Vivek Express

Vivek Express is a chain of express trains on the

Railway Budget of 2011-12^[1] by the then Railway Minister. These trains were started to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, to be held in 2013. One of the Vivek Express trains, the one from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari, is the longest route on the Indian Railways network, in terms of distance and time, and is currently the 24th longest in the world.^[2]

List of Vivek Express Trains

As of July 2013, there are 4 pairs of Vivek Express trains

Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari Vivek Express

This Biweekly Superfast train, numbered 22503/22504, is currently the longest train route in the

North-East India to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu

which is the southernmost tip of Indian mainland. It covers a total of 4160 km from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari. It takes 79 hours to cover this distance with 57 intermediate stoppages.

Okha - Tuticorin Vivek Express

This too, is a weekly train, numbered 19567/19568. It connects

Okha, Gujarat (which is the westernmost tip of India) to Thoothukudi, the "Pearl City", in Tamil Nadu in South India. This train covers 3043 km in 54:25 hours. It travels through the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

.

This train is also religiously important, as it joins two places of religious significance, namely

Lord Krishna's Dwarka and Rameswaram

, which lies close to Thoothukudi.

The train covers important cities en route, namely

Gulbarga, Adoni, Bangalore (Krishnarajapuram), Salem, Karur and Madurai.^[3]

Bandra Terminus Jammu Tawi Vivek Express

This train seeks its origin from

Delhi NCR

.

Santragachi - Mangalore Central Vivek Express

The 22851/22852 Vivek Express links

Mangalore Central in Karnataka. This is also a weekly train, which comes under the Superfast category of the Indian Railways, unlike other Vivek Expresses. This train passes through the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. Important cities en route are Odisha {Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur}, Andhra Pradesh {Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Eluru, Vijayawada, Nellore, Tirupati}, Tamil Nadu {Salem, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore}, Kerala {Palakkad, Tirur, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod

}.

Route maps

Okha - Tuticorin Vivek Express route map
Jammu Tawi - Mumbai Vivek Express route map
(Santragachi - Mangalore) Vivek Express route map

Future plans

Owing to the positive response to Vivek Express trains by the masses, the

North East India

. Earlier Vivek Express trains ran from East to South, South to West, West to North and again East to South India respectively. The new North to East Vivek Express would complete the quadrilateral.

References

^ "Kavi Guru Express & Vivek Express Trains to be Launched to Mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore & Swami Vivekananda". Government of India. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ "Now, northeast & south come closer". The Hindu. 20 November 2011.
^ "Madurai-Dwaraka Vivek Express/19567". India Rail Info. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

[kavi2011-1] "Kavi Guru Express & Vivek Express Trains to be Launched to Mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore & Swami Vivekananda". Government of India. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[2] "Now, northeast & south come closer". The Hindu. 20 November 2011.

[3] "Madurai-Dwaraka Vivek Express/19567". India Rail Info. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

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v t e Vivek Express
Northeast Frontier Railways	Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari
South Eastern Railways	Santragachi–Mangalore Central
Western Railways	Okha–Tuticorin Bandra Terminus–Jammu Tawi

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai Howrah–Chennai Howrah–Delhi Howrah–Gaya–Delhi Mumbai–Chennai New Delhi–Chennai New Delhi–Mumbai
Suburban	Chennai MRTS Chennai Suburban Delhi Suburban Pune Suburban Hyderabad MMTS Kolkata Suburban Mumbai Suburban
Mountain	Darjeeling Kalka-Shimla Nilgiri

High-Speed	Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train (Under Construction) Vande Bharat Sleeper train (Upcoming)
Semi-High speed	Amrit Bharat Express Duronto Express Gatimaan Express Tejas Express Rajdhani Express Shatabdi Express Vande Bharat Express
Premium	AC Express AC Double Decker Express Humsafar Express Uday Express
Express	Antyodaya Express Garib Rath Express Intercity Express Jan Sadharan Express Jan Shatabdi Express Mahamana Express Sampark Kranti Express Suvidha Express Rajya Rani Express Vivek Express Yuva Express
Luxury	Deccan Odyssey Fairy Queen Golden Chariot Mahaparinirvan Express Maharajas' Express Palace on Wheels Ramayana Express Royal Orient Royal Rajasthan on Wheels Village on Wheels
Special	Lifeline Express Red Ribbon Express Science Express
Others	Passenger trains