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Shantiniketan Express
The 12337 / 12338 Shantiniketan Express is a Express train of the Indian Railways connecting in West Bengal and of West Bengal. It is currently being operated with 12337/12338 train numbers on a daily basis. Service The 12337/ Shantiniketan Express has an average speed of 65 km/h and covers 146 km in 2 hrs 15 mins. 12338/Shantiniketan Express has an average speed of 59 km/h and 146 km in 2 hrs 30 mins. Route & Halts The important halts of the train are: * * * * Schedule The schedule of this 12337/12338 Howrah–Bolpur Shantiniketan Express is given below:- Coach composition The train has LHB rake. The train consists of 18 coaches: * 2 A.C. Chair Car * 1 Reserved Chair Car * 13 General coaches * 2 generator car Traction Both trains are hauled by a Howrah-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Howrah to Bolpur and vice versa. Rake sharing It shares its rake with the Agniveena Express and the Coalfield Express. See also * Howrah Juncti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Express Trains In India
Express trains are express rail services of India. Express trains make a small number of stops, unlike ordinary passenger or local trains. Because of their limited stops, these trains are able to obtain the highest speeds of any trains in India. An express train is one where the average speed, excluding halts, is greater than 42 km/h. Including halts the average speed often is below 42 km/h. Although this is pretty slow as compared to international standards, the "Express" trains here mean faster than the ordinary passenger and local trains. In some cases, trains run express where there is an overlapping passenger train service available, and run as passenger train, where there is no supplemental passenger service. Superfast Superfast trains are express trains which make still fewer stops, as compared to ordinary express trains, achieving still shorter journey times. Tickets cost more than ordinary express trains as they have "superfast surcharge" added to them. Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAP-7
The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 in gauge railway, broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) engine, 7th generation (7). They entered service in 2000. A total of 1424 WAP-7 have been built, with more units being built at CLW, Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) and Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala Locomotive Works (PLW). The WAP-7 is one of the most successful locomotives of Indian Railways serving passenger trains for over 22 years. It is a passenger variant of the Indian locomotive class WAG-9, WAG-9 freight locomotive with a modified gear ratio to pull lighter loads at higher speeds. With an output of , it is the most powerful passenger locomotive in the Indian Railways fleet, and the most numerous passenger locomotive in India. The WAP-7 is capable of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In Howrah
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Howrah Junction Railway Station
Howrah railway station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a railway station located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal, India. It is also the oldest and largest existing railway complex in India. It is one of the busiest train stations in the world (second busiest in India after Sealdah). About 600 passenger trains pass through the station each day, utilising its 24 platforms, and serving more than one million passengers per day. About 450 are suburban local trains, while 107 are coaching trains out of which 9 are trains with more than 24 coaches. Out of the 24 platforms, 10 are long enough to cater to trains with more than 24 coaches. Goods and parcel trains also originate and terminate here. The Howrah–Barddhaman main line is the busiest line that connects this station. Howrah is one of five intercity train stations serving the Kolkata metropolitan area (including Howrah and its twin city of Kolkata), the others being , , and Kolkata railway station. The book ''Vibrant Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalfield Express
The 12339 / 12340 Coalfield Express is a Superfast class Indian Railways day train connecting Kolkata with industrial towns and coal belts of Durgapur, Raniganj, Asansol, Dhanbad as well as between Dhanbad and Howrah railway station. Schedule *12339 Coalfield Express leaves terminal at 5:20 p.m. from Platform No. 12 every day and reaches at 9:40 p.m. the same day. *12340 Coalfield Express departs Dhanbad Junction at 5:50 a.m. every day and arrives at Howrah at 10:30 a.m. the same day. Rake sharing It shares its route with the Agniveena Express and the Shantiniketan Express. It is the twin train of the Black Diamond Express, which runs from Dhanbad to Howrah as well. It differs in that it runs through the Howrah–Barddhaman chord line while the Black Diamond Express goes through the Howrah–Barddhaman main line. The train does not stop at Barddhaman and runs non-stop for 132 km from Howrah to Mankar in around 1 hr 39 min, at a top speed of 130& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agniveena Express
The 12341 / 12342 Agnibina Express is a train belonging to Eastern Railway in West Bengal. It runs between and as a Daily Superfast train, very important train for Daily passengers. Route & halts * * * Mankar * Panagarh * * * *Schedule * Runs daily12341 12342 * Runs dailyCoach composition The train currently runs with LHB rakes, since 2018. The train consists of 19 coaches: * 2 air conditioned chair cars * 3 second sitting chair cars * 11 general * 2 EOG cum luggage break van.Traction It is hauled by a |
Bolpur
