New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express

The 22501/02 New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Express is a weekly Superfast train which connects Tinsukia, the easternmost town of Assam with the South Indian Metropolis of Bengaluru. The train consists of AC 1st class, 2-tier, 3-tier and sleeper-class coaches. It is 6th longest train service of Indian Railways, as of 2023, which travels a total distance of 3542 kilometres.

New Tinsukia–SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast
Status	Operating
Locale	Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
First service	4 January 2010
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Route
Termini	New Tinsukia Junction (NTSK) Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru (SMVB)
Stops	39
Distance travelled	3542 km
Average journey time	63 hours
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	22501/22502
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier (2A), AC 3 Tier (3A), Sleeper (SL)
Seating arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	Broad gauge
Operating speed	54 km/h
Route map New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Express route map

Time-table

• Train no. 22502 from New Tinsukia to Bengaluru.
• Train no. 22501 from Bengaluru to New Tinsukia.

The train leaves from New Tinsukia (NTSK) on every Friday at 6:30 P.M. and arrives SMVT Bengaluru (SMVB) every Monday at 11:50 A.M. traversing a distance of 3542 kilometres in 63 hours.^[1]

Major halts

KARNATAKA

1. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal (Starts)
2. Krishnarajapuram
3. Bangarapet Junction

TAMIL NADU

1. Jolarpettai Junction
2. Katpadi Junction
3. Perambur (Chennai)

ANDHRA PRADESH

1. Nellore
2. Ongole
3. Vijayawada Junction
4. Rajahmundry
5. Visakhapatnam Junction
6. Vizianagaram Junction

ODISHA

1. Brahmapur
2. Balugaon
3. Khurda Road Junction
4. Bhubaneswar
5. Cuttack Junction
6. Balasore

WEST BENGAL

1. Kharagpur Junction
2. Dankuni (Kolkata)
3. Bolpur Shantiniketan
4. Rampurhat
5. Malda Town
6. New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)
7. Jalpaiguri Road
8. New Cooch Behar
9. New Alipurduar

BIHAR

1. Kishanganj

NAGALAND

1. Dimapur

ASSAM

1. New Bongaigaon Junction
2. Goalpara Town
3. Guwahati
4. Moranhat
5. Sibsagar Town
6. Simaluguri Junction
7. Mariani Junction
8. Furkating Junction
9. Diphu
10. Lumding Junction
11. Dibrugarh
12. New Tinsukia (Ends)^[2][3]

Locomotive

The train is hauled by WAP-7 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah from New Tinsukia to upto Visakhapatnam. Lastly from Visakhapatnam to Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal it is hauled by WAP-4 locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Erode.

E-Catering

As of September 2022, The E-Catering facility for 22501 SMVT Bengaluru New Tinsukia Weekly Express is available in following stations:

• Katpadi Junction
• Vijayawada
• Rajahmundry
• Visakhapatnam
• Vizianagaram
• Kharagpur
• Bolpur Shantiniketan
• Rampurhat
• Malda Town
• New Jalpaiguri
• [[Lum

ding railway station|Lum ding]]

• Mariani Junction
• New Tinsukia.

Similarly the E-Catering facility for 22502 New Tinsukia SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Express is available in following stations:

• New Tinsukia
• Mariani Junction
• New Alipurduar
• New Jalpaiguri
• Kishanganj
• Malda Town
• Rampurhat
• Bolpur Shantiniketan
• Bhubaneswar
• Khurda Road
• Brahmapur
• Vizianagaram
• Visakhapatnam
• Rajahmundry
• Vijayawada and
• Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal

See also

• Longest train services of Indian Railways
• Dibrugarh–Tambaram Express
• Chennai–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express
• Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
• Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express