The 12449 / 12450 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 and , a town in the Indian state of Goa The train is extended to Chandigarh similar to Kerala Sampark Kranti recently.
As of 2015, this train is running on a bi-weekly basis and holds Superfast status.
Train details
12449DN Madgaon–Chandigarh via New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin Goa Sampark Kranti Express 12450UP Chandigarh–Madgaon Goa Sampark Kranti Express
In 2008 Indian Railway Budget, the train announced to run bi-weekly as the frequency increased from weekly to bi-weekly.
Alternative trains for Madgaon or Goa from national capital
12779/12780 Vasco-Da-Gama H.Nizamuddin Goa Express – daily via, Madgaon, Belgaum, Miraj, Bhusawal, Bhopal 12617/12618 Mangala Lakshadweep Express – via Konkan Railways, Panvel, Bhusawal, Bhopal 12431/12432 Trivandrum–H.Nizamuddin Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express via, Vadodara, Konkan Railway 22413/22414 Madgaon–H.Nizamuddin Madgaon Rajdhani Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway 12217/12218 Kochuveli–Chandigarh Kerala Sampark Kranti Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway 12483/12484 Kochuveli–Amritsar Weekly Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway 22659/22660 Kochuveli–Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway 22633/22634 Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway 12283/12284 Ernakulam–H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express via Vadodara, Konkan Railway 22653/22654 Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express (via Kottayam), Vadodara, Konkan Railway 22655/22656 Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express, Vadodara, Konkan Railway
Traction Earlier, a Sabarmati-based WDP-4D would haul this train between and , and a Vadodara-based WAP-7 (HOG)-equipped locomotive for its journey between Vadodara and Chandigarh.
Now that the electrification of Konkan Railways has been completed, since 17/10/2022 a Ludhiana based WAP-7 loco hauls this train for the entire journey.
Route and halts This train halts at the following stations
Pernem Thivim Karmali
See also Goa Express Trains of SWR Konkan Railways Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti
References
Indian Railways