Guwahati Express

Kaziranga Express
	Kaziranga Express at Khalor
Overview
Service type	Superfast
Locale	Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Route
Start	Guwahati (GHY)
Stops	39
End	Bangalore Cantonment (BNC)
Distance travelled	2983km
Average journey time	53h 20m
Service frequency	Tri-weekly
Train number(s)	12509 / 12510
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, General (Unreserved)
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry Car, On-Board Catering, E-Catering
Baggage facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	4
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	56 km/h (35 mph),
Route map

Guwahati-Bangalore Express, also known as Kaziranga Express is a superfast express train belonging Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati and Bangalore 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 Kaziranga National Park 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 Pakur district of Jharkhand but it does not have the stoppage there.

The 12510/Kaziranga Express has an average speed of 56 km/h and covers 2990 km in 53h 20m. The 2509/Kaziranga Express has an average speed of 55 km/h and covers the same distance in 54h 20m.

Timings

The train departs from Platform #7 of Guwahati at 6:20 IST, every Sun, Mon and Tue and arrives at Platform #1A of Bangalore Cantonment at 11:40 IST, every Tue, Wed and Thu.

From Platform #1A of Bangalore Cantonment, 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 Coaches. 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 customery 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 :

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
	SLR	HCP	HCP	S1	S2	S3	B1	B2	A1	B3	B4	A2	B5	B6	B7	PC	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	GEN	GEN	SLR

Bangalore-Guwahati :

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
	SLR	HCP	HCP	S1	B1	B2	A1	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	A2	S2	S3	S4	PC	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	GEN	GEN	SLR

Traction

1. As the route of Northeast Frontier Railway is under electrification, a Howrah Diesel Loco Shed based ALCO DL560C WDM-3D/EMD GT46PAC WDP-4D diesel locomotive hauls the train from Guwahati to Howrah.

2. After that, it reverses at Howrah and gets a Santragachi/Howrah Electric loco shed based Indian Locomotive Class WAP-4 electric locomotive for the way from Howrah to Vishakhapatnam.

3. It again reverses at Vishakhapatnam and gets a Vijayawada/Erode/Royapuram based Indian Locomotive Class WAP-4 electric locomotive for the way up Bangalore.

Major Halts

The Important intermediate stations where the train halts between Guwahati and Bengaluru are as follows-

ASSAM

Kamakhya, Rangiya, Barpeta, New Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar.

WEST BENGAL

New Alipurduar, New Cooch Behar, Dhupguri, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Rampurhat, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Howrah, Santragachi, Kharagpur.

BIHAR

Kishanganj, Barsoi

ODHISHA

Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Balugaon, Brahmapur.

ANDHRA PRADESH

Palasa, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada Ongole.

TAMIL NADU

Perambur(Chennai), Arakkonam, Katpadi, Jolarpettai.

KARNATAKA

Bangarapet, Krishnarajapuram,

Note: The train also passes through Pakur district of Jharkhand but it does not have any stoppage there.

Reversals

This train reverses once at Howrah Junction, then at Visakhapatnam Junction.

References

External links

Guwahati-Bangalore Express

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