
Sl / No | Operator (Railway Zone) |
No. of services |
---|---|---|
1 | Southern Railway (SR) | 41 |
2 | Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) | 18 |
3 | South Western Railway (SWR) | 15 |
4 | Western Railway (WR) | 11 |
5 | Northern Railway (NR) | 10 |
6 | North Western Railway (NWR) | 8 |
7 | South Eastern Railway (SER) | 7 |
8 | East Coast Railway (ECoR) | 6 |
Eastern Railway (ER) | ||
9 | Central Railway (CR) | 5 |
10 | South Central Railway (SCR) | 4 |
11 | East Central Railway (ECR) | 3 |
North Eastern Railway (NER) | ||
12 | South East Central Railway (SECR) | 2 |
13 | West Central Railway (WCR) | 0 |
North Central Railway (NCR) | ||
Konkan Railway (KR) | ||
Railway Division wise
Most of the long distance trains are operated by Thiruvananthapuram (22 nos) followed by Lumding (14 nos) divisions. But the longest running train, Vivek express is operated by Tinsukia division. The table below shows the top operators which operates the long distance train services (more than 2000) of Indian Railways. It is arranged in the order of most number of services.
Sl / No | Operator (Railway Division) |
No. of services |
---|---|---|
1 | Thiruvananthapuram (TVC) | 22 |
2 | Lumding (LMG) | 14 |
3 | Bangalore (SBC) | 12 |
4 | Chennai (MAS) | 8 |
5 | Madurai (MDU) | 6 |
Delhi (DLI) | ||
6 | Tinsukia (TSK) | 4 |
Jaipur (JP) | ||
Bhavnagar (BVP) | ||
Waltair (VSKP) | ||
7 | Firozpur (FZR) | 3 |
Pune (PUNE) | ||
Howrah (HWH) | ||
Kharagpur (KGP) | ||
Ahmedabad (ADI) | ||
8 | Lucknow NER (LJN) | 2 |
Khurda Road (KUR) | ||
Rajkot (RJT) | ||
Salem (SA) | ||
Bilaspur (BSP) | ||
Mumbai CR (CSTM) | ||
Ranchi (RNC) | ||
Bikaner (BKN) | ||
Guntakal (GTL) | ||
Hubli (UBL) | ||
Ajmer (AII) | ||
9 | Palakkad (PGT) | 1 |
Sonpur (SEE) | ||
Ambala (UMB) | ||
Varanasi (BSB) | ||
Mysore (MYS) | ||
Ratlam (RTM) | ||
Dhanbad (DHN) | ||
Mughalsarai (MGS) | ||
Secunderabad (SC) | ||
Sealdah (SDAH) | ||
Nanded (NED) | ||
Samastipur (SPJ) | ||
Asansol (ASN) | ||
Tiruchirappalli (TPJ) | ||
Mumbai WR (MMCT) | ||
Templates
Gallery
- LHB rake of Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express at Thiruvananthapuram Central
- Name board of Mumbai Rajdhani Express
- Name board of Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
- Kerala Sampark Kranti Express Route map
- HA1 Coach of Gorakdham Express
- Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express
- B3 Coach of Chennai–Chappra Ganga Kaveri Express
- Jaipur Chennai Central Express
See also
- Wagon numbering system in India
- Train numbering in India
- Longest non-stop run in Indian Railways
- Rail transport in India
- High-speed rail in India
- Rapid transit in India
- List of railway stations in India
- List of named passenger trains in India
- List of countries by rail transport network size
- Tatkal Scheme
- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
References
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- http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/2014-15_Final/English%20-%20Railway%20Budget%20Speech%202014-15.pdf
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