Samata Express | |
Type: | Superfast |
Locale: | Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi |
Operator: | East Coast Railway |
Start: | (VSKP) |
Stops: | 36 |
End: | (NZM) |
Distance: | 1917km (1,191miles) |
Journeytime: | 32 hours 50 minutes |
Frequency: | 5 days a week. |
Class: | AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved |
Seating: | Yes |
Sleeping: | Yes |
Catering: | Available |
Observation: | Large windows |
Baggage: | Available |
Otherfacilities: | Below the seats |
Stock: | LHB coach |
Gauge: | Broad Gauge |
Trainnumber: | 12807 / 12808 |
Speed: | 60km/h average with halts |
The 12807 / 12808 Samata Express is a superfast train between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi and is operated by East Coast Railways. This train is also known as Vizag Steel Samata Superfast Express and Queen of Visakhapatnam city. Samata in Sanskrit means Equality.
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 34 hours to reach from its source to destination.
It is hauled by a Visakhapatnam Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Visakhapatnam Junction to Nagpur Junction. And the handing over to aTughlakabad Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive hauls the train upto Hazrat Nizamuddin and vice versa.
The train sharing its rake with 12803/12804 Visakhapatnam Swarna Jayanti Express
On 6 June 2010, the train had a derailment near Arand railways station in Chhattisgarh, however nobody was injured.