Goa Sampark Kranti Express is one of the most important trains among the Sampark Kranti Express Trains series operated on Indian Railways

Indian Railways

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 by the Northern Railway

Northern Railway (India)

The Northern Railways is one of the 16 zones and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is in Delhi at New Delhi Railway Station....

 Delhi

Delhi

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 Division between Hazrat Nizamuddin

Nizamuddin Railway Station

Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station is one of the three main railway stations of Delhi, India. Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station connects all the major cities and is being developed to ease congestion on New Delhi Railway Station. Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station is served by Northern Railway....

 and Madgaon, a town in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of 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...

.

Presently this train is running on a bi-weekly basis and holds Super Fast status.

Train details

• 2449DN Madgaon - H.Nizamuddin Goa Sampark Kranti Express
• 2450UP H.Nizamuddin - Madgaon  Goa Sampark Kranti Express

Both electric

Electric locomotive

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 and diesel

Diesel locomotive

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 power is used to haul the train on its way. H. Nizamuddin to Vadodara Gujrat

Gujrat

Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...

 and Vadodara to H. Nizamuddin by WAP4E or WAM4 of Vadodara (IR code: BRC-Baroda Capital) Electric shed is used. Vadodara to Madgaon and Madgaon to Vadodara by WDM2A of Ratlam (IR Code: -RTM) Diesel Loco shed is used.

In 2008 Indian Railway budget, the train announced to run bi-weekly as the frequency increased from weekly to bi-weekly.

Route

1. H.Nizamuddin - Palwal - Northern Railways - (Delhi Division)
2. Palwal (excluding)- Mathura (Including) - North Central Railways or N.C.R. (Agra railway division
   Agra railway division
   Agra Railway Division comes under the North Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The division came into being on the 1st April 2003. It is name for the town of Agra....
   
   )
3. Mathura excluding - Nagda
   Nagda
   JANMAI JAI NAGARI i.e.Nagda is a city in Ujjain district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is an industrial town in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh and is situated on the bank of Chambal River....
   
    (excluding) - West Central Railways or W.C.R. (Kota Division)
4. Nagda (including) - Ratlam
   Ratlam
   Ratlam , known historically as Ratnapuri, is a city in the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Ratlam lies 480 m above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam District....
   
   -Vadodara
   Vadodara
   Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
   
    - Vasai Road (including) - Western Railways - W.R. (Ratlam, Vadodara and Mumbai Division)
5. Vasai Road (excluding) - Roha
   Roha
   Roha is a small town in Maharashtra state of India, 120 km south-east of Mumbai. Many chemical industries have opened up their manufacturing bases here. Roha is located between the banks of the Kundalika River and the hills of Kalasgiri...
   
    (including) - Central Railways - C.R. 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...
   
    Division
6. Roha (excluding) - Madgaon - Konkan Railways (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 Divisions)

Alternative trains form Madgaon or Goa from national capital

1. 2779/2780 Vasco-Da-Gama H.Nizamuddin Goa Express
   Goa Express
   The Goa Express , is a daily superfast train run by Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama, and Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi...
   
    - daily via, Madgaon, Belgaum, Miraj, Bhusawal
   Bhusawal
   Bhusawal or Bhusaval is a city and a municipal council in Jalgaon district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Geography:Bhusawal is located at . It has an average elevation of 209 metres ....
   
   , Bhopal
2. 2617/2618 Mangala Lakshadweep Express
   Mangala Lakshadweep Express
   The Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express is a superfast train of Southern Railway and runs between New Delhi and Ernakulam Junction. It is currently being operated with 12617 / 12618 train numbers and running along the Konkan railway route, previously it was running between Mangalore and Delhi in...
   
    - via Konkan Railways, 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...
   
   , Bhusawal, Bhopal
3. 2431/2432 Trivandrum H.Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express via, Vadodara
   Vadodara
   Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
   
   , Konkan Railways

See also

• Goa Express
  Goa Express
  The Goa Express , is a daily superfast train run by Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama, and Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi...
  
  
• Trains of SWR
• Konkan Railways
• 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...
  
  
• Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti
  Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti
  Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express , is one of the trains among Sampark Kranti Express Trains introduced in the 2005 Indian Railway Budget. The train was announced between Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh and New Delhi...