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The 13007 / 13008 Udyan Abha Toofan Express was an
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train belonging to Indian Railways – Eastern Railway zone
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that used to run between and Sri Ganganagar
Sri Ganganagar is a planned city and the northernmost city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the international border of India and Pakistan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sri Ganganagar district. It is named after Maharaja Shri ...
in India.
It operated as train number 13007 from Howrah to Sri Ganganagar and as train number 13008 in the reverse direction, serving the 8 states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan. Eastern Railway cancelled its operations permanently from 19 May 2020.
Coaches
The 13007 / 08 Howrah–Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express had 2 AC 3 tier, 1 AC 2 tier, 9Sleeper class
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, 3 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It did not have a pantry car. In addition, it could carry up to 4 High Capacity Parcel Coaches.
Service
The 13007 Howrah–Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express covered the distance of 1978 kilometres in 45 hours 25 mins (43.55 km/hr) & in 46 hours 20 mins as 13008 Sri Ganganagar–Howrah Udyan Abha Toofan Express (42.69 km/hr).
Routeing
The 13007 / 13008 Howrah –Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express ran from Howrah Junction via , , , , , , , , , , Rohtak Junction, Bhatinda Junction to Sri Ganganagar. It reversed direction of travel at .Traction
As the route is partly electrified, aHowrah
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 th ...
-based WAP-4 hauled the train from Howrah Junction up to handing over to a Ludhiana-based WDM-3A which powered the train for the remainder of the journey.
Timings
*13007 Howrah–Sri Ganganagar Udyan Abha Toofan Express left Howrah Junction on a daily basis and reached Sri Ganganagar on the 3rd day. *13008 Sri Ganganagar–Howrah Udyan Abha Toofan Express left Sri Ganganagar on a daily basis and reached Howrah Junction on the 3rd day.References
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Udyan Abha Toofan Express Rail transport in Howrah Railway services introduced in 1930 Defunct trains in India Rail transport in West Bengal Rail transport in Jharkhand Rail transport in Bihar Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh Rail transport in Haryana Rail transport in Delhi Rail transport in Rajasthan