Kochuveli–Dehradun Superfast Express

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Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express
Overview
Service type Superfast Express
Current operator(s) Southern Railways
Route
Termini Kochuveli
Yog Nagari Rishikesh
Stops24 as 22659 Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express, 25 as 22660 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Kochuveli Superfast Express
Distance travelled3,459 km (2,149 mi)
Average journey time51 hours 35 minutes as 22659 Kochuveli - Yog NagariRishikesh Superfast Express, 54 hours 15 minutes as 22660 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Kochuveli Superfast Express.
Service frequencyWeekly. 22659 Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express – Friday. 22660 Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Kochuveli Superfast Express – Monday.
Train number(s)22659 / 22660
On-board services
Class(es) AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesYes Pantry Car Available
Technical
Rolling stock LHB Coaches
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed130 km/h (81 mph) maximum
,60.29 km/h (37 mph), including halts
Route map
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The 22659 / 60 Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Southern Railway zone that runs between Kochuveli and Yog Nagari Rishikesh in India. This train runs via Alappuzha. From April 2021, the service to Dehradun was discontinued permanently and was diverted permanently to Yog Nagari Rishikesh and was renamed as Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express. The slip coaches to Haridwar also discontinued and extended to Yog Nagari Rishikesh. Therefore it won't go to Dehradun; instead it was diverted permanently to Yog Nagari Rishikesh.

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It operates as train number 22659 from Kochuveli to Yog Nagari Rishikesh and as train number 22660 in the reverse direction serving the nine states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Coaches

The 22659 / 60 Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express runs with highly refurbished LHB coaches. It has 2 AC Two tier, 6 AC Three tier, 8 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved, 1 Pantry Car and 2 EOG (End On Generator) coaches.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Timings

The 22659 Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express covers the distance of 3459 kilometres in 51 hours 35 mins (60 km/h) and in 54 hours 15 mins as 22660 Yog Nagari Rishikesh -Kochuveli Superfast Express (60 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h (34 mph), as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 22659 / 60 Kochuveli - Dehradun Superfast Express runs through the following stations and states:

KERALA

  1. Kochuveli (Starts)
  2. Kollam
  3. Alappuzha
  4. Ernakulam Junction
  5. Thrissur
  6. Shoranur Junction
  7. Kozhikode
  8. Kannur
  9. Kasaragod

KARNATAKA

  1. Mangalore
  2. Udupi

GOA

  1. Madgaon

MAHARASHTRA

  1. Ratnagiri
  2. Panvel Junction
  3. Vasai Road
  4. Palghar

GUJARAT

  1. Surat
  2. Vadodara Junction

RAJASTHAN

  1. Kota Junction

DELHI

  1. Hazrat Nizamuddin

UTTAR PRADESH

  1. Ghaziabad Junction
  2. Meerut City
  3. Muzaffarnagar

UTTARAKHAND

  1. Roorkee
  2. Haridwar
  3. Virbhadra
  4. Yog Nagri Rishekesh (Ends)

Traction

As large part of Konkan Railway are electrified,the train completes its entire journey on fully electrified track. So it is hauled by WAP 7 from Erode or Royapuram Electric loco shed from Kochuveli to Yog Nagari Rishikesh and vice versa.

History

It was introduced as a superfast express between Kochuveli - Dehradun Superfast Express. As Dehradun Railway doesn't hold 24 coaches in platform some slip coaches will be detached at Haridwar which ran as Haridwar - Kochuveli Slip Superfast Express. Since Yog Nagari Rishikesh Railway Station was developed and reconstructed, the railway authority had decided to withdraw coaches running to Dehradun and slip coaches to Haridwar. Instead they decided to run it as a train without slip coaches. After Yog Nagari Rishikesh was developed it was extended to Rishikesh, instead of Dehradun and slip coaches were made to run as a full coach train to Rishikesh. Therefore it runs as Kochuveli - Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express.

After April 2021, the service to Dehradun and the slip coaches to Haridwar were permanently discontinued and was extended to Rishikesh instead of Dehradun and it will run as Yog Nagari Rishikesh - Kochuveli Superfast Express.

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