| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Rajya Rani Express [1] | ||||
| First service | 11 November 2011 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Southern Railway zone | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Thiruvananthapuram Central | ||||
| Stops | 21 | ||||
| End | Nilambur Road | ||||
| Distance travelled | 391 km (243 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 9 hours 17 mins | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 16349 / 16350 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | general unreserved, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper class | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | No | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railways Coaches | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 42 km/h (26 mph) | ||||
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The 16349 / 50 Rajya Rani Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways Southern Railway zone that runs between Thiruvananthapuram Central and Nilambur Road in India.This train is a part of Rajya Rani Express series from Kerala state.
Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, with 121,407 kilometres (75,439 mi) of total track over a 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi) route. Forty nine percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty three percent of them are double or multi-tracked.
The Southern Railway, headquartered at Chennai, is one of the 17 zones of Indian Railways. It is the earliest of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on 14 April 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway was originally created in the British colonial times as Great Southern India Railway Co founded in Britain in 1853 and registered in 1859. Its original headquarters was in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) and was registered as a company in London only in 1890. At present, after re-organization of existing railway zones and creation of new zones undertaken by the Indian Railways between 2002-03, Southern Railway has emerged as the 2nd largest zone after undertaking some gauge conversion projects and creation of new lines.
Thiruvananthapuram Central is the main railway station in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the largest railway station in Kerala in terms of passenger movement and revenue and an important rail hub in Southern Railway. It is one of profitable stations under Southern Railway. The building of the railway station is one of the landmarks of Thiruvananthapuram. Thiruvananthapuram Central is also a terminating point for the proposed Chennai - Bengaluru - Thiruvananthapuram High Speed Rail (HSR) corridor and the starting point of proposed Thiruvananthapuram - Mangalore High Speed Rail corridor. The railway station is located opposite to Central Bus Station Thiruvananthapuram at Thampanoor.
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It operates as train number 16349 from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Nilambur Road and as train number 16350 in the reverse direction serving the states of Kerala. [2]
Nilambur Railway Station is a major railway station serving the town of Nilambur in the Malappuram District of Kerala. It is the terminus of the Shoranur - Nilambur Road rail line] of the Southern Railways. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Shoranur Angadipuram Palakkad Ernakulam Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala is a state on the southwestern, Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions. Spread over 38,863 km2 (15,005 sq mi), Kerala is the twenty second largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea and Arabian Sea to the west. With 33,387,677 inhabitants as per the 2011 Census, Kerala is the thirteenth-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state.
