The Hampi Express is a daily express train running between Bangalore city Junction and Hubli Junction the headquarters of the South Western Railway in India. Numbered 16591/16592, it is a train of South Western Railway having primary maintenance at Hubli
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Until July 2010 this train ran as attached with 16593/94 Nanded Express up to Guntakal from Bangalore where the detachment took place. As proposed in the 2010 budget the train was detached and started its run as an independent train in August 2010.
Train is named after Hampi, a Historical Town belonging to the Vijayanagar Empire. The Town is a tourist attraction for the ruins of the Vijayanagar Empire. This train passes through Hospet the nearest station to this Town.
This train generally gets a WDP-4 or WDP-4B from Krishnarajapuram
This train runs Via Bangalore Canttonement, Yelahanka, Hindupur, Dharmavaram, Guntakal, Bellary, Hospet to reach Hubli.
This train has one AC First Class-Two Tier combo, one Two Tier AC and one Three Tier AC coach, 7 Sleeper Coaches, 5 Unreserved Coaches and 2 Second Seating cum Luggage rack. The train shares its rakes with 16535/36 Gol Gumbaz Express(Tri-Weekly) and 06535/36 Bijapur Special from Yeshvantapur.