Sampark Kranti Express

Sampark Kranti Express trains are a series of trains operated by the Indian Railways. These trains provide quick connectivity from a particular state to the national capital, New Delhi. Announced in the Interim Budget (Railways) of 2004-2005 by the then Minister of Railways, Shri Nitish Kumar, the special features of these trains are:

• Non-stop run beyond the state,
• Dedicated staff throughout the run,
• Public address system, and
• 15% lower tariff than the Rajdhani Express to the areas served.

The Sampark Kranti Express was modelled on the Delhi-Patna Sampoorna Kranti Express, which was a success.
The non stop runs beyond the state served did not last for too long, as due to poor patronage it was decided to give commercial stops to Sampark Kranti trains outside their respective states. Also, the Kerala Sampark Kranti Exp. was extended beyond New Delhi to Chandigarh.

Trivia

• The phrase Sampark Kranti stands for connectivity revolution. A similar named train is the August Kranti Rajdhani Express, which is named after the Quit India movement started in August, 1942.
• The Uttar Sampark Kranti Express was the first express train to travel on the newly laid Jammu Tawi - Udhampur section.
• Kerala Sampark kranti between Kochuveli Vikram Sarabhai Terminal, Thiruvananthapuram and Chandigarh is the only sampark kranti running beyond Delhi

List of services

A total of 18 trains were announced in the Interim Budget.

Train Name	States served	Origin and Destination Stations	Distance Km.	Frequency
Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express	Madhya Pradesh	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Jabalpur via Gwalior / Jhansi	909	3 days a week
Uttar Pradesh Sampark Kranti / Madhya Pradesh Khajuraho Sampark Kranti	Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh / Manikpur, Uttar Pradesh via Jhansi	695	6 days a week
Chattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express	Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Katni / Raipur/Durg via Bina - Katni Rail Route / Jhansi, Gwalior Jn.	1281	3 Days a week
Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express	Andhra Pradesh	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Tirupati via Secunderabad / Jhansi	2302	2 days a week
Bihar Sampark Kranti	Bihar	New Delhi to Darbhanga via Kanpur	1172	Daily
Goa Sampark Kranti Express	Goa	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Madgaon via Kota	2094	Bi-weekly
Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express	Gujarat	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Ahmedabad via Kota	1085	3 days a week
Jharkhand Sampark Kranti	Jharkhand	New Delhi to Ranchi via Kanpur	1306	2 days a week
Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express	Karnataka	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Bangalore via Pune / Jhansi	2610	2 days a week
Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express	Karnataka	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Yeshwantpur via Kachiguda(Hyderabad) / Jhansi	2276	5 days a week
Kerala Sampark Kranti	Kerala	Chandigarh to Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram / Kota	3415	Once a week
Maharashtra Sampark Kranti	Maharashtra	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Mumbai (Bandra Terminus) / Kota	1366	2 days a week
Orissa Sampark Kranti	Orissa	New Delhi to Bhubaneshwar / Kanpur	1799	2 days a week
Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express	Assam and the North East	New Delhi to Guwahati / Kanpur	1980	3 days a week
Rajasthan Sampark Kranti	Rajasthan	Delhi (Sarai Rohilla) to Jodhpur / Bikaner via Jaipur / Kota	685	3 days a week
Tamil Nadu Sampark Kranti	Tamil Nadu	Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Madurai via Chennai (Egmore) / Jhansi	2677	2 days a week
Uttar Sampark Kranti	Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana	New Delhi to Udhampur via Jammu Tawi	630	Daily
Uttarakhand Sampark Kranti	Uttarakhand	Delhi to Kathgodam	278	Daily
West Bengal Sampark Kranti	West Bengal	Delhi to Kolkata (Sealdah)	1448	2 days a week