Kanyakumari_Mumbai_Express
Kanyakumari–Pune Express
Express service between Kanyakumari and Pune
The Kanyakumari-Pune or Jayanti Janata Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that used to run between Kanyakumari and Pune Junction, Pune in India. It was the first and oldest train service from Mumbai to South India. Initially the service was from Victoria terminus Bombay (Mumbai CST) to Cochin Harbour Terminus, later it was extended to Trivandrum, 81/82 Bombay- Cochin Jayanti Janata Express has been extended upto Trivandrum with effect from 1-4-1978. Then to Nagercoil then to Kanyakumari.[4]
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From 2020 onwards, according to zero-based timetable, it runs only till Pune. The train made its first run to Pune on 31 March 2022, after services were halted during the pandemic. The train ran with the Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB) coaches instead of those built by the Integral Coach Factory. [5]
It operates as train number 16382 from Kanyakumari to Pune and as train number 16381 in the reverse direction.