Agartala To Bengaluru : Full Journey : India's Longest Humsafar : 12504 Agartala - SMVT Bengaluru

AGARTALA (TRIPURA) TO BENGALURU (KARNATAKA) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : INDIA'S LONGEST RUNNING HUMSAFAR EXPRESS : 12504 AGARTALA - SMVT BENGALURU HUMSAFAR EXPRESS : BADARPUR - NEW HAFLONG - LUMDING GHAT SECTION FULL COVERAGE : INDIAN RAILWAYS 12504/Agartala - SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express (PT) अगरतला - सर एम. विश्वेश्वरय्या टर्मिनल बेंगलूरु हमसफ़र एक्सप्रेस AGTL/Agartala -- SMVB/SMVT Bengaluru The 12504/12503 Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express is the longest-running Humsafar Express and 7th longest train service of Indian Railways, It is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka and Agartala railway station, Agartala, the capital city of Tripura via Guwahati , New Jalpaiguri , Malda Town , Rampurhat , Kharagpur . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on a weekly basis. The train runs through states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura. On its journey the train also touches some parts of Jharkhand in Pakur district but does not have the stoppage there. This train consists of 18 AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car , two Generator Power Car coaches and 2 HCPV Parcel Van. It averages 65 km/h as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covers 3555 km in 64 hrs 30 mins and it averages 66 km/h as 12504 Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covers 3555 km in 62 hrs 40mins. Some important halts of this train are : Guwahati , New Jalpaiguri , Malda Town , Rampurhat Junction , Kharagpur Junction , Bhubaneswar , Visakhapatnam Junction etc. Agartala Railway Station is located 5.5 km from Agartala in Tripura, India. It is the second capital city (after Guwahati, Assam) in northeast India to be connected to the country's railway map, moreover Agartala is the first state capital of independent India to be connected with a rail network. Before 2015 the 413-kilometre route was connected to Lumding with a metre-gauge track, but after the gauge conversion to broad gauge in 2016, the track is connected directly to Guwahati and the rest of India. From Agartala an under-construction track has been on the way for a connection towards the extreme Southern end point of the state at Sabroom, which has been completed on 3 October 2019. A total of 21 constructed stations and few under-construction stations in the state, with Churaibari being the last one through the Northern side and Sabroom (functioning & completed) in the Southern side. The total length of track from the capital towards the North region's last station is approx. 153 km (95 mi), after which the territory of Assam starts. There are a lot of transportation modes available to reach the city from the station. Agartala was scheduled to get broad-gauge facility by March 2016. Works for conversion in BG from a small metre-gauge track from Lumding to Silchar in Assam was completed in March 2015 Freight services to Agartala had already resumed by then. It was 31 July 2016 when Suresh Prabhu the then Railway Minister of India inaugurated the Agartala–New Delhi ‘Tripura Sundari Express’, linking the broad gauge with the rest of India. On 28 October 2017 Rajdhani Express was inaugurated from Agartala to Anand Vihar Terminal. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru railway station (station code: SMVB) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyapanahalli,[2] Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the third intercity coaching terminal in Bengaluru after Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru Station) and Yesvantpur Junction railway station. One of the first two Amrit Bharat Express originating terminating at this station starting from Malda Town railway station flagged off on 30 December 2023. The new station was constructed at a cost of ₹314 crores. The station has VIP lounges, food courts, escalators and air conditioning waiting rooms. According to railways officials It was first air-conditioned railway terminal in South India. It was also first green field project for Indian railways to construct a world class terminal. Work was completed in the early 2021, but there is more than 18 months delay in opening of railway station. Railway officials cited the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of connectivity as the main reasons for delay, but inside sources claimed the delay was to allow the prime minister to open the station. Commercial operations began on 6 June 2022 with Ernakulam Tri-Weekly SuperFast Express. This railway station is connected to nearby neighborhoods in the city by BMTC buses. The buses will run 144 trips per day. Ride-hailing services for car taxis, bike taxis and autorickshaws such as Ola, Rapido, Namma Yatri and Uber are also available.