INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -This Biweekly train, numbered 15905/15906, is currently the longest train route in the Indian Subcontinent. It joins Dibrugarh in Assam, North-East India to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu which is the southernmost tip of Indian mainland. It covers a total of 4234 km from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s longest train–Vivek Express, which covers a distance of 4, 189 km traversing through nine states, would now run four days a week from Dibrugarh in Assam, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Vivek Express holds the title of the longest train route in the country which runs from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. It covers 4247 km of distance and nine States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its route is via Surat, Ahmedabad, Abu Road, Jodhpur, Degana, Sujangarh, Churu, Sadulpur, Hisar, Ludhiana, and Jalandhar. It covers the distance of 1886 km in 37 hours and 10 minutes, thus giving it an average speed of 50.95 km. It halts at 31 stations.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Superfast Express is a weekly Express train of the Vivek Express series the Indian Railways which runs from Dibrugarh in India’s north eastern state Assam to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu the southernmost state of India.