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Posted: Sep 30 2016 (21:20)
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Last Response: Sep 30 2016 (22:48)
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6 Public Posts - Fri Sep 30, 2016
Inaugural run was in 1972 when the Jayanti Janata class of trains were started. The exact date isn't clear though.
This was originally the 81/82 Cochin Harbor terminus ( CHTS) - Bombay VT ( BBVT) bi-weekly Jayanti Janata express. There was another Jayanti Janata too for 5 days a week ( 131/32 CHTS- NZM, predecessor of today's Mangala Lakshadweep express).
By the time KK was introduced in 1977, this train was originating from Ernakulam, instead of CHTS and had slip coaches from Mangalore...
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This was originally the 81/82 Cochin Harbor terminus ( CHTS) - Bombay VT ( BBVT) bi-weekly Jayanti Janata express. There was another Jayanti Janata too for 5 days a week ( 131/32 CHTS- NZM, predecessor of today's Mangala Lakshadweep express).
By the time KK was introduced in 1977, this train was originating from Ernakulam, instead of CHTS and had slip coaches from Mangalore...
more...