Navyug Express


The Navyug Express or the "New-Era" Express is a weekly train running between Katra and Mangalore Central. Coaches for the slip of Navyug express that runs between Katra and Tirunelveli are bifurcated at Erode Junction. It takes about 68 hrs for the distance of 3,685 km and is the fifth longest distance travelled by any train on the Indian Railways. It travels through the most number of the states in India

Route

The train travels via Kannur, Kozhikode, Shornur Junction, Palakkad Junction, Coimbatore Junction, Katpadi, Tirupati, Gudur, Nellore, Tenali, Vijayawada, Warangal, Ramagundam, Nagpur, Itarsi Junction, Bhopal Junction, Jhansi Junction, Gwalior, Agra and New Delhi to reach Katra. Coaches from Tirunelveli Junction are attached to this train at Erode.
It travels through the most of the states in India, passing through Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Karnataka.

Traction

The locomotive used is a Tughlakabad WDP-4D from Katra to New Delhi and an Erode WAP-4 from New Delhi to Mangalore Central as the route from Charvattur to Mangaluru has been electrified since 2016. The slip train to TirunelveliTirunelveli Junction via Tiruchirappali, Madurai is hauled by an Erode WAP-4 locomotive.

Schedule

Train NumberStation CodeStation NameDeparture TimeDeparture DayArrival StationArrival TimeArrival Day
16687MAQMangalore Central5:05 PMMondayShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra3:40 PMThursday
16688SVDKShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra9:55 PMThursdayMangalore Central11:00 PMSunday
16688 slipSVDKSri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra9:55 PMThursdayTirunelveli12:55 AMMonday