Bolpur is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Santiniketan, Sriniketan and Prantik. The city is known as a Cultural and Educational hub of the West Bengal. The city is under the Jurisdiction of Bolpur and Santiniketan Police station. Bolpur is the largest and most populous city in Birbhum district and 28th most populous city in West Bengal. Located on the banks of Ajay River and Kopai (Sal) River, Bolpur has been a major Human settlement. There is also red light area around goal para. It is 150 km north of Kolkata and is famous for Visva Bharati, the University set up by the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Etymology There is a mythical story that says that Supur was the capital of Raja Surath. He lost his kingdom when he had gone out for conquests, but regained the same with the blessings of goddess Bhavani. In his worship of gratitude, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howrah
Howrah (, , alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River opposite its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively it lies within Howrah district, and is the headquarters of the Howrah Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Howrah is an important transportation hub and gateway to Kolkata and West Bengal. Etymology The name came from the word ''Haor''—Bengali word for a fluvial swampy lake, which is sedimentologically a depression where water, mud and organic debris accumulate. The word itself was rather used in eastern part of Bengal (now Bangladesh), as compared to the western part (now West Bengal). History The history of the city of Howrah dates back over 500 years, but the district is situated in an area historically occupied by the ancient Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. Venetian explorer Cesare Federici, who travelled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Loco Shed, Howrah
Electric Loco Shed, Howrah is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Howrah of the Eastern Railway zone in West Bengal, India. It is one of the two electric locomotive sheds of the Eastern Railway, the others being at Asansol (ASN). there are 150 locomotives in the shed. History Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Howrah until the late 1970s. After Eastern Railway set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds was decommissioned. To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Kolkata to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Howrah was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed. New electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Railway Zone
The Eastern Railway (abbreviated ER) is among the 19 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata and comprises four divisions: , , , and . Each division is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM). The name of the division denotes the name of the city where the divisional headquarters is located. Eastern Railway oversees the largest and second largest rail complexes in the country, Howrah Junction and Sealdah railway station, and also contains the highest number of A1 and A Category Stations like , , , , Kolkata, , Barddhaman, Rampurhat Junction, , Jasidih, Bandel and Naihati. Eastern Railways operates India's oldest train, Kalka Mail. History The East Indian Railway (EIR) Company was incorporated in 1845 to connect eastern India with Delhi. The first train ran here between and on 15 August 1854. The train left Howrah station at 8:30 a.m. and reached Hooghly in 91 minutes. The management of the East Indian Railway was taken over by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolpur Shantiniketan Railway Station
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station is a major railway station in Birbhum district, West Bengal. Its code is BHP. It serves Bolpur City and Shantiniketan. The station consists of three platforms. Trains Some of the major trains that passes from the Bolpur railway station are as follows: * New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express * Sealdah - New Jalpaiguri Superfast Darjeeling Mail * Sealdah - New Alipurdiar Padatik Superfast Express * Howrah - Guwahati Saraighat Super-fast Express * Sealdah - Alipurdiar Kanchan Kanya Express * Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express * Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express * Silchar-Coimbatore Superfast Express * Tiruvananthapuram-Silchar Aronai Superfast Express * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express * Guwahati - Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Kaziranga Superfast Express * Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal - New Tinsukia Superfast Express * Guwahati–Secunderabad Express * Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express * Howrah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guskara Railway Station
Guskara railway station is a railway station of Sahibganj loop line under Howrah railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Guskara–Dignagar Road at Guskara in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Toatal 40 express and passenger trains stop at Guskara railway station. It is a NSG-5 (non suburban group-5) category rail station. Trains Some of the major trains available from Guskara railway station are as follows: * Sealdah-Rampurhat Maa Taara Express * Sealdah-Bamanhat Uttar Banga Express * Howrah-Bolpur Shantiniketan Express * Howrah–Jamalpur Express * Howrah–Malda Town Intercity Express The 13011 / 12 Howrah Malda Town Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction & Malda Town in India. It operates as train number 13011 from Howrah Junction to Malda ... * Howrah-Azimganj Ganadevata Express References Railway stations in Purba Bardhaman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
