List of Sampark Kranti Express Trains

Sampark Kranti Express trains are a series of trains operated by the Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

. These trains provide quick connectivity from a particular state to the national capital, New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

. Announced in the Interim Budget (Railways) of 2004-2005 by the then Minister of Railways, Shri Nitish Kumar, the special features of these trains are:

Non-stop run beyond the state,
Dedicated staff throughout the run,
Public address system, and
15% lower tariff than the Rajdhani Express
Rajdhani Express
Rajdhani Express is a passenger train service in India connecting New Delhi with other important destinations, especially state capitals. Rajdhani means "The Capital" in Hindi.- History :...

to the areas served.

The Sampark Kranti Express was modelled on the Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

-Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

Sampoorna Kranti Express

The Sampoorna Kranti Express is an Indian express passenger train service, which runs between Patna and New Delhi.The service began running on February 16, 2002, and is one of the fastest train services in India, traversing the 999km distance in under fourteen and half hours, which is faster than...

, which was a success.

The non stop runs beyond the state served did not last for too long, as due to poor patronage it was decided to give commercial stops to Sampark Kranti trains outside their respective states. Also, the Kerala Sampark Kranti Exp. was extended beyond New Delhi to Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

List of services

A total of 18 trains were announced in the Interim Budget.

Train Name		\| States served		\| Origin and Destination Stations
Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Jabalpur via Gwalior / Jhansi Jhansi Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...	909	5 days a week
Uttar Pradesh Sampark Kranti / Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho Sampark Kranti	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city.... & Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho , a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about southeast of New Delhi, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for... / Manikpur, Uttar Pradesh Manikpur Manikpur is a census town under Sankrail police station in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Manikpur had a population of 19,125. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%... via Jhansi	695	6 days a week
Chattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city.... & Chattisgarh	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Katni Katni Katni is a town on the banks of the Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Katni District. It is located in the Mahakoshal Region of Central India. The city is away from the Divisional Headquarters of the region, Jabalpur... / Raipur/Durg Durg Durg is a city located in Chhattisgarh state, Central India. It is located just east of the Seonath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. The city is an agricultural market and is heavily engaged in milling rice and pigeon peas. Durg gained importance as an industrial centre... via Bina - Katni Rail Route Bina - Katni Rail Route The Bina - Katni Rail Route is the railway route between Bina Junction railway station and New Katni Junction railway station of Katni-History:*The rail route was established in the year 1923 before India got independence.... / Jhansi	1281	3 Days a week
Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express is an South Central Railway train running from New Delhi to Tirupati. It is part of the Sampark Kranti Express series of trains, which link the Indian National Capital, New Delhi with the rest of the State Capitals, with very few stops in between...	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Tirupati Tirumala - Tirupati Tirupati is a major pilgrimage city located in the Chittoor district and seventh biggest city of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located at the foothills of the Eastern Ghats at a distance of south of Hyderabad, the capital of the state, east of Bangalore, and north of Chennai.Tirupati is famous... via Secunderabad Secunderabad Railway Station Secunderabad Railway Station , also referred as Secunderabad Junction, is a major intercity rail station and a commuter rail hub in the Hyderabad Urban Area. It is located in the city of Secunderabad and falls under the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways... / Jhansi	2302	2 days a week
Bihar Sampark Kranti	Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....	New Delhi to Darbhanga Darbhanga Darbhangā is a twin city and a municipal corporation and the capital city of the Darbhanga district and Darbhanga Division in the state of Bihar, India. It is one of the most important districts of North Bihar situated in the very heart of Mithilanchal. According to the latest 2011 census, the... / Kanpur	1172	Daily
Goa Sampark Kranti Express Goa Sampark Kranti Express Goa Sampark Kranti Express is one of the most important trains among the Sampark Kranti Express Trains series operated on Indian Railways by the Northern Railway Delhi Division between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Madgaon, a town in the Indian state of Goa....	Goa Goa Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Madgaon via Kota Kota, Rajasthan Kota , formerly known as Kotah, is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located south of state capital, Jaipur. Situated on the banks of Chambal River, the city is the trade centre for an area in which millet, wheat, rice, pulses, coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries...	2094	Bi-weekly
Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express The Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express is one of the Sampark Kranti Expresses, a train on India's broad gauge network, connecting Ahmedabad and Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin , a distance of approximately 1085 km...	Gujarat	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad... via Kota	1085	3 days a week
Jharkhand Sampark Kranti	Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...	New Delhi to Ranchi Ranchi -Climate:Ranchi has a humid subtropical climate. However, due to its position and the forests around the city, it is known for its pleasant climate. Its climate is the primary reason why Ranchi was once the summer capital of the undivided State of Bihar... via Kanpur	1306	2 days a week
