Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express is the longest-running

Humsafar Express Humsafar Express is a fully premium service with AC-3 Tier and Sleeper class accommodation having all the modern facilities designed and operated by Indian Railways. "Humsafar" is a Urdu word meaning "life partner" or "soulmate" The first servi ...

and 5th longest train service of Indian Railways, It is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting

Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru railway station (station code: SMVB) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyapanahalli, Bangalore, Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the third intercity coaching terminal in ...

, the capital city of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

and Agartala railway station, Agartala, the capital city of

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

. It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on a weekly basis. The train runs through states of Karnataka,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

and Tripura. On its journey the train also touches some parts of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...

Pakur district Pakur district ( Santali: ᱯᱟᱠᱩᱲ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ) is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Pakur is the administrative headquarters of this district. Pakur sub-division of Sahibganj district was carved out on 2 ...

but does not have the stoppage there.

Coach composition

The trains is completely 3-tier AC

LHB coach Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom and now known as Alstom Transport Deutschland) and mostl ...

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...

with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and have announcement system as well as, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Fitted with bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras. This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car and two Generator Power Car coaches. * 16 AC III Tier * 1 Pantry car * 2 Generator Power Car

Stoppages

Also there is demand that Eluru and Nellore railway stations to be provided with halt at these stations. As of 2022, the train has technical halt at West Bengal's

New Cooch Behar railway station New Coochbehar junction railway station is the main railway station in the district of Cooch Behar. It serves Cooch Behar city in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies under Alipurduar railway division. It is a Jun ...

railway station, for changing of Locomotive.

Loco links

This train is hauled by an

Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Royapuram on the Chennai Beach–Katpadi section of the Chennai Suburban Rai ...

-based

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

Electric Loco Shed, Erode Electric Loco Shed, Erode is one of the premiere engine sheds located in Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located along the Jolarpettai–Coimbatore line, about 1 km to the east of , under the administrative control of Sale ...

-based

locomotive from

Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru railway station (station code: SMVB) is an Indian Railways train station located in Baiyyapanahalli, Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the third intercity coaching terminal in Bengalur ...

to . Then from to it is hauled by a

locomotive of

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 tw ...

. And then from to it is hauled by

WDP-4D The EMD GT46PAC or WDP4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) of Varanasi, ...

locomotive of

Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...

Schedule

Service

It averages 65 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covers 3534 km in 64 hrs 35 mins & it averages 66 km/hr as 12504 Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covers 3534 km in 62 hrs 20mins. Introduction of Kamakhya-Bengaluru Cantonement-Kamakhya Humsafar Express
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External links

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