India's Top 10 Longest Railway Routes
Indian rail networks is one of the world’s largest railway networks carried over 8,900 million passengers annually, across the country. Trains of India starts from the land of Himalayas in Jammu end at the tip of mainland India at Kanyakumari in Laccadive Sea. One of the longest train in terms of distance cover is Vivek Express. India has of the one world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km of track over a route of 65,000 km and 7,500 stations.
1. Vivek Express
There are four Vivek express trains run on the Indian Railways network to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari Vivek Express is the longest route on the Indian Railways network, in terms of distance and time, and is the 9th longest in the world.
Train name: Vivek Express
Distance: 4,286 kms
Destination: Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
Number of stops: 56
Scheduled running time: 82.30 hours
2. Himasagar Express
Himsagar Express is the second longest running train on the Indian Railways in terms of distance and time, It runs from Kanyakumari to Jammu Tawi covers a distance of 3714 km and passes through nine of Indian states.
Train name: Himasagar Express
Distance: 3715 kms
Destination: Jammutawi to Kanyakumari
Number of stops: 71
Scheduled running time: 69 hours 40 min
3. Navyug Express
The New-Era Express or Navyug express is a weekly train running between Jammu Tawi to Mangalore, and ranked the third longest running train in Indian Railways in terms of distance traveled. It travels through the most of states and passes through 12 states in India.
Train name: Navyug Express
Distance: 3609 kms
Destination: Mangalore to Jammu
Number of stops: 61
Scheduled running time: 68 hours
4. Dibrugarh Express
Dibrugarh-Yesvantpur Express is a weekly ruuning train from Yeswanthpur-Bangalore to Dibrugarh and takes 3 days to reach the destination, It is fourth longest train service in India.
Train name: Dibrugarh Express
Distance: 3578 km
Destination: Yeswanthpur (Bangalore) to Dibrugarh
Number of stops: 70
Scheduled running time: 68 hours
5. Jammu Express
Tirunelveli Jammu Express starts from Tirunelveli, its a Bi-Weekly Express train and ranked fifth longest running train on the Indian Railways in terms of distance and time.
Train name: Jammu Express
Distance: 3,561 kms
Destination: Tirunelveli to Jammu
Number of stops: 70
Scheduled running time: 70 hours
6. Guwahati Express
Train name: Guwahati Express
Distance: 3,552 kms
Destination: Thiruvananthapuram to Guwahati
Number of stops: 70
Scheduled running time: 70 hours
7. SUP Express
Train name: SUP Express
Distance: 3,459 kms
Destination: Dehradun to Kochuveli Railway Station (Thiruvananthapuram)
Number of stops: 70
Scheduled running time: 70 hours
8. Raptisagar Express
Train name: Raptisagar Express
Distance: 3,441 kms
Destination: Ernakulam to Barauni
Number of stops: 61
Scheduled running time: 62 hours
9. Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
Train name: Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
Distance: 3,415 km
Destination: Chandigarh to Kochuveli Railway Station(Thiruvananthapuram)
Number of stops: 70
Scheduled running time: 70 hours
10. Guwahati - Ernakulam Express
Train name: Guwahati - Ernakulam Express
Distance: 3,337 km
Destination: Guwahati to Ernakulam
Number of stops: 43
Scheduled running time: 59 hrs 45 mins