Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express

Sampark Kranti express of Karnataka runs between Yesvantpur near Bangalore to Hazrat Nizamuddin near Delhi, in addition another Karnataka Sampark Kranti started which runs between Chandigarh and Yeswanthpur. It provides a good substitute to the Karnataka Express and also of superfast category.

Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express AC 1st cum AC 2 tier coach

Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express AC 3 tier

Routes

Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express has 3 routes:

12649/12650 Karnataka Samparkkranti Express (via Kacheguda) Route map

12649/50 via Kacheguda, Nagpur, Bhopal covering 2276 km in 35 hours 15 minutes 5 days a week

12629/12630 Karnataka Samparkkranti Express (via Hubli) Route map

12629/30 via Hubli, Pune Junction, Manmad Junction and Bhopal covering 2610 km in 43 hours 45 minutes 2 days a week.
22685/86 via Hubli, Pune Junction, Manmad Junction and Bhopal covering 2866 km in 52 hours 30 minutes 2 days a week.

Relevance

Sampark kranti Express were introduced to provide faster connectivity from other than state capitals to the Country capital. Sampark kranti i.e. revolution in connectivity was aimed at providing a very fast connectivity. 12649/50 travels faster than the Karnataka Express and is quite preferred.

It is the best train running between the electronic city and new delhi with super fast speed. The washrooms are maintained efficiently and the staff is also very efficient and hardworking. The train is always on time and has never been late often. It is the best option for time saving as it reaches bangalore on 2nd day at 19:00 at evening faster than bangalore rajdhani which is considered an expensive option and less worthy. The fare of train is very nominal.

Speed

Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express runs at an average speed of approx 65 km/h (40.3m/h)and peak speed approx 110 km/h (68.3m/h).

References

"Karnataka Sampark Kranti flagged off - Rediff.com India News". rediff.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"Samparka Kranti eludes north Karnataka region - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.

External links

"indianrailinfo.com". indianrailinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.