Longest train services of Indian Railways

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This article lists the longest passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities. Services that require railcar exchanges, coach changes, shunting or station transfers are not listed.

## Longest train services, by distance

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No.  | Origin
station  | Destination
station  | Train name/No.  | Distance  | No. of
stops  | Frequency  | Scheduled running time | Ref

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1  | Dibrugarh | Kanniyakumari | 22503/22504 Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express | 4,154.1 km  | 58  | Daily  | 75 hrs 30 min (~3 days 3 hours 30 minutes)  | [1]
2  | Silchar | Thiruvananthapuram Central | 12507/12508 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Aronai Superfast Express | 3,915.5 km  | 57  | Weekly  | 71 hours 45 min (~2 days 23 hours 45 minutes)  | [2]
3  | Kanniyakumari | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra | 16317/16318 Himsagar Express | 3,788.7 km  | 65  | Weekly  | 68 hrs 20 min (~2 days 20 hours 20 minutes)  | [2]
4  | Tirunelveli Junction | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra | 16787/16788 Tiruneveli—Jammu Express | 3,642 km  | 64  | Weekly  | 71 hrs 20 min (~2 days 23 hours 20 minutes)  | [2]
5  | Firozpur Cantonment Junction | Rameswaram | 20973/20974

Firozpur Cantt.-Rameswaram Humsafar Express

| 3,544 km  | 41  | Weekly  | 60 hrs 30 min (~2 days 12 hours 30 minutes)  |
6  | New Tinsukia | Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal | 22501/22502 New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Express | 3,542 km  | 38  | Weekly  | 63 hrs 15 mins (~2 days 15 hours 15 minutes)  |
7  | Agartala | Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal | 12503/12504 Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express | 3,529 km  | 31  | 2 times weekly  | 64 hrs 15 mins (~2 days 16 hours 15 minutes)  |
8  | Silchar | Coimbatore Main | 12515/12516 Silchar–Coimbatore Superfast Express | 3,492.5 km  | 38  | Weekly  | 55 hrs 13 mins (~2 days 7 hours 13 minutes)  |
9  | Agartala | Mumbai LTT | 12520/12519 Agartala - Mumbai LTT AC Superfast Express | 3,127 km  | 36  | Weekly  | 56 hrs 55 mins (~2 days 8 hours 55 minutes)  |
10  | Dibrugarh | Lalgarh | 15909/15910 Avadh Assam Express | 3,118 km  | 86  | Daily  | 66 hrs 25 mins (~2 days 18 hours 15 minutes)  |

## Longest non-stop train services(limited stops), by distance and time

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This section lists the longest passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two consecutive railway stations.

No  | Non-stop section  | Train name/no  | Distance  | Frequency  | Running time  | Ref

