Farakka Express

Farakka Express is a normal express type train of Indian Railways connecting Murshidabad and Malda districts of West Bengal with the national capital Delhi. This train is in much demand from the peoples of the district of Malda and Murshidabad. It covers a distance of 1422 km at an average speed of 42 km/h.

Farakka Express
Overview
Service typeExpress
StatusOperating
Current operator(s)Eastern Railways
Route
StartMalda Town (MLDT)
EndDelhi Junction (DLI)
Service frequencyTri-weekly
Train number(s)13413 / 13414
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangementsAvailable
Sleeping arrangementsAvailable
Catering facilitiesAvailable (Paid)
Baggage facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Track gaugeBroad Gauge
Operating speedAverage - 42 km/h
Route map

Halts

This train halts at:-

  • Malda Town
  • New Farakka Junction
  • Barharwa Junction
  • Sahibganj Junction
  • Kahalgaon
  • Bhagalpur Junction
  • Jamalpur Junction
  • Kiul Junction
  • Barh
  • Patna Junction
  • Danapur
  • Mughalsarai Junction
  • Dildarnagar railway station Junction
  • Varanasi Junction
  • Jaunpur Junction
  • Lucknow Charbagh
  • Kanpur Central
  • Aligarh Junction
  • Tundla Junction
  • Delhi Junction

Coach Composition

Coach Composition of this train is as follows: HCPV-2, SLR-2, SL-9, GEN-7, 3AC-3, 2AC-1, PC-1; Total= 25 coaches

Schedule

Farakka Express with WAG 7
  • 13413 Farakka express leaves Malda Town station at 19:10 on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and reaches Delhi Junction at 4:30 on second day.
  • 13414 Farakka express departs Delhi Junction at 21:50 on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and reaches Malda Town station 7:20 on second day. Pantry car and Tatkal scheme is available in this train.

It is hauled by WAP-4/WAP-5 locomotive from Old Delhi to Lucknow Charbagh and from Lucknow Charbagh, WDM-3D class diesel locomotive puts it into action.

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References

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