Kaziranga Tri-weekly Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati the capital of Assam and Bangalore the capital of Karnataka in India. It is currently being operated with 12509/12510 train numbers on tri-weekly basis.

Overview

The train is named after the world-famous

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in Assam. It is a very common train in this route. It runs thrice in a week and passes through important states such as Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The train also passes through

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of Jharkhand but it does not have the stoppage there. The 12510/Guwahati–Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Superfast Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 2973 km in 52h 30m. The 12509/SMVT Bengaluru –Guwahati Superfast Express has an average speed of 55 km/h and covers the same distance in 53h 55m.

Timings

The train departs from Platform #7 of Guwahati at 6:20 IST, every Sun, Mon and Tue and arrives at Platform #1 of

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 ...

at 11:40 IST, every Tue, Wed and Thu. From Platform #1 of SMVT Bangalore Terminal, the train departs at 23:40 IST, every Wed, Thu and Fri and arrives at Platform #3 of Guwahati at 6:00 IST, every Sat, Sun and Mon.

Classes

It is one of the non-Rajdhani/Humsafar/AC Expresses which consists of a large number of AC coaches. The train usually consists of a massive load of 24 standard ICF coach. Sometimes one or two High Capacity Parcel Vans are attached with it: * 2 AC Two Tier * 7 AC Three Tiers * 10 Sleeper classes * 2 General (unreserved) * 1 Pantry car * 2 Seating (Ladies/Disabled) cum Luggage Rakes. As is customary with most other train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways, depending on demand.

Coach composition

Guwahati–Bangalore: Bangalore–Guwahati:

Traction

* As the route of Northeast Frontier Railway is fully electrified, an

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-based WAP-4/WAP-7 locomotive hauls the train from Guwahati to . An

-based WAP-4/WAP-7 takes charge for its further journey from New Cooch Behar. * After that, it reverses at and gets a / Howrah Electric Loco Shed-based WAP-4 electric locomotive for the way from Howrah to . * It again reverses at Visakhapatnam and gets a Erode / Royapuram-based WAP-7 electric locomotive for the way up to Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bangalore .

Route & Halts

The stoppages of this train are as follows: ASSAM (06 Stops) #

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(Starts) # # Barpeta # # # WEST BENGAL (12 Stops) # # # # # New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri) # # # # # Howrah (Kolkata) # # BIHAR (02 Stops) # # ODISHA (08 Stops) # # # # # # #

Balugaon Balugaon is a town in Khordha district in the state of Odisha, India. It is situated very close to Chilika lake about from the state capital Bhubaneswar and from the Berhampur, Ganjam. It is a major economic centre of Khordha district because ...

# ANDHRA PRADESH (07 Stops) #

Palasa Palasa is a town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the mandal headquarters of Palasa mandal. It is located near to the National Highway 16 between Srikakulam and Berhampur. Along with its twi ...

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# # # # # TAMIL NADU (05 Stops) # Tiruvottiyur # Perambur (Chennai) # # # KARNATAKA (03 Stops) # # # Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bangalore (Ends). Note: *The train also passes through Sahibganj district and

of Jharkhand but it does not have any stoppage there. *Bold letters depicts Major Railway Stations.

Reversals

This train reverses its direction at; * *

Incidents

On 1 May 2014 at Chennai Central railway station the

2014 Chennai train bombing The 2014 Chennai train bombing is the explosion of two low-intensity bombs on the early hours of 1 May 2014, Thursday at Chennai Central railway station. The Bangalore–Guwahati Kaziranga Superfast Express which came from Bangalore and was g ...

incident took place. Two low-intensity blasts occurred in two coaches S4 and S5 of the stationary 12509 - Guwahati–Bangalore Cantt. Superfast Express, killing one female passenger and injuring at least fourteen.

References

External links

Guwahati–Bangalore Express
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