| Box Width: | 25em |
| Vasco Velankanni Express | |
| Type: | Express Train |
| Status: | Operating |
| Operator: | South Western Railway zone |
| Stops: | 27 |
| Distance: | 1315km (817miles) |
| Journeytime: | 27 hours, 25 minutes |
| Frequency: | Weekly, every Tuesday |
| Trainnumber: | 17315 / 17316 |
| Class: | 2A, 3A, 3E, SL, and UR |
| Coaches: | One AC 2-tier(A1)Three AC 3-tier(B1-B3)Three AC 3-tier Economy(B4-B6)Eight sleeper(S1-S8)Three Unreserved or General(UR)Two EOG |
| Coach Rake: | LHB rake(Integral coach factory) |
Vasco Velankanni weekly Express is an Express rail operated by the Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama in Goa with Velankanni via Madgaon, Hubli Junction, Yesvantpur, Salem Junction, Karur Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Thanjavur Junction, Thiruvarur Junction and Nagapattinam Junction.train take 30 hrs 15 min to complete the entire journey. Total Distance Covered is 1317 km at an average Speed of 42 km/h. It operates on Monday and Wednesday.
Train Reverses its direction 3 times
Train no longer reverses its direction at Yesvantpur after completion of the new Bypass Running Line.
There are demands by the devotes who visits the velankanni shrine regularly, insist Indian Railways to operate this train to reach velankanni on Sundays instead of Tuesdays and to depart this train from velankanni on Sundays instead of Tuesdays with no change in time table and also demand to stop this train at Tiruppattur.
The train has standard LHB rakes.