{{Italic title}}{{short description|Train in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox rail service | box_width = | name = Himsagar Express | image = Himsagrr.jpg | image_width = 300 | caption = Himsagar Express At Mathura Junction railway station | type = Express | status = | locale = | first = {{start date and age|df=yes|1984|10|03}} | last = | operator = Southern Railway | ridership = | start = {{stnlnk|Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra}} (SVDK) | stops = 63 | end = {{stnlnk|Kanyakumari}} (CAPE) | distance = {{convert|3790|km|0|abbr=on}} | journeytime = 68 hrs 30 mins | frequency = Weekly | trainnumber = 16317 / 16318 | class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved | access = | seating = Yes | sleeping = Yes | autorack = | catering = Available | observation = Large windows | entertainment = | baggage = Available | otherfacilities = Below the seats | stock = LHB coach | gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}} | el = | speed = {{convert|66|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts. | map = 250px|Himsagar Express (Jammu Tawi–Kanyakumari) route map | map_state = }}

The 16317 / 16318 '''Himsagar Express''' is a weekly Express train of the Indian Railways running between India's southern most operational railway station of Kanyakumari to India's Northern Most Operational and connected railway station(as of March 2024) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. It is currently the 35th longest-distance train service of world and third-longest-distance train on the Indian Railways in terms of distance and time, surpassed by the 22503/04 Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express and 12507/08 Aronai Superfast Express . In 73 hours, the train covers a distance of 3790&nbsp;km at a speed of 52&nbsp;km/h, and transverses twelve of India's states halting at a total of 73 stations.<ref>{{cite web |last=India Rail Info |title=Himsagar Express/16318/ SVDK to CAPE/Timetable |url=https://www.confirmtkt.com/train-schedule/16318 |accessdate=20 August 2013 |publisher=India Rail Info}}</ref>

==History== Krishnagiri MP Dr. P. V. Periasamy's demand promoted national integration from Kanyakumari to Kashmir through direct train service on 19-03-1979 in parliament.<ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2126/1/lsd_06_07_19-03-1979.pdf Page no. 150</ref> The proposals to extend 131/132 Jayanti Janata Express to and from Thiruvananthapuram and 125/126 Karnataka Kerala Express to and from Kanyakumari and Jammu Tawi have been earlier examined at length and not found feasible. However, possibility of extending 131/132 Jayanti Janata Express to and from Kanyakumari in the South and to Jammu Tawi in the North on once-a-week basis is under examination; and if found feasible would provide a direct train between Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari interalia serving Thiruvananthapuram with Delhi by this service.<ref>. https://164.100.77.150/bitstream/123456789/410458/1/PQ_114_13061980_U327_p114_p114.pdf </ref>

==Route== 16317/18 Himsagar Express runs via following stations and states with stoppages listed in bold:

'''TAMIL NADU''' # '''{{rws|Kanniyakumari}}''' (Starts) # {{rws|Nagercoil}} # Kulitturai # '''{{rws|Coimbatore Junction}}''' # {{rws|Tiruppur}} # {{rws|Erode Junction}} # {{rws|Salem Junction}} # {{rws|Jolarpettai Junction}} # {{rws|Katpadi Junction}}

'''KERALA''' # '''{{rws|Thiruvananthapuram Central}}''' # {{rws|Kollam Junction}} # Kayamkulam # {{rws|Chengannur}} # {{rws|Tiruvalla}} # {{rws|Kottayam}} # '''{{rws|Ernakulam Town}}''' # {{rws|Aluva}} # {{rws|Thrissur}} # Ottappalam # {{rws|Palakkad Junction}}

'''ANDHRA PRADESH''' # {{rws|Chittoor}} # '''{{rws|Tirupati}}''' # '''{{rws|Renigunta Junction}}''' # {{rws|Gudur Junction}} # {{rws|Nellore}} # {{rws|Ongole}} # {{rws|Tenali}} # '''{{rws|Vijayawada Junction}}'''

'''TELANGANA''' # '''{{rws|Khammam}}''' # '''{{rws|Warangal}}''' # {{rws|Ramagundam}}

'''MAHARASHTRA''' # '''{{rws|Balharshah Junction}}''' # {{rws|Chandrapur}} # '''{{rws|Sewagram Junction}}''' # '''{{rws|Nagpur Junction}}'''

'''MADHYA PRADESH''' # '''{{rws|Itarsi Junction}}''' # '''{{rws|Bhopal Junction}}''' # '''{{rws|Gwalior}}'''

'''RAJASTHAN''' # {{rws|Dholpur}}

'''UTTAR PRADESH''' # {{rws|Jhansi Junction}} # '''{{rws|Agra Cantonment}}''' # {{rws|Faridabad}} Haryana

'''DELHI''' # '''{{rws|Hazrat Nizamuddin}}''' # '''{{rws|New Delhi}}''' # {{rws|Shakurbasti}}

'''HARYANA'''

# Bahadurgarh # '''{{rws|Rohtak Junction}}''' # {{rws|Jind Junction}} # Narwana # Tohana # {{rws|Jakhal Junction}}

'''PUNJAB''' # Lehragaga # Sunam # Sangrur # {{rws|Dhuri Junction}} # Malerkotla # Ahmedgarh # Kila Raipur # '''{{rws|Ludhiana Junction}}''' # {{rws|Phillaur Junction}} # {{rws|Phagwara Junction}} # '''{{rws|Jalandhar Cantonment}}''' # Urmar Tanda # Dasuya # Mukerian # '''{{rws|Pathankot Cantonment}}'''

'''JAMMU KASHMIR''' # Kathua # Samba # '''{{rws|Jammu Tawi}}''' # Udhampur # '''{{rws|Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra}}''' (Ends)

==Traction==

Both trains are hauled by an Erode Loco Shed or Royapuram Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from CAPE to SVDK.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdMK_HNpqZw&t=31s | title=🚂HIMSAGAR EXPRESS TRAVEL VLOG PART1!!! Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Kanyakumari &#124; Naveen Kumar | via=YouTube }}</ref>

== Coach composition==

The train has 20 LHB coaches comprising two Second AC (2AC), Six Third AC (3AC), six Sleeper class (SL), two Unreserved coaches (UR/GS), two Luggage rakes (SLR) and one Pantry car (PC).{{efn|The coach composition is subject to change.}}

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==See also==

* Vivek Express * Navyug Express * Longest train services * Longest train services of Indian Railways

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://indiarailinfo.com/train/himsagar-express-16318-jat-to-cape/630/81/1010 Himsagar Express Route]

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