Karnatak Sampark Kranti	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and... via Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... / Jhansi	2610	2 days a week
Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express Sampark Kranti express of Karnataka runs between Yeswanthapur near Bangalore to Hazrath Nizzmuddin near Delhi. It provides a good substitute to the Karnataka Express and also of superfast category.-Routes:Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express has 2 routes:...	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Yeshwantpur via Kachiguda Kachiguda Railway Station Kachiguda Railway Station is one of the three Central Stations in Hyderabad City of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is operated by the South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.- The Station :... (Hyderabad) / Jhansi	2276	5 days a week
Kerala Sampark Kranti Kerala Sampark Kranti Kerala Sampark Kranti Express is a train that runs within India. It runs between Kochuveli Railway Station in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala and Chandigarh in Punjab. It departs from Kochuveli Railway Station on Saturdays and it leaves Chandigarh on Wednesdays...	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city... to Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland... / Kota	3415	Once a week
Maharashtra Sampark Kranti	Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... (Bandra Terminus) / Kota	1366	2 days a week
Orissa Sampark Kranti Orissa Sampark Kranti Orissa Sampark Kranti Express is a bi-weekly train which runs between Bhubaneswar,Capital of Orissa and New Delhi in Delhi . This train was introduced as part of the Sampark Kranti trains that were announced by the then railways minister Nitesh Kumar in 2004-2005 rail budget. It was & still is a...	Orissa Orissa Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...	New Delhi to Bhubaneshwar / Kanpur	1799	2 days a week
Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express Purvottar Sampark Kranti Express is one of the Sampark Kranti Express trains of Indian Railways. It connects New Delhi, the capital city of India to Guwahati, the capital and largest city of Assam...	Assam Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... and the North East North-East India Northeast India refers to the easternmost region of India consisting of the contiguous Seven Sister States, Sikkim, and parts of North Bengal...	New Delhi to Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India... / Kanpur	1980	3 days a week
Rajasthan Sampark Kranti	Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...	Delhi (Sarai Rohilla Sarai Rohilla Sarai Rohilla , station code DEE, is a railway station in Delhi, India. This station is meant for metre gauge trains and the station is small when compared to other main stations in Delhi namely, New Delhi, Delhi Junction, Anand Vihar and Hazrat Nizamuddin stations... ) to Jodhpur Jodhpur Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar... / Bikaner via Jaipur Jaipur Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million.... / Kota	685	3 days a week
Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Express The Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti Express is one of the Sampark Kranti Expresses, a train on India's broad gauge network, connecting Madurai and Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin , a distance of approximately...	Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Madurai Madurai Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and... via Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... (Egmore Chennai Egmore Chennai Egmore , formerly known as Madras Egmore, is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai , South India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains connecting Chennai and southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.This is one of the two main railway terminals in the city along with... ) / Jhansi	2677	2 days a week
Uttar Sampark Kranti	Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the... , Punjab Punjab (India) Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the... , Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east... , and Haryana Haryana Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...	New Delhi to Udhampur Udhampur Udhampur is a city and a municipal council in Udhampur District in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the second lardest city of Duggardesh region and the fourth largest city in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. It serves as the district capital and the Northern Command headquarter of the... via Jammu Tawi Jammu Tawi Jammu Tawi is a Railway station in Jammu, in India. It is very well connected with the major cities of India such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahemedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Patna, Lucknow, Varanasi, Vadodara, Gorakhpur, Dehradun,...	630	Daily
Uttarakhand Sampark Kranti	Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...	Delhi to Kathgodam Kathgodam Kathgodam is a town in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state of India. It is part of the twin township of Haldwani-Kathgodam , and is immediately north of Haldwani.-History:...	278	Daily
West Bengal Sampark Kranti	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...	Delhi to Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India... (Sealdah Sealdah Sealdah is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata Railway Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations in India and an important suburban rail terminal... )	1448	2 days a week

Trivia

The phrase Sampark Kranti stands for connectivity revolution. A similar named train is the August Kranti Rajdhani Express
August Kranti Rajdhani Express
The August Kranti Rajdhani Express which connects Mumbai to Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin, is a sister train to the main Mumbai Rajdhani. It is named after the August Kranti Maidan formerly known as the Gowalia Tank Maidan from where the Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942.-Service:The...

, which is named after the Quit India movement started in August, 1942.
The Uttar Sampark Kranti Express was the first express train to travel on the newly laid Jammu Tawi - Udhampur section.

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