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Going Loco: The Longest Train Journey In India
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As rail travel in India completes 160 years, Brunch embarks on the adventure of a lifetime aboard the Vivek Express, the country’s longest train ride from Dibrugarh in Assam and sweeping down the eastern coast to culminate at Kanyakumari. It covers a staggering 4,300 km (more than 1/10th the earth’s circumference), in an unforgettable four-night-three-day grind.
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Nuns take a nap inside the sleeper class compartment of Vivek Express, the longest rail route of India on Sunday as a roving salesman comes with Chinese goods, May 05 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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A woman breaks down as came to see off her relative who was on board the Vivek Express, the longest rail route of India on Sunday, May 05 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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A railway crossing near Adra Road Station from the Vivek Express, India's longest train, Monday May 06 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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An unscheduled stop at at Majgaon, Assam for the Vivek Express, the longest train journey in India on Sunday, May 05 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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Dibrugarh, India - May 03 - Passengers in the general class compartment of the Vivek Express, the longest rail route of India on Sunday, May 05 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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Dibrugarh, India - May 03 - Migrant workers in the sleeper class compartment of the Vivek Express, the longest train journey of India on Sunday, May 05 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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Dibrugarh, India - May 03 - A scene from the general class compartment of the Vivek Express, the longest train journey in India on Sunday, May 05 2013. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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Dibrugarh, May 03 - A fruit vendor at the Vijaywada station. To go with the story on the Vivek Express, the longest train journey in India in HT Brunch. (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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Dibrugarh, May 03 - A lady hawker who was selling street food on the Vivek Express, the longest train journey in India, being threatend by the police in Andhra Pradesh, (Photo by Arijit Sen / Hindustan Times)
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