Dhano Dhanye Express (13117/13118) is a Mail/Express type train of

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linking

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

with the Murshidabad district in the state of

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.This train operates four days a week. Being a short-distance running express, it covers its journey within a day. This train was initially commissioned up to and was extended to later. It covers 224 kilometers of distance at a speed of 54.2 km/h making it the fastest train on Sealdah-Lalgola line.

Service

The 13117/Dhano Dhanye Express has an average speed of 47 km/h and covers 223 km in 4h 50m. The 13118/Dhano Dhanye Express has an average speed of 47 km/h and covers 223 km in 4h 50m.

Coach composition

The train has standard

ICF coach The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach was a conventional passenger coach used on the majority of main-line trains in India. The design of the coach was developed by Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, Chennai, India in collaboration with the Sw ...

with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 11 coaches: * 2 2nd Seating (D1,D2) * 1 Chair Car (C1) * 9 General (GN) * 2 Generators cum Luggage/parcel van

Stops

Kolkata railway station Kolkata railway station (formerly known as Chitpur station) is the newest of the five intercity railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah station in Kolkata and Howrah station, Shalimar station and in Howrah. ...

, Naihati railway station, Ranaghat railway station, Krishnanagar City Junction railway station, Bethuadahari railway station, Palashi railway station,

Beldanga railway station Beldanga is a railway station of the Sealdah-Lalgola line in the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated beside National Highway 12 at Beldanga in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Be ...

, Berhampore Court railway station,

Murshidabad railway station Murshidabad is a railway station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat–Krishnanagar–Berhampore–Lalgola line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Murshidabad railway station lies in Murshidabad. Geography Lo ...

, Jiaganj railway station,

Lalgola railway station Lalgola is a station at Lalgola of Murshidabad district in 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 ...

Timings

* 13117 Dhanodhanya express leaves Kolkata Railway station at 4:10pm afternoon on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, and reaches Lalgola same day at 8:55pm same day. It reaches Jiaganj at 8:01pm, Murshidabad station at 7:53pm, Berhampore Court Station at 7:40pm, Beldanga at 7:19pm, Plassey at 7:00pm, Bethuadahari at 6:41pm, Krishnanagar at 6:18pm, Ranaghat at 5:45pm, Naihati at 4:56pm. * 13118 Dhanodhanya express departs Lalgola at 7:00am in morning on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays via Jiaganj (7:20am), Murshidabad (at 7:28am), Behampore Court (at 7:45am), Beldanga (at 8:01am), Plassey (8:16am), Bethuadahari (at 8:37am), Krishnanagar (9:20am), Ranaghat (10:00am), Naihati (10:40am) and reaches Kolkata railway station at 11:35am the same day.

Notes

Seating arrangement is available.

References

External links

13117/Dhano Dhanye Express

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