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Basava Express

17307 Mysore–Bagalkot Basava Express

Overview

Service type

Express

First service

14 November 2002; 22 years ago (2002-11-14)

Current operator(s)

South Western Railway zone

Route

Termini

Mysore Junction (MYS)
Bagalkot (BGK)

Stops

Distance travelled

1,018 km (633 mi)

Average journey time

22h 40m

Service frequency

Daily

Train number(s)

17307/17308

On-board services

Class(es)

AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved

Seating arrangements

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

On-board catering
E-catering

Observation facilities

ICF coach

Entertainment facilities

Baggage facilities

Other facilities

Below the seats

Technical

Rolling stock

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

47 km/h (29 mph), including halts

Route map

The Basava Express is an Express train belonging to South Western Railway zone that runs between Mysore Junction and Bagalkot in India. It is currently being operated with 17307/17308 train numbers on a daily basis.

Service

The 17307/Basava Express has an average speed of 47 km/h (29 mph) and covers 1,018 km (633 mi) in 21h 45m. The 17308/Basava Express has an average speed of 48 km/h (30 mph) and covers 1,018 km (633 mi) in 21 hours and 15m.

Schedule

Train number	Station code	Departure station	Departure time	Arrival station	Arrival time
17307	MYS	Mysore Junction	1:30 PM	Bagalkot	12:55 PM next day
17308	BGK	Bagalkot	2:10 PM	Mysore Junction	1:30 PM next day

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h (68 mph). The train consists of 17 coaches:

1 AC II Tier
1 AC III Tier
7 Sleeper coaches
5 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Vijayawada or Arakkonam-based WAP-4 electric locomotive from Mysore to Bagalkot and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 17301/17302 Mysore–Dharwad Express.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction once:

Solapur

Notes

Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

References

External links

17307/Basava Express India Rail Info
17308/Basava Express India Rail Info

Railways in Southern India

Authority

Railway companies

Defunct	East Coast State Railway Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways Madras Railway Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Mysore State Railway Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway South Indian Railway Company Southern Mahratta Railway

Zones and divisions

East Coast	Waltair
South Central	Guntakal Guntur Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijayawada
Southern	Chennai Madurai Palakkad Salem Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli
South Western	Bangalore Hubli Mysore

Workshops

Depots

Electric Loco	Arakkonam Erode Guntakal Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Lallaguda Royapuram Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco	Coonoor Erode Ernakulam Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Hubli Kazipet Krishnarajapuram Tondiarpet Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Steam Loco	Coonoor
Multiple Unit	Avadi Bangalore Kollam Palakkad Tambaram Velachery Vijayawada

Lines

Main	Chennai–Bangalore Chennai–Howrah Chennai–Gudur Gudur–Vijayawada Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam–Khurda Road Chennai–New Delhi Chennai–Mumbai Renigunta–Guntakal Guntakal–Solapur
Broad Gauge	Bangalore–Hassan Bangalore–Hubli Bangalore–Mysore Bhimavaram–Narasapur Chamarajanagar–Mysore Chennai–Thanjavur Cochin–Shoranur Ernakulam–Kayamkulam Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kayamkulam Erode–Tiruchirappalli Gudivada–Machilipatnam Gudur–Renigunta Guntakal–Vasco da Gama Guntur–Tenali Guntur–Vijayawada Jolarpettai–Shoranur Kanyakumari–Thiruvananthapuram Kazipet–Vijayawada Konkan Railway Kirandul–Kothavalasa Kollam–Sengottai Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram Kothapalli–Manoharabad Madurai–Tirunelveli Manamadurai–Rameswaram Manamadurai–Virudhunagar Mangalore–Mysore Mangalore–Shoranur Motumarri–Vishnupuram Nagercoil–Tirunelveli Nallapadu–Nandyal Nallapadu–Pagidipalli Nandyal–Guntakal Nandyal–Yerraguntla Nidadavolu–Vijayawada Nilambur–Shoranur Palakkad–Pollachi Peddapalli–Nizamabad Pune–Londa Samalkot–Kakinada Secunderabad–Dhone Secunderabad–Manmad Secunderabad–Nagpur Tenali–Repalle Tiruchirappalli–Viluppuram
Mountain	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Defunct	Cochin State Forest Tramway Kundala Valley Railway Nilambur–Nanjangud line Sabarimala Railway

Passenger trains

Stations

Major	Arakkonam Jn. Chengalpattu Jn. Bengaluru KSR Bengaluru Yesvantpur Jn. Chennai Avadi Chennai Central Chennai Egmore Tambaram Coimbatore Jn. Ernakulam Jn. Hyderabad Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Secunderabad Jn. Katpadi Jn. Kollam Jn. Kozhikode Madurai Jn. Mysuru Jn. Thiruvananthapuram Central Thrissur Tirupati Tiruvallur Vijayawada Jn. Visakhapatnam Jn.