Hampi Express
The Hampi Express is a daily express train running between the Bangalore City Junction and Hubli Junction the headquarters of the South Western Railway in India. The train is named after Hampi, an historical town belonging to the Vijayanagara Empire. The town is a tourist attraction for the ruins of the empire. This train passes through Hospet that has the nearest station to this town.
Hampi Express leaves Bangalore for Hubli at 9.00 PM from the Bangalore City station and reaches Hospet by about 7 ‘O’ clock in the morning. On the return journey the train leaves Hospet by 8.25 in the evening and reaches Bangalore by 6 in the morning
Sleeper Class is the regular non air conditioned sleeping coaches with three berths vertically stacked. The coaches have 72 seats/berths and would display the seat / berth numbers painted just above each of their windows that would be in alignment to that particular window. Unlike the enclosed type of ambiance in the AC coaches, the sleeper class compartments are more open and airy. Also note that for the AC coaches, the glass windowpanes are dark tinted and cannot be opened.
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