Vasco Velankanni weekly Express is an
Express
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rail operated by the
Indian Railways
Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
connecting
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea.
Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
in
Goa
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with
Velankanni
Velankanni (''Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi''), is a Special Grade Panchayat Town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, 350 km south of Chennai (Madras), 12 km south of ...
via Madgaon, Hubli, Salem Junction, Karur Junction,
Tiruchirappalli Junction
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,
Thanjavur Junction, Thiruvarur Junction and Nagapattinam Junction.
train take 30 hrs 15 min to complete the entire journey. Total Distance Covered is 1317 km at an average Speed
Direction reversal
Train Reverses its direction 3 times
* Erode Junction
* Tiruchirappalli Junction
* Nagapattinam Junction
Train no longer reverses its direction at Yesvantpur Junction after completion of the new Bypass Running Line.
Demands
There are demands by the devotees who visits the
velankanni shrine regularly, insist Indian Railways to operate this train to reach velankanni on Sundays instead of Tuesdays and to depart this train from velankanni on Sundays instead of Tuesdays with no change in time table and also demand to stop this train at
Tiruppattur.
See also
*
Pallavan Express
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*
Rockfort Express
Transport in Vasco da Gama, Goa
Transport in Nagapattinam
Express trains in India
Rail transport in Goa
Rail transport in Tamil Nadu
Rail transport in Karnataka
Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakes.
* 1 AC II Tier
* 3 AC III Tier
* 3 AC III Tier Economy
* 8 Sleeper Coaches
* 3 General
* 2 End On Generator
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