Mangala Lakshadweep Express
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The Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express is a superfast
Superfast Mail/Express
Superfast Mail/Express trains are faster Express rail service of India with Superfast charge levied over Mail/Express charges. Superfast trains make small number of stops, unlike Mail/Express and hence cover the same distance in marginally lower time span, as compared to their counterparts...

 train of Southern Railway
Southern Railway Zone (India)
The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway...

 and runs between 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...

 and Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction is the largest railway station in the city of Kochi. The station has six platforms and two terminals...

. It is currently being operated with 12617 / 12618 train numbers and running along the Konkan railway
Konkan Railway
The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation...

 route, previously it was running between Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

 and 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...

 in round about route. This train is the second longest daily train running in India. Since the train was running till Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

, the name Mangala was derived from Mangaladevi, the most important deity of Mangalore city.

Timings

This train at present leaves Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction is the largest railway station in the city of Kochi. The station has six platforms and two terminals...

 every afternoon at 13:10 hrs to reach Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station  at 13:10 on the 3rd day. Return this train leaves NZM at 9:20am to reach Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction
Ernakulam Junction is the largest railway station in the city of Kochi. The station has six platforms and two terminals...

 at 10:00am on the 3rd day morning. It covers a distance of 3067 km in about 48 hours at an average of 64 kilometre per hour.
Coach Composition as follows-
  • 12618: LOCO-SLR1-UR1-A2-A1-B2-B1-S10-PC1-S9-S8-S7-S6-S5-S4-S3-S2-S1-UR2-SLR2
  • 12617: LOCO-SLR1-UR1-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-S9-PC1-S10-B1-B2-A1-A2-UR2-SLR2

Important stations of the train (12617 / 12618)

  • Hazrat Nizamuddin Junction
    New Delhi
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  • Mathura
  • Agra
    Agra
    Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

  • Gwalior
  • Bhopal Junction
    Bhopal Junction
    Bhopal Junction ‎ is a Major Railway Junction of India and main railway station of Bhopal City, the capital of Madhya Pradesh.-Construction:...

  • Nasik Road
    Nashik Road
    Nashik Road is the name given to the suburb of Nashik that has the city's railway station...

  • Kalyan
    Kalyan
    Kalyan is a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, and a major railway station lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, 53 km north-east of Mumbai. Kalyan is also a major Taluka place, a tehsil of the Thane district...

  • Panvel
    Panvel
    Panvel is city and a municipal council in Raigad district in the state of Maharashtra. Panvel is also known as the gateway of Konkan region. It adjoins Navi Mumbai, and is just after the Thane district border. Panvel is located on the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway about 21 kilometres from...

  • Ratnagiri
    Ratnagiri
    Ratnāgiri is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri district in the southwestern part of Maharashtra, India. The district is a part of Konkan.The Sahyadri mountains border Ratnagiri to the east...

  • Madgaon
  • Udupi
  • Mangalore
    Mangalore
    Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

    (Kankanadi)
  • Calicut
  • Shoranur
    Shoranur
    Shoranur is a town and a municipality in Palakkad district, Kerala,located on the banks of the Bharathapuzha River spread over an area of 32.28 km2.it is a major transport hub , having the largest railway station in the state .Kerala Kalamandalam which is the premier centre for the learning...

  • Thrissur
    Thrissur
    This article is about the city in India. For the district, see Thrissur district. For the urban agglomeration area of Thrissur see Thrissur Metropolitan Area...

  • Ernakulam Junction
    Ernakulam Junction
    Ernakulam Junction is the largest railway station in the city of Kochi. The station has six platforms and two terminals...


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