Description
YESVANTPUR (KARNATAKA) TO VASCO DA GAMA (GOA) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 17309 YESVANTPUR - VASCO DA GAMA EXPRESS : KJM WDP-4D LOCOMOTIVE
17309/Yesvantpur - Vasco da Gama Express (PT)
यशवंतपुर - वास्को-द-गामा एक्सप्रेस
YPR/Yesvantpur Junction -- VSG/Vasco-da-Gama
The 17309 / 17310 Yesvantpur–Vasco da Gama Express is an Express train belonging to South Western Railway zone that runs between Yesvantpur Junction and Vasco da Gama in India. It is currently being operated with 17309/17310 train numbers on Daily basis.
The 17309/Yesvantpur–Vasco da Gama Express has an average speed of 47 km/h and covers 664 km in 14hr 15m. The 17310/Vasco da Gama–Yesvantpur Express has an average speed of 49 km/h and covers 664 km in 13hr 40m. If you know that from Bangalore via Yesvantpur Junction to Goa only 5 (rail) trains were survival between these two cities.
The train is hauled by a Krishnarajapuram Loco Shed-based WDP-4D diesel locomotive from Yesvantpur to Vasco da Gama and vice versa.
The train is having two dedicated rakes of its own.
The important halts of the train are :
Yesvantpur Junction
Tumkur
Tiptur
Arsikere Junction
Kadur Junction
Chikajajur Junction
Birur Junction
Davangere
Harihara
Ranibennur
SSM Haveri
SSS Hubballi Junction
Dharwad
Alnavar Junction
Londa Junction
Castle Rock
Kulem
Kudchade
Madgaon Junction
Vasco da Gama
The train has two dedicated LHB rakes of 20 coaches each :
1 AC II Tier
3 AC III Tier
10 Sleeper coaches
4 General Unreserved
1 Seating cum Luggage Rake
1 Generator Car cum Luggage Rake.
Yesvantpur Junction railway station also Yeshwanthapura Junction railway station (station code: YPR) is one of the three important stations which serves the city of Bangalore which is located in Yesvantpur locality. It is one of the developing stations of Bangalore created for reducing the rush at Bangalore City railway station.
This station is located on the Bengaluru–Pune & Bengaluru–Hyderabad main lines. Being a main location, all trains bound towards Hubballi & Secunderabad either originate from here or the ones from KSR Bengaluru have a stop at this station. Direct trains to major Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangaluru, Kannur, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad, Puducherry etc. also originate from Yeshwantpur.
Yesvantpur Junction railway station has a total of 6 platforms out of which platform 1,2,4,5 and 6 are platforms for originating & terminating trains. Platform 3 is generally used by passing-through trains. There are two overbridges, one connecting platform 1 and 2, and another from platform 2 to platforms 3,4,5 and 6. It has 2 entrances-one from Yeshwantapur old area, and another from Tumkur Road. The one on Tumkur Road connects to platform-6. The Yeshwanthpur metro station is at a walkable distance from the station.
Vasco da Gama (also known as Vasco-Da-Gama, station code: VSG) is a railway station serving the town of Vasco da Gama in Goa, India.
Type: Terminus
Number of Platforms: 3
Number of Halting Trains: 0
Number of Originating Trains: 12
Number of Terminating Trains: 12
The station was part of the Marmagao and Vasco metre-gauge railway line. This was the main rail in the state until the Konkan Railway was started in 1998.
The train which originates from Vasco-Da-Gama are :
● Vasco da Gama–Patna Superfast Express (12741/12842)
● Goa Express (12779/12780)
● Hyderabad–Vasco da Gama Express (17021/17022)
● Yesvantpur–Vasco da Gama Express (17309/17310)
● Vasco da Gama–Velankanni Weekly Express (17315/17316)
● Tirupati–Vasco da Gama Express (17419/17420)
● Howrah–Vasco da Gama Amaravati Express (18047/18048)
It is located in Swatantra Path, Vasco da Gama, Goa. It has 3 platforms.
It comes under the jurisdiction of the Hubli division of the South Western Railway( SWR ) Zone.