The 12565 / 12566 ''Bihar Sampark Kranti Express'' is an Indian daily

Sampark Kranti Sampark Kranti Express trains are a series of Superfast express trains operated by the Indian Railways providing quick connectivity to the national capital, New Delhi. Overview The words ''Sampark'' and ''Kranti'' are borrowed from Sanskrit ...

train service of Indian Railways, which runs between the Indian cities of

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region. Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...

and

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

via , ,Siwan Junction, , , , , India. It operates as train number 12565 from Darbhanga Junction to New Delhi and as train number 12566 in the reverse direction. It is the most important train in North Bihar with

Vaishali Express Vaishali Express is a daily Superfast train service, connecting Saharsa in Bihar to New Delhi. This train is one of the oldest train in this route. Earlier it was known as Muzaffarpur–New Delhi Jayanti Jayanta Express. It is the first train ...

for New Delhi. The other Superfast train which runs via Darbhanga to New Delhi is the 12561/12562

Swatantra Senani Superfast Express The 12561 / 12562 Swatantrata Senani Superfast Express is a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12561 from Jaynagar to New Delhi a ...

Coaches

The 12565/12566 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express presently has 1 AC 1st Class, 2 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper class, 3 General Unreserved coaches & 1 Pantry car. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Aug 24th, the train coaches were painted in Maithili art. In April 2019 the train ran for the first time between Darbhanga and new Delhi with new

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 mostly ...

Service

The 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express covers the distance of 1164 kilometres in 21 hours (55.42 km/h) & 1164 kilometres in 21 hours 12566 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express (55.42 km/h). As the average speed of the train is more than 55 km/h, a Superfast surcharge is applied. It reverses direction at .

Route & halts

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Loco link

It is hauled by a

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

-based

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 ...

from NDLS to DBG and vice versa end to end.

References

External links

*https://indiarailinfo.com/train/202/664/1005 India Rail Info

''Times of India''

''Times of India'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express Transport in Delhi Transport in Darbhanga Sampark Kranti Express trains Rail transport in Bihar Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh Rail transport in Delhi Railway services introduced in 2005