Sealdah–Agartala Kanchenjunga Express

Kanchanjunga Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	9 October 2016
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Start	Sealdah (SDAH)
Stops	38
End	Agartala (AGTL)
Distance travelled	1,554 km (966 mi)
Service frequency	4 Days a Week [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)	13173/13174
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tire, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	On-board Catering ; E-Catering
Observation facilities	ICF Coaches
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	4
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	45 km/h (28 mph), including halts
Route map

The Kanchanjunga Express is an express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah and Agartala in India. It is currently being operated with 13173/13174 train numbers on a 4 days a week basis.[1][2]

It is named after the Kanchanjunga peak of the Himalayan Mountains.

Service

The 13173/Kanchanjunga Express has averages speed of 45 km/hr and covers 1554 km in 38h 25m. The 13174/Kanchanjunga Express has averages speed of 46 km/hr and covers 1554 km in 38h 10m.

Timings

13173/Kanchanjunga Express leaves Sealdah on every Sunday and Thursday at 6:35 and reaches Agartala railway station at 20:30 next day.
13174/Kanchanjunga Express departs Agartala railway station at 5:15 on every Saturday and Tuesday and reaches Sealdah next day at 19:25.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Coach composite

The train has standard ICF rakes with a max speed of 110 kmph. The train consist of 19 coaches :

1 AC II Tier
3 AC III Tier
8 Sleeper Coaches
5 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Bardhamman Loco Shed based WDM-3A diesel locomotive from Sealdah to Malda Town. From Malda Town train is hauled by a Malda Town Loco Shed based WDM 3A diesel locomotive until Guwahati and vice versa. From Guwahati train is hauled by a Silliguri Loco Shed based WDP-4 diesel locomotive until Agartala and vice versa.

Recently from Sealdah it is being hauled by WAP-4 locomotive of Howrah/MughalSarai shed up to Malda Town. From thereon diesel loco takes over as usual.

Rake Sharing

The train shares its rake with 13175/13176 Sealdah - Silchar Kanchenjunga Express.

Direction Reversal

Train Reverses its direction 2 times:

Notes

Runs two days in a week for every direction.

gollark: .

gollark: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3529 is a cool one I found while searching for that

gollark: There's an intelligent *language*, I remember that one.

gollark: It might already be one.

gollark: This could probably be turned into interesting SF stories.

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Runs two days in a week for every direction.

[2] Agartala the capital of Tripura gets direct train to Kolkat

[3] KANCHANJUNGHA EXPRESS EXTENDED UPTO AGARTALA ON 4 DAYS A WEEK