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Indian Railways train 15906, the Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express, travels 4,273 km, beginning from the north-eastern corner of Assam to the southernmost tip of the country. Believe it or not, the course of the journey is 85 hours long. It is known as the longest train in India, both, by time and distance.
It starts from Dibrugarh at 10:45 pm on Saturday and arrives in Kanyakumari at around 11 am on Wednesday, which is a total of three days and four nights.
The train is 21 cars long, and carries over 1800 people....
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There are 4 classes of accommodation on the train namely 2 and 3 tier AC, sleeper and unreserved. There is also a pantry car with a kitchen, and various luggage and specialty cars, plus an electric locomotive.
Photographer "Ed Hanley" captured some great pictures while on this magnificent journey. Here are a few of them.
1. The map of the entire journey!
2. The train offers a lot of shopping opportunity.
3. Lots of little joys in little cups of chai.
4. And how can the biscuit guy stay far behind?
5. Then there are the vendors, who sell anything from nail clippers and peanuts, to tea and everything else!
6. A tiny kid binges on chips.
7. While a bunch of lads discuss politics over tea.
8. There's enough time to watch movies.
9. And you can tick the books off your bucket list!
10. The views are anything but disappointing.
11. Hanging out and watching the world go by is an experience in itself.
12. The morning sun at Asansol, West Bengal.
13. The sun's not far behind at Trivandrum either.
14. The feeling when a tiny boy asks for money is sad beyond measure.
15. Someone's about to catch a nap!
16. An RPF officer guards the door outside Diphu, Assam.
17. An hour before Kanyakumari!
18. At the end of the line!
Watch his journey in a time lapse video here- click here
Link to Original Blog: click here