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The Samata Express or Samta Express is a Super Fast Express train plying between Visakhapatnam and Hazrat Nizamuddin near New Delhi, India and is organized by East Coast Railways Waltair Division. The train is named remembering the Samata Festival held by Visakhapatnam people annually (Samatotsavamulu. The frequency of the train has been extended to five trips a week on each side. With effect from 8 January 2011 the train starts on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from Visakhapatnam. Similarly, with effect from 10 January 2011 it leaves Nizamuddin on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The average speed of the train is 61 km per hour. Samata in Sanskrit/Telugu means Equality.
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The train runs via Vijayanagaram, Raipur, Nagpur, Itarsi and Bhopal.
On 6 June 2010, the train had a derailment near Arand railways station in Chhattisgarh, however nobody was injured.
Route
Train No. 12807 leaves Visakhapatnam at 0625 hours IST and arrives at Hazrat Nizamuddin at 1645 hrs IST 2 days later. 12808 leaves Nizamuddin at 0840 hrs and arrives at 1830 hrs 2 days later. The main halts of the train are-