12618 Mangala Lakshadweep Express Arriving Karmali Railway Station PF2 For An Unscheduled Halt

The 12617/12618 Mangala Lakshadweep Express Is A Superfast Train In India That Runs Between Ernakulam Junction In Kochi,Kerala And Hazrat Nizamuddin In Delhi Via The Konkan Railway Route.It Is Operated By Southern Railway With 12617/12618 Train Numbers.In 1973,The Earlier Version Of This Train(Jayanti Janta Express(131/32))Was The First Direct Train To Kerala And Coastal Karnataka From The National Capital.In It's Renewed Form As Mangala Lakshadweep Express,It Became The First Daily Train Connecting North,Central Kerala And New Delhi(1977).It Is Also Regarded As The First Daily Direct Access Train To The National Capital For The Malabar(North Kerala)Districts,Coastal Karnataka Districts And Lakshadweep.It Is The Only Train Which Connects Nashik,Manmad To Kerala Apart From Jabalpur Coimbatore Special Fare Express.
This Train Was Started On 26th January 1973.Till 1993 It Operated As A Slip Train Or A Link Express Of 12625/12626 Kerala Express.Later In 1993 The Slip Coaches Were Discontinued And It Became An Independent Train That Is 12617/12618 Mangala Lakshadweep Express.It Was Operating From Mangalore To Delhi Via Palakkad,Erode Junction Till 1998 Since Konkan Railway Was Not Constructed.After Konkan Railway Was Constructed In 1998 It Was Rerouted Via Konkan Railway From Mangalore To Delhi.Since The Train Was Running Till Mangalore,The Name Mangala Was Derived From Mangaladevi,The Most Important Deity Of Mangalore City.Later Ram Vilas Paswan Extended This Train To Ernakulam Junction For The Purpose Of Providing Rail Connection To Passengers Who Arrived Kochi By Ship.Subsequently The Train Was Renamed As Mangala Lakshadweep Express.
This Train Covers A Distance Of 3073 kms In 49 Hours With 46 Halts Enroute
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In Video:12618 Hazrat Nizamuddin Ernakulam Mangala Lakshadweep Express Powered By Ernakulam(ERS)Ex Erode(ED)WDP4D Arriving Karmali Railway Station PF2 For An Unscheduled Halt.
Please Note:It Is An Old Clicked Video And Now As Konkan Railway Is Electrified The Train Gets WAP7 Loco Of Royapuram(RPM)Or Erode(ED)Shed.
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DOC:25/7/2022
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