Raptisagar Express
| Overview | |||||
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| First service | January 1, 1991 (extended to Thiruvananthapuram Central) | ||||
| Current operator(s) | North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Thiruvananthapuram Gorakhpur | ||||
| Stops | 60 | ||||
| Distance travelled | 3,248 km (2,018 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 57 hours 05 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | Tri-weekly | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12511 / 12512 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | First AC, 2 Tier AC, 3 Tier AC, Sleeper Class, General | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Observation facilities | Large windows | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | Loco: WAP-4/WAP-7 | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | Average: 55 km/h Maximum speed: 110 km/h | ||||
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| Overview | |
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| Current operator(s) | East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways |
| Route | |
| Termini | Ernakulam Junction Barauni |
| Stops | 63 |
| Distance travelled | 3,436 km (2,135 mi) |
| Average journey time | 47 hours |
| Service frequency | Weekly |
| Train number(s) | 12521 / 12522 |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | First AC, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, AC 3 tier economy, Sleeper class, General |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
| Catering facilities | Available |
| Observation facilities | Large windows |
| Baggage facilities | Available |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | Loco: WAP-7 |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
The Raptisagar Express trains are currently two sets of Express trains which run tri-weekly/weekly between Kochuveli/Ernakulam Junction and Gorakhpur/Barauni in India. It was inaugurated as 5012/5011 Gorakhpur - Cochin Harbour Terminus - Gorakhpur RaptiSagar Express running on 4 days while a Bi-weekly service was going to Hyderabad as 5090/5089 Gorakhpur - Hyderabad Express(now 12590/12589 Secunderabad - Gorakhpur - Secunderabad). Later, one day run of 5011/12 was extended to Barauni as 5222/5221(now 12522/12521 Ernakulam - Barauni - Ernakulam RaptiSagar Express)and one day run of 5090/89 was extended to Bangalore(Bengaluru) as 5092/5091(now 12592/12591 Yesvantpur - Gorakhpur - Yesvantpur Express). The train numbers were swapped when these trains were upgraded as Superfast and 12511/12512 was extended to Trivandrum is early 2000's. This train goes via the cities of Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Chennai Central, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal, Ramagundam, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Gonda and Basti. The current operator of the train is North Eastern Railway zone/East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is the 10th longest train service of Indian Railways.
Both trains run more than 3200 km per service.