Swaraj Express

{{Short description|Train in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox rail service

| name = Swaraj Express

| image = SwarajExpress.jpg

| image_width =

| caption =

| type = Superfast Express

| locale = Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab & Jammu and Kashmir

| first = * {{start date and age|df=yes|1976|12|24}}{{small|(initial service)}}

• {{start date and age|df=yes|2015|09|01}}{{cite web|title=List of the trains announced in the Railway Budget 2014-15 which would serve the State of Jammu & Kashmir and status of implementation|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=126640|publisher=Press Information Bureau|date=4 September 2015}}{{small|(extended to {{stnlnk|Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra}})}}

| last =

| operator = Northern Railway

| ridership =

| start = {{stnlnk|Bandra Terminus}} (BDTS)

| stops = 25

| end = {{stnlnk|Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra||SMVD Katra}} (SVDK)

| distance = {{convert|2028|km|0|abbr=on}}

| journeytime = 29 hours

| frequency = 4 days a week

| class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved, AC First Class

| seating = Yes

| sleeping = Yes

| autorack =

| catering = Available

| observation = Large windows

| entertainment =

| baggage = Available

| otherfacilities = Below the seats

| stock = LHB coach

| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
broad gauge

| el =

| trainnumber = 12471 / 12472

| speed = {{convert|68|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts.

| map = File:Swaraj Express (Mumbai Bandra - Vaishnodevi Katra) route map.png

| map_state =

}}

The 12471 / 12472 Swaraj Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Northern Railways Zone that runs between {{stnlnk|Bandra Terminus}} and {{stnlnk|Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra}} in India. It gets a very high priority on its route. It is the one and only train from Mumbai which directly connects Katra in Jammu & Kashmir.

It operates as train number 12471 from Bandra Terminus to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and as train number 12472 in the reverse direction.

It would initially run from {{stnlnk|Mumbai Central}}. Later it was transferred to Bandra Terminus.