Swarna Jayanti express trains are weekly
Superfast trains introduced in 1997 for the 50th "Golden Jubilee" year of
India
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's independence. All trains go to
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...
, via multiple routes such as:
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Mysore Swarna Jayanti Express
The 12781 / 12782 Swarna Jayanti Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways South Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. This train is also comes under the Swarna Jayanti Express trains series. It shares its rak ...
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Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express
The 12817 / 18 / 73 / 74 Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – South Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India.
It operates as train number 12817 / 73 from Hatia to Anand Vih ...
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Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express (via Barkakana)
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Trivandrum Swarna Jayanti Express (via
Kollam Junction,
Ernakulam)
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Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Express
The 12803 / 12804 Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Express is a "Superfast Express" train linking Visakhapatnam and the Hazrat Nizamuddin near New Delhi, India.
The express is organized by the South Coast Railways Waltair Division. It is named f ...
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Sambalpur
Sambalpur () is the fifth largest city in the Indian State of Odisha. It is located on the banks of river Mahanadi, with a population of 335,761 (as per 2011 census). Prehistoric settlements have been recorded there. It is the home of the Sam ...
as
Hirakud Swarna Jayanti Express, later shortened to
Hirakud Express
The 20807/20808 Hirakud SF Express is a tri-weekly express train which runs between Amritsar and Visakhapatnam. It passes through the cities of Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Jhansi, Bilaspur, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar and Brahmapur. It was initially i ...
, is also introduced as part of the Swarna Jayanti Express series. Under the political pressure the train extended farther to
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
and later to
Visakhapatnam
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and
Amritsar.
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Ahmedabad Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express
The 12957 / 12958 Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani Express train on the Indian Railways broad-gauge track network, connecting Ahmedabad and New Delhi, a distance of approximately 933.5 km. The train was one of the last Rajdha ...
is also part of the Swarna Jayanti Express series. This is the only
Swarna Jayanti with fully air conditioned coaches along with
Rajdhani status.
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Millennium Express
The 12645 / 46 Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Millennium Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Southern Railway zone that runs between Ernakulam Junction and Hazrat Nizamuddin in India.
It operates as train numbe ...
to
Ernakulam is part of this series.
Livery
Back in the days of maroon-colored coaches and vacuum-braked stock, Mysore and Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Expresses ran with a red, white, and blue livery, until all coaches were made back into the air-braked blue coaches.
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Railway services introduced in 1997
Named passenger trains of India