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Jaipur–Mysore Superfast Express

train in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ17058578 ↗
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The 12975 / 12976 Jaipur–Mysuru Superfast Express is Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Jaipur Junction and Mysuru Junction in India.

It operates as train number 12976 from Jaipur Junction to Mysore Junction and as train number 12975 in the reverse direction.

Has pantry car in both directions, but with only vegetarian menu. No non veg is served. Not even egg.

Coaches

12975/12976 Jaipur–Mysore Superfast Express presently has 1 AC 1st Class cum AC 2 tier, 2 AC 2 tier, 5 AC 3 tier, 11 Sleeper class, 4 General Unreserved coaches & 1 Pantry Car coach.

As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

12976 Jaipur–Mysuru Superfast Express covers the distance of 2479 kilometres in 44 hours 00 mins (56.34 km/h) and in 44 hours 55 mins (55.19 km/h) as 12975 Mysuru–Jaipur Superfast Express.

As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h, as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 3 times during its journey at;

Sawai Madhopur Junction

Nagda Junction

Guntakal Junction.

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The public source identifies “Jaipur–Mysore Superfast Express” as train in India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jaipur, Mysore and Superfast.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 194-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000-01-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jaipur, Mysore and Superfast providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jaipur–Mysore Superfast Express” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.