The 12449 / 12450 ''Goa Sampark Kranti Express'' is one of the most important trains among the

Sampark Kranti Express Sampark Kranti Express trains are a series of Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast express trains operated by the Indian Railways providing quick connectivity to the national capital, New Delhi. Overview The words ''Sampark'' and ''K ...

trains series operated on

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by the Northern Railway

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Division between and , a town in the Indian state of

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

The train is extended to

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...

similar to Kerala Sampark Kranti recently. As of 2015, this train is running on a bi-weekly basis and holds Superfast status.

Train details

* 12449DN Madgaon–Chandigarh via

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and Hazrat Nizamuddin Goa Sampark Kranti Express * 12450UP Chandigarh–Madgaon Goa Sampark Kranti Express In 2008 Indian

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, the train announced to run bi-weekly as the frequency increased from weekly to bi-weekly.

Alternative trains for Madgaon or Goa from national capital

# 12779/12780 Vasco-Da-Gama H.Nizamuddin

Goa Express The 12779 / 12780 Goa Express is a daily superfast train run by Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama and Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi. It is one of the high priority superfast trains of Indian Railways and additionally, a very importa ...

– daily via, Madgaon, Belgaum,

Miraj Miraj (Pronunciation: iɾəd͡z ) is a city in Sangli District and also in Maharashtra, India, that was founded in the early 10th century. It was an important jagir of the Adil Shahi court of Bijapur. Shivaji Maharaj stayed in Miraj for ...

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# 12617/12618

Mangala Lakshadweep Express The Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express is a Superfast train in India that runs between in Delhi and in Kochi, Kerala via the Konkan Railway route. It is operated by Southern Railway with 12617 / 12618 train numbers. In 1973, the earl ...

– via Konkan Railways,

Panvel Panvel () is a city and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is highly populated due to its closeness to Mumbai. Panvel is also governed for development purpose by the body of Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Panvel Municipal Corpor ...

, Bhusawal, Bhopal # 12431/12432 Trivandrum–H.Nizamuddin

Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express The 12431 / 12432 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani Express train service in India, connecting in the country capital New Delhi to , the capital of Kerala state. It is the longest-running Rajdhani Express t ...

via,

Vadodara Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capita ...

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# 22413/22414 Madgaon–H.Nizamuddin

Madgaon Rajdhani Express The 22413/22414 ''Madgaon Rajdhani Express'' is an express train of Rajdhani class belonging to Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi to Madgaon Margao or Madgaon is the commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It ...

via Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 12217/12218 Kochuveli–Chandigarh

Kerala Sampark Kranti Express The 12217 / 12218 ''Kerala Sampark Kranti Express'' is a Superfast service among Sampark Kranti category that runs between Kochuveli railway station in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala and Chandigarh the capital ci ...

via Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 12483/12484 Kochuveli–Amritsar Weekly Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 22659/22660

Kochuveli–Dehradun Superfast Express The 22659 / 60 Kochuveli railway station, Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express is a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Southern Railway zone that runs between Kochuveli railwa ...

via Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 22633/22634 Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 12283/12284 Ernakulam–H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 22653/22654 Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam), Vadodara, Konkan Railway # 22655/22656

Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Alappuzha) The 22655 / 22656 Thiruvananthapuram Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express is a Express Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It was announced in 2014–15 Railway budge ...

, Vadodara, Konkan Railway

Traction

Earlier, a Sabarmati-based

WDP-4D The EMD GT46PAC or WDP4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) of Varanasi, ...

would haul this train between and , and a

-based

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

(HOG)-equipped locomotive for its journey between Vadodara and Chandigarh. Now that the electrification of Konkan Railways has been completed, since 17/10/2022 a Ludhiana based WAP-7 loco hauls this train for the entire journey.

Route & Halts

This train halts at the following stations # # # # # # # # # # # #

Pernem Pernem or Pedne (pronounced ) is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the capital of the Pernem Sub-District Geography Pernem is one of the twelve sub-districts of Goa. Pernem sub-district ...

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Karmali Carambolim is a village in North Goa district, Goa, India. Geography It is located at an elevation of 5 m above MSL.http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/33/Carambolim.html Map and weather of Karmali Location The railway station at Carambolim ( ...

References

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Train details

Alternative trains for Madgaon or Goa from national capital

Traction

Route & Halts

See also

References