Saturday, June 03, 2006
INDIAN RAILWAYS-4
THE LONGEST RUN BY A TRAIN:- (IN TIME)
[5/99] The Himsagar Express (between Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari, No. 6318) has the longest run in terms of total time (also in terms of distance, see below). It covers its route of 3751km in 74 hours and 55 minutes. In second place is the Trivandrum-Guwahati express which covers its route of 3576km in 74 hours and 45 minutes. However, during British rule there used to be a Mangalore-Peshawar train (the earlier incarnation of the Grand Trunk Exp.) which took about 104 hours (in 1930). This is longer than the Orient Express which took about 60 hours between Paris and Istanbul), but it of course pales into insignificance before the Trans-Siberian Express which takes about 170 hours (even today) between Moscow and Vladivostok.
[5/99] The Himsagar Express (between Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari, No. 6318) has the longest run in terms of total time (also in terms of distance, see below). It covers its route of 3751km in 74 hours and 55 minutes. In second place is the Trivandrum-Guwahati express which covers its route of 3576km in 74 hours and 45 minutes. However, during British rule there used to be a Mangalore-Peshawar train (the earlier incarnation of the Grand Trunk Exp.) which took about 104 hours (in 1930). This is longer than the Orient Express which took about 60 hours between Paris and Istanbul), but it of course pales into insignificance before the Trans-Siberian Express which takes about 170 hours (even today) between Moscow and Vladivostok.
