The 12807 / 12808 Samata Express is a superfast train between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi. It is operated by South Coast Railway. Samata in Sanskrit means Equality.
Service Train No. 12807 leaves Visakhapatnam at mornings and arrives at Hazrat Nizamuddin, the next evening. Vice versa the return journey follows the same pattern. This train takes about 32 hours to reach from its source to destination. From April 2022, the train was running with Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB) rakes.https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/visakhapatnam-cancellation-of-samata-express-draws-ire-of-rail-commuters/article65357309.ece
Route and halts
Visakhapatnam Junction Simhachalam Vizianagaram Junction Parvathipuram Rayagada Titlagarh Kesinga Kantabanji Khariar Road Mahasamund Raipur Junction Durg Junction Rajnandgaon Dongargarh Gondia Junction Nagpur Junction Betul Itarsi Junction Bhopal Junction Bina Lalitpur Jhansi Junction Gwalior Junction Agra Cantonment Mathura Junction Faridabad Hazrat Nizamuddin.
Traction It is hauled by a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Visakhapatnam Junction to Nagpur Junction. And the handing over to a Tughlakabad Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive hauls the train up to Hazrat Nizamuddin and vice versa.
Rake sharing The train sharing its rake with 12803/12804 Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Express
Incident On 6 June 2010, the train had a derailment near Arand railways station in Chhattisgarh, however nobody was injured.
See also
Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Express
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