Himsagar Express

Himsagar Express, connecting the northern and southern edges of India

You may have heard about Himsagar Express if you take a lot of interest in traveling by trains and gaining knowledge about Indian railways. This train covers the longest distance in India. It connects the top and the bottom edges of India. This train flags off from the southernmost state of India i.e. Kanyakumari and its last destination is Jammu & Kashmir, which is located at the northern most part of India. This train takes approximately seventy one hours for reaching Jammu & Kashmir from Kanyakumari. Himsagar express stops at 69 stations while it crosses 9 Indian states.

This train runs only once a week. One can purchase the tickets for this train which departs from Kanyakumari on Fridays. It reaches its final destination on Mondays. The minimum speed at which this train runs is 9 Kilometer per hour and the highest speed attained by it during the journey is 124 Kilometer per hour. The name of this train is very relevant to its operations. Himsagar is formed by joining two words i.e. Him and Sagar. “Him” refers to the snow covered mountains of Jammu & Kashmir and Sagar refers to 3 seas i.e. the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. All these three seas meet at the coast of Kanyakumari.

The chief stations at which this train halts during the journey include the stations of Ernakulum, Bhopal, New Delhi, Jalandhar etc. This train is quite comfortable for all those people who do not want to spend much money on traveling by air. The cost of the tickets for this train starts from Rs.645 for Class 3 A and goes up to Rs.2857 for Class 1A. It is an amazing experience to travel in this train. It will take you through a large number of stations. From the windows of this train, you will be able to see a lot of places of India. Traveling in this train from Kanyakumari to Jammu & Kashmir is like traveling the whole India on train.