Okha-Rameshwaram train flagged off:India’s 3rd longest rail journey

A train traveling India’s third longest rail-route from Okha on India’s west coast to Rameshwaram in east coast was flagged off on Friday evening from Rameshwaram.

A train which was sanctioned in last year’s budget will cover long route of 3,192 km after almost four days and will begin its return journey on the fifth day. It will move on the route of Dwarka-Jamnagar-Rajkot-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Surat-Jalgaon-Manmad-Aurangabad-Selamroad-Tirupati-Madurai route.

Now, visiting pilgrim towns of Western India would easy for those living in South India and vice-versa. Six out of twelve Jyotirlingas fall on or near the route of this train.

First journey, which began on Friday evening, will culminate at Okha on March 2 and return journey will begin on March 3. The train would start it’s journey from Okha every Tuesday morning at 6:15 a.m. The arrival time at Dwarka would be 2:30 p.m. every Monday. Dwarka is well connected to rest of India through Okha Gauhati and Okha Dehradun trains already. Okha Gauhati is second longest train route in India. The longest train route is Jammu Tavi-Kanyakumari.