Kerala Sampark Kranti Express

Kerala Sampark Kranti Express

Overview
Service type	Sampark Kranti Express
First service	13 July 2005
Current operator(s)	Indian Railway
Route
Start	Chandigarh
Stops	19
End	Kochuveli Railway Station
Distance travelled	3,091 km (1,921 mi)
Average journey time	54 h 25 m
Service frequency	Bi weekly
Train number(s)	12217/12218
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, Chair Car
Technical
Operating speed	Average 56 km/h (35 mph)
Route map File:Kerala Samparkkranti Express Route map.jpg Kerala Sampark kranti Express Route map

Kerala Sampark Kranti Express is a train that runs between Kochuveli Railway Station in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala and Chandigarh in Punjab. It departs from Kochuveli Railway Station on Mondays and Saturdays and it leaves Chandigarh on Wednesdays and Fridays. This train was introduced to provide quicker connectivity from India's capital New Delhi to locations in Kerala. Kerala Sampark Kranti Express,22685/22686 Karnataka Sampark Kranti ( Yesvantpur to Chandigarh ) and Goa Sampark Kranti Expresses ( Madgaon to Chandigarh) are the only Sampark Kranti trains that runs beyond national capital and Kerala Sampark Kranti is the longest running Sampark Kranti Express. It runs via the Konkan route.

Sampark Kranti

Sampark and Kranti are borrowed from Sanskrit, . Sampark(Devanagari:-सम्पर्क) means Contact and Kranti(Devanagari:-क्रान्ति ) means Revolution. The name denotes a revolutionary step taken by Indian Railways to provide high speed connectivity with the National Capital to the common man in form of non-air conditioned express trains with minimal stoppages and high running speed. Earlier such a facility was available on the Rajdhani series of super-fast trains which were completely air-conditioned and hence quite expensive. The Rajdhani and Shatabdi series are the fastest trains in India. The Sampark Kranti trains run at a slightly lesser speed than these and yet provide for a high speed option at a normal price due to the minimal stoppages and relatively faster speeds than other non-Rajdhani and non-Shatabdi express trains.

Kerala Sampark Kranti Flag off

The Kerala Sampark Kranti was flagged off by Member of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal, from the Chandigarh Railway Station.

Train Route

S.No.	STN.Code	STN Name
1	CDG	Chandigarh
2	UMB	Ambala Cantonment
3	NDLS	New Delhi
4	NZM	Hazrat Nizamuddin
5	KOTA	Kota
6	BRC	Vadodara
7	PNVL	Panvel
8	MAO	Madgaon
9	UD	Udupi
10	MAJN	Mangalore
11	KGQ	Kasaragod
12	CAN	Kannur
13	CLT	Kozhikode
14	SRR	Shornur JN
15	TCR	Thrissur
16	ERS	Ernakulam JN
17	ALLP	Alappuzha
18	KYJ	Kayamkulam JN
19	QLN	Kollam JN
20	KCVL	Trivandrum Kochuveli

Coach composition

It has 1 First AC and 2 Tier Ac combined coach(HA), 1 AC 2 Tier coach(A), 1 AC 3 Tier coach(B), 8 Sleeper coaches(S), 4 General coaches(G), a Pantry Car(PC) and a Luggage Van(LV) in all 17 coaches.

(ENG-G1-G2-A1-HA1-B1-S1-PC-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-G3-G4-LV)

Traction

A Golden Rock based WDP 3A hauls the train from Kochuveli until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a Ghaziabad based WAP 5 takes over for the reminder of its journey until Chandigarh.