Gol Gumbaz Express

The train is named after the famous Gol Gumbaz, a historical monument located in Vijayapura. It is an important train that connects North Karnataka with Bangalore. This train covers important districts of Karnataka which include Mysuru, Bangalore, Tumkur from south Karnataka, and Haveri, Dharwad, Gadag, Bagalkot, Vijayapura from North Karnataka. Initially ran upto Solapur now upto extended Pandharpur. ==Route and halts==

The train runs from Mysore via , , , , , , , , , , to Pandharpur. ==Schedule==

• 16536 Gol Gumbaz Express leaves Pandharpur at 13:00 IST, arrive at 06:50 IST arrives in Mysuru jn at 10:45 IST at with an average speed of 52 km/h • 16535 Gol Gumbaz Express leaves Mysuru jn at 15:30 IST, arrives in Pandharpur 12:25 IST with an average speed of 52km/h. ==Traction==

earlier was used to run with WDP-4. It is hauled by a Hubballi based WAP-7 from pandharapura to Hubballi and after reversing direction at Hubballi, a Krishnarajapuram Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive hauls the train for its remainder leg of journey from hubballi to Mysuru and vice-versa. ==Rake sharing==

This train shares its rake with 16591/16592 Hampi Express. == Gallery ==

File:Gol Gumbaz Express negotiating curve near Yeliyur.jpg|Gol Gumbaz Express near Yeliyur File:Gol Gumbaz Express negotiating curve near Yeliyur 2.jpg|Gol Gumbaz Express negotiating curve near Yeliyur File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 05.jpg|Panorama view of Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express rake parked at Mysore junction File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 04.jpg File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 07.jpg File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 06.jpg File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 01.jpg File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 02.jpg File:Hampi & Gol Gumbaz Express 03.jpg File:Gol Gumbaz Express negotiating curve near Yeliyur 3.jpg ==Direction reversal==

The train reverses its direction twice at; • • == References ==