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{{Infobox rail service
| box_width = 25em
| name = Gowthami Express
| logo = Gouthami Express name board in Telugu.jpg
| logo_width = 200px
| image = 12738 Gowthami Express 13052018.jpg
| type = [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]]
| status = Operating
| locale = [[Telangana]] & [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| first = 4 October 1987
| last =
| operator = [[South Coast Railway zone]]
| formeroperator=
| ridership =
| start = [[Kakinada]]
| stops = 20
| end = {{stnlnk|Lingampalli||Lingampalli}}
| distance = {{convert|566|km|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 10 hours, 15 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class = Sleeper, AC 1 Tier, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, General
| access =
| seating = Indian Rail standard
| sleeping =
| autorack =
| catering = Catering available
| observation = Large windows in all carriages, cleanliness
| entertainment=
| baggage = Below the seats
| otherfacilities=
| stock = Two
| gauge = Broad (1,676 mm)
| engine =
| el = 5,350 hp (3,989 kW)
| speed = '''55 km/h''' (average)
| map = [[File:Goutami Express (Kakinada - Lingampalli) Route map.png|300px]]<br />Gowthami Express route map with important halts
}}
'''Gowthami Express''' is a train running from the port city of [[Kakinada]] to {{stnlnk|Lingampalli||Lingampalli}}, [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/gautami-express-now-from-lingampalli/article23485182.ece |title=Goutami Express now from Lingampally |accessdate=2018-04-10 }}</ref> It is named after the River Gowthami, a tributary to the River [[Godavari]]. It runs with train numbers as 12737/12738.

==History==

Gowthami Superfast Express was introduced on 3 October 1987 and is considered as a sister train to [[Godavari Express]] which runs between [[Visakhapatnam]] and Hyderabad. It was considered to be one of the most prestigious trains of the [[South Central Railway]] (SCR), and connects the [[Telangana]] state capital city of [[Hyderabad]] with the port city [[Kakinada]]

The Gowthami Superfast Express is considered to be one of the best ways to commute to the state capital, in united [[Andhra Pradesh]], now the capital of Telangana Hyderabad from Delta districts of Andhra Pradesh. People of Kakinada, [[Rajahmundry]], [[Tadepalligudem]], and [[Eluru]] prefer the Gowthami Express to travel to Secunderabad. It was upgraded to superfast category in July 2007. It is operated with 12737 / 12738 as train numbers; it used to be 7047 / 7048 prior to being upgraded.

It is one of the longest trains running with 24 coaches and also runs with full capacity throughout the year. Currently, it has two first class cum second class air conditioned coaches, two second class air conditioned coaches, two third class air conditioned coaches, 13 sleeper class, three second class general compartments and two luggage cum brake vans. In total it has six air conditioned coaches. It was the first train in [[South Central Railway zone]] (before been transfer to South Coast Railway) to run with two first class cum second class air conditioned coaches. It has such a huge patronage such that a supplementary train, [[Cocanada AC Express]], a fully [[AC Express (Indian Railways)|air conditioned train]], was introduced between Kakinada and Lingampalli in 2012 to cater to the rush. Both these trains run jam packed almost throughout the year.

Gowthami Express is expected to run with 26 coaches very soon, and it will be the first train in SCoR and one among very few in Indian Railways to do so. It is also known for best maintenance of coaches and it was considered as a model rake of South Central Railway, [[Vijayawada Railway Division]] (but now it is in SCoR).

Gowthami Express has been diverted from {{stnlnk|Vijayawada Junction}} to [[Rayanapadu railway station]] bypass<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/190419/vijayawada-travellers-pull-chain-on-satellite-station-plans.html|title=Vijayawada: Travellers pull chain on satellite station plans|last=Kumar|first=K. Kalyan Krishna|date=2019-04-19|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> from 13 April 2019 to ease bottle necks at Vijayawada Junction. Stoppage at Vijayawada junction has been officially removed from time table of the train.

==Loco links==
The train is regularly hauled by a Lalaguda-based [[WAP-7]] locomotive from COA. There is no loco reversal, since this train is taking a bypass route near BZA.

==Incidents==

In July, 2008 Gowthami Express supposedly was short-circuited and fire accident<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-03/hyderabad/27897972_1_gautami-express-fire-golconda-express-train-accidents|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025174409/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-08-03/hyderabad/27897972_1_gautami-express-fire-golconda-express-train-accidents|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|title=Gautami Express fire: Warangal district witness to many train accidents |date=3 August 2008|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 January 2010}}</ref> broke out during the night. Those wakened by the sounds escaped by pulling the emergency chain to slow down the train. 40 people died in this incident. It occurred while the train crossed [[Kesamudram]] station in [[Warangal district]] of Telangana at around 01:07.

==See also==

*{{stnlnk|Lingampalli||Lingampalli railway station}}

==References==
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{{Railways in Southern India}}

[[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Telangana]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]

Gowthami Express - Revision history

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