The Hampi Express is a daily express train running between Bangalore city Junction and Hubli Junction the headquarters of the South Western Railway in India

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. Numbered 16591/16592, it is a train of South Western Railway having primary maintenance at Hubli

Detachment

Until July 2010 this train ran as attached with 16593/94 Nanded Express up to Guntakal from Bangalore where the detachment took place. As proposed in the 2010 budget the train was detached and started its run as an independent train in August 2010.

Relevance

Train is named after Hampi, a Historical Town belonging to the Vijayanagar Empire. The Town is a tourist attraction for the ruins of the Vijayanagar Empire. This train passes through Hospet the nearest station to this Town.

Route and time

This train runs Via Bangalore Canttonement, Yelahanka, Hindupur, Dharmavaram, Guntakal, Bellary, Hospet to reach Hubli.

• Train No. 16591 leaves Hubli everyday at 5:45PM to reach Bangalore at 6:10AM the next morning covering 567 km in 12hrs and 25 minutues at an average of 48 km/h
• Train No. 16592 leaves Bangalore at 9:00PM to reach Hubli at 10:10AM taking 13 hrs and 10 minutes at an average of 45 km/h

Coach Composition

This train has one AC First Class-Two Tier combo, one Two Tier AC and one Three Tier AC coach, 7 Sleeper Coaches, 5 Unreserved Coaches and 2 Second Seating cum Luggage rack. The train shares its rakes with 16535/36 Gol Gumbaz Express(Tri-Weekly) and 06535/36 Bijapur Special from Yeshvantapur.