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1  | Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central | Mumbai Central–Hapa Duronto Express | 493  | Daily  | 5 hrs 50 min  |
2  | Bilaspur Junction \- Tatanagar Junction | Pune–Howrah Duronto Express | 468  | Bi-Weekly  | 6 hrs 05 min  |
Mumbai CST–Howrah Duronto Express | M,T,W,F  | 5 hrs 57 min  |
3  | New Delhi – Kota Junction | Mumbai Rajdhani Express | 465  | Daily  | 4 hrs 35 min  |
Mumbai–New Delhi Duronto Express | Bi-Weekly  | 5 hrs 35 min  |
4  | Hazrat Nizamuddin \- Kota Junction | Hazrat Nizamuddin–Pune Duronto Express | 458  | Bi-Weekly  | 4 hrs 24 min  |
Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Superfast Express | Weekly  | 4 hrs 40 min  |
Hazrat Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express | Tri-Weekly  | 4 hrs 24 min  |
Kerala Sampark Kranti Express | Bi-Weekly  | 4 hrs 42 min  |
Kochuveli–Amritsar Weekly Express | Weekly  | 4 hrs 45 min  |
Kochuveli–Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express | Weekly  | 4 hrs 42 min  |
Ernakulam–H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express | Weekly  | 4 hrs 40 min  |
Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express | Bi-Weekly  | 4 hrs 45 min  |
Madgaon–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express | Bi-Weekly  | 4 hrs 24 min
5  | Balharshah Junction – Vijayawada Junction | Thirukural Express | 451  | Weekly  | 6 hrs 55 min
Chennai–Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express | Weekly  | 5 hrs 35 min  |
Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Express | Weekly  | 6 hrs 50 min  |
6  | New Delhi – Kanpur Central | New Delhi Varanasi Vande Bharat Express | 440  | Bi-weekly  | 4 hrs 08 min  |
12301/12302 Howrah Rajdhani Express | Bi-weekly  | 4 hrs 37 min  |
12305/12306 Howrah Rajdhani Express | Bi-weekly  |
22811/22812 Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express | Daily  |
22823/22825 Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express | Daily  |
20817/20818 Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express | Daily  |
Rajendra Nagar Patna Rajdhani Express | Daily  | 4 hrs 42 min  |
Sealdah Rajdhani Express | Daily  | 4 hrs 42 min  |
Sealdah-Bikaner Duronto Express | Weekly  | 4 hrs 50 min  |
20839/20840 Ranchi Rajdhani Express | Daily  | 4 hrs 42 min  |
12453/12454 Ranchi Rajdhani Express | Daily  |
Ranchi–New Delhi Garib Rath Express | Weekly  |
Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express | Weekly  |
Howrah–New Delhi Duronto Express | Bi-weekly  | 4 hrs 55 min  |
Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express | Weekly  |
Sampoorna Kranti Express | Daily  | 4 hrs 52 min  |
Purushottam Express | Daily  | 5 hrs 20 min  |
Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express | Daily  | 5 hrs 10 min  |
Shiv Ganga Express | Daily  | 4 hrs 55 min  |
Gorakhdham Express | Daily  | 5 hrs 30 min  |
Godda Humsafar Express | Weekly  | 5 hrs 35 min  |
7  | Howrah Junction \- Bhubaneswar | Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Duronto Express | 436  | Except Monday & Thursday  | 5 hrs 30 min  |
8  | Chilahati – Dhaka Cantonment | 13131 Mitali Express | 432  | Daily  | 8 hrs 5 min
9  | Chennai Central – Vijayawada Junction | Chennai Rajdhani Express | 431  | Daily  | 5 hrs 45 min  |
Tamil Nadu Express | Bi-weekly  | 6 hrs 10 min  |
06510 Sanghamitra Clone Humsafar Special | Weekly  | 7 hrs 45 min  |
10  | Vijayawada Junction – Perambur Chennai | 12510 Kaziranga Superfast Express | 430  | Daily  | 6 hrs 55 min  |
Yesvantpur–Muzaffarpur Weekly Express | Bi-weekly  | 7 hrs 40 min
Silchar–Coimbatore Superfast Express | Weekly  | 6 hrs 45 min  |
Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Aronai Superfast Express | Weekly  | 6 hrs 40 mns  |
11  | Panki – New Delhi | Shram Shakti Express | 429  | Daily  | 6 hrs 28 min  |
12  | Anand Vihar Terminal – Kanpur Central | Vikramshila Express | 428  | Bi-weekly  | 6 hrs 15 min  |
12323/12324 Howrah–Anand Vihar Superfast Express | Bi-weekly  | 6 hrs 40 min  |
Odisha Sampark Kranti Express | Weekly  | 6 hrs 55 min  |
Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express | Daily  | 6 hrs 10 min  |
Bhubaneswar–Anand Vihar Weekly Superfast Express | Weekly  | 6 hrs 10 min  |
West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express | Bi-weekly  | 7 hrs 50 min  |
Agartala–Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani Express | Daily  | 5 hrs 15 min  |
13  | Jalgaon Junction – Bhopal Junction | Mumbai CSMT–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express | 423  | Daily  | 5 hrs 5 min  |
14  | Jhansi Junction – Delhi Sarai Rohilla | Yesvantpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express | 417  | Weekly  | 5 hrs 40 mins  |
15  | Jhansi Junction – Delhi Safdarjung | Tirupati–Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express | 408  | Bi-weekly  | 5 hrs 42 min  |
16  | Jhansi Junction – Hazrat Nizamuddin | Secunderabad Rajdhani Express | 403  | Bi-weekly  | 5 hrs 5 min  |
Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Superfast Express | Weekly  | 5 hrs 22 min  |
Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (via Hubballi) | Bi-weekly  | 6 hrs 45 min  |
Yesvantpur–Chandigarh Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express | Weekly  | 6 hrs 46 min  |
Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express | Bi-weekly  | 5 hrs 15 min  |
17  | Bhusaval Junction – Bhopal Junction | Marathwada Sampark Kranti Express | 399  | Weekly  | 6 hrs 6 min  |
LTT Sitapur Express | Tri-Weekly  | 6 hrs 10 min  |
18  | Bhusaval Junction – Habibganj | LTT Lucknow AC Express | 393  | Weekly  | 5 hrs 50 min  |

## See also

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* Longest train services
* List of countries by rail transport network size

## References

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1. ^ "Life aboard the longest train ride through India". National Geographic. 2017-08-17. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
2. ^ a b c Goel, Ashita (2022-07-29). "Four longest railway journeys in India". Media India Group. Retrieved 2023-02-24.

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