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Sri Ganganagar – Tiruchirappalli Humsafar Express
Overview
Service type	Humsafar Express
First service	27 February 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-27) (Inaugural run)
Current operator(s)	North Western Railways
Route
Termini	Shri Ganganagar Junction (SGNR) Tiruchirappalli Junction (TPJ)
Stops	35
Distance travelled	3,116 km (1,936 mi)
Average journey time	58h 25m
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	22497 / 22498
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry Car On-board Catering E-Catering
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Humsafar
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	53.2 km/h (33.1 mph), including halts
Route map Legend Sri Ganganagar Junction Hanumangarh - Nagaur Hanumangarh Junction (Reversal) Suratgarh Junction Bikaner Junction Nagaur Jodhpur Marwar - Mahesana Marwar Junction Abu Road Rajasthan Gujarat border Palanpur Junction Mahesana Junction Ahmedabad Junction Nadiad - Anand Nadiad Junction Anand Junction Vadodara Junction Bharuch - Lonavla Bharuch Junction Surat Gujarat Maharashtra border Vasai Road Kalyan Junction Lonavla Pune Junction Satara - Dharwad Satara Sangli Miraj Junction Maharashtra Karnataka border Chikodi Road Gokak Road Belgaum Dharwad SSS Hubballi Jn Harihar - Bangarapet Harihar Davangere Birur Junction Arsikere Junction Tumakuru Banaswadi Krishnarajapuram Bangarapet Junction Karnataka Tamil Nadu border Salem Junction Namakkal - Karur Namakkal Karur Junction Tiruchchirappalli Junction 22497 - Shri Ganganagar → Trichy 22498 - Trichy → Shri Ganganagar

The 22497 / 22498 Sri Ganganagar – Tiruchchirapali Humsafar Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways connecting Sri Ganganagar to Tiruchirappalli, providing connectivity to Rajasthan from Central Tamil Nadu. It is the 4th Humsafar Express train which is introduced in the Humsafar Express Series. It is currently being operated with the train numbers 22497/22498 on a weekly basis. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, it ran as a special service which is numbered as 02497/02498.

Service

It averages 53 km/h as 22497/Sri Ganganagar - Tiruchchirappalli Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covering 3116 km in 58h 25m and 54 km/h as 22498/Tiruchchirapalli - Sriganganagar HumSafar Express starts on Thursday covering 3114 km in 57h 55m. The rakes have primary maintenance at Sri Ganganagar and the rakes also have secondary maintenance at Tiruchirappalli.

Timings

22497 - leaves Shri Ganganagar Jn every Tuesday at 2:00 PM and reach Tiruchchirappalli Junction on Thursday at 11:20 AM IST

22498 - Leaves Tiruchchirappalli Junction Every Friday and reach Shri Ganganagar Jn on Sunday at afternoon 13:40 PM IST

Coach composition

The train is completely a 3-tier AC sleeper train designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. The train consists of 19 coaches :

• 16 AC III Tier
• 1 Pantry Car
• 2 End-on Generator

Route and halts

• Shri Ganganagar Junction
• Hanumangarh Junction
• Suratgarh Junction
• Bikaner
• Jodhpur
• Marwar Junction
• Abu Road
• Palanpur Junction
• Mahesana Junction
• Ahmedabad Junction
• Nadiad Junction
• Anand Junction
• Vadodara Junction
• Bharuch Junction
• Surat
• Vasai Road
• Kalyan Junction
• Lonavala
• Pune Junction
• Satara
• Sangli
• Miraj Junction
• Belagavi
• Dharwad
• Hubli Junction
• Harihar
• Davangere
• Birur Junction
• Arsikere Junction
• Banaswadi
• Krishnarajapuram
• Bangarapet Junction
• Salem Junction
• Namakkal
• Karur Junction
• Tiruchirappalli Junction

Traction

As the entire route is fully electrified, it is hauled by a Vadodara Loco Shed based WAP 5 / WAP 7 electric locomotive from Shri Ganganagar to Tiruchirapalli and vice-versa .

Direction reversal

Train Reverses its direction 1 times:

• Hanumangarh Junction

Future plans, proposals & Demands

In order to generate more revenue and to serve more people, this train service is planned to extend till Madurai Junction from Tiruchirappalli via Dindigul.

There are prolonged demands to extend this train till kanyakumari as there is no direct train connection from Rajasthan to religious destination Kanyakumari. Similarly there are also prolonged demands to operate more train services from southern region of Tamil Nadu such as Madurai, Tirunelveli to places like Ahamedabad, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore as the existing train services are not enough to cater the needs of the people in these routes. So there is a strong demands from various regions of people to extend this train till kanyakumari or to Rameswaram as this train runs vacant mostly.

See also

• Humsafar Express
• Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station
• Shri Ganganagar Junction railway station

Notes

1. Runs once in a week for every direction.

References

1. "Minister of Railways Flags off Country's first Antyodaya Express running between Ernakulam - Howrah". Government of India. Press Information Bureau. 27 February 2017.
2. Minister of Railways Flags off Country's first Antyodaya Express running between Ernakulam - Howrah
3. "Southern Railway proposes 14 new trains in Tamil Nadu and Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
4. "NWR Extends various Trains | Weekly Humsafar Express to Rameshwaram from Belagavi soon. - Belagavi News". 3 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

• 14715/Sri Ganganagar - Tiruchchirappalli HumSafar Express
• 14716/Tiruchchirapalli - Sriganganagar HumSafar Express

v t e Humsafar Express
Central Railways	Pune–Ajni Pune–Nagpur
East Central Railways	Patna–SMVT Bengaluru
East Coast Railways	Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru
Eastern Railways	Godda–New Delhi Sealdah–Jammu Tawi
North Central Railways	Prayagraj (Allahabad)–New Delhi Prayagraj (Allahabad)–Anand Vihar Terminal
North Eastern Railways	Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Basti) Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Barhni)
Northeast Frontier Railways	Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Champaran (Katihar–Old Delhi)
Northern Railways	Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal Ajmer–Rameswaram Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Deoghar) Varanasi–Indore (via Lucknow) Varanasi–Indore (via Allahabad)
North Western Railways	Udaipur City–Mysuru Udaipur City–Patliputra Bhagat Ki Kothi–Tiruchirappalli Sri Ganganagar–Tiruchirappalli Udaipur City–Delhi Sarai Rohilla
South Central Railways	Hazur Sahib Nanded–Jammu Tawi Tirupati–Jammu Tawi
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• Transport in Sri Ganganagar
• Rail transport in Tiruchirappalli
• Railway services introduced in 2017
• Humsafar Express trains
• Rail transport in Rajasthan
• Rail transport in Gujarat
• Rail transport in Maharashtra
• Rail transport in Karnataka
• Rail transport in Tamil Nadu