Gitanjali Express is a daily train running between Two metro cities Kolkata Howrah in West Bengal and Mumbai CST in Maharashtra connecting the East with the West. Numbered 12859/60 this train belongs to the superfast cateogory. This train takes 30½ hrs to cover the distance of 1968 km between Mumbai and Howrah while the return takes 31.5 hrs.
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Rabindranath Tagore a famous poet of India wrote the book Geetanjali. Since this train, too, starts from Bengal this train has the same name. People love the train as much the book. This is the first Classless train in India introduced by Ex Railway Minister Prof. Madhu Dandvate on 26 December 1977.[1]
This train leaves Mumbai at 6 am to reach Howrah at 12:30hrs. Return it leaves Horah at 2 pm to reach Mumbai at 9:30 pm.
This train goes via Dadar, Nashik Road, Bhusaval, Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Rourkela, Chakradharpur, Tatanagar, Kharagpur and Santragachi to reach Howrah.
This Train Belongs To South Eastern Railway and Coaches are Maintained at Santragachi Coaching Depot Of South Eastern Railway. This train is Hauled By an Santragachi (SRC) WAP-4 From Howrah To Igatpuri, and from Igatpuri to Mumbai C.S.T (M) It's Hauled By An Kalyan (KYN) WCAM-3, Because Of Direct Current (DC) Traction Ahead From kalyan.