Kaziranga Express

Guwahati - Bangalore Express

Kaziranga Express (SBC-Guwahati) at Khalor, West Bengal

Overview

Service type

Superfast

Status

Operating

Current operator(s)

Northeast Frontier Railway

Route

Start

Guwahati Junction (GHY)

Stops

End

Bangalore City Junction (SBC)

Distance travelled

2992 km

Service frequency

Tri weekly

Train number(s)

12509 / 12510

On-board services

Class(es)

First AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved

Seating arrangements

Available

Sleeping arrangements

Available

Catering facilities

Available (Paid)

Technical

Track gauge

Broad Gauge

Route map

Guwahati-Bangalore Express, also known as Kaziranga Express is a tri-weekly super fast express train run by the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways between Guwahati, Assam and Bangalore, Karnataka. It is named after the world famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Train numbered as 12509/12510, covers entire distance of 2992 km in 54 hours and 20 mins.The train runs with a massive load of 24 coaches with the count of ac coach being 9 (1A,2A,3A). It is one of those few trains amongst non rajdhani/ac express, with a high no of AC coaches. (viz- Gujarat Mail, Lucknow Mail, Jnaneswari Express etc.).

Relevance

The train is named after the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

Timings and days

The 2510 Bangalore Express departs Guwahati every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at 6:30 am and reaches its destination Bangalore every Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday at 11:50 am. It runs through states of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka & covers important stations like New Bongaigaon, New Jalpaiguri, New Cooch Behar, Malda Town, Howrah, Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar, Vishakapatnam, Vijaywada, Chennai, Bangalore.

On the return journey, the 2509 Guwahati Express departs Bangalore City Junction every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 11:30 pm and reaches Guwahati every Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 5:50 am. On its way back it covers the same stations.

Coach composition

The train consists of both AC and Non AC accommodation. The total coach count for this train is 23. Sometimes one or two high capacity parcel vans are attached to it. Usually departs from platform 7 at Guwahati and platform 4 at Bangalore City Junction.

Locomotives

The train is hauled by a number of locomotives which are as follows:

Guwahati-Howrah: WDM-3A of Howrah Diesel Loco Shed;
Howrah-Vishakhapatnam: WAP-4 from either Howrah Electric Loco Shed or Satragachi Electric Loco Shed.
Vishakhapatnam-Chennai Central: WAM-4 from Vijaywada/Arrakonam or WAP-4 from Erode/Arrakonam/Royapuram Electric Loco Shed.
Chennai Central-Bangalore: WAP-4 from Erode/Royapuram/Arrakonam Electric Loco Shed.

The information is the same for the return journey as well.

Reversals

This train reverses once at Howrah Junction, then at Vishakapatnam Junction and finally at Chennai Central. This train is considered one of the most important trains in NF railway and enjoys high preference en route. The demand of this train is high as well, usually most bookings happen within a day or two of Advance Reservation Period (ARP - 60 Days for this train).

Time Table

Time Table of Kaziranga Express
Station Code	Station Name	Day	Schedule Arrival	Schedule Departure	Kms
Station Code	Station Name	Day	Schedule Arrival	Schedule Departure	Kms
1.	BANGALORE CY JN(SBC)	1		23:30	0
2.	BANGALORE CANT(BNC)	1	23:40	23:42	5
3.	KRISHNARAJAPURM(KJM)	1	23:51	23:53	15
4.	BANGARAPET(BWT)	2	00:43	00:45	71
5.	JOLARPETTAI(JTJ)	2	02:08	02:10	149
6.	KATPADI JN(KPD)	2	03:18	03:20	232
7.	ARAKKONAM(AJJ)	2	04:08	04:10	293
8.	CHENNAI CENTRAL(MAS)	2	06:05	06:30	368
9.	ONGOLE(OGL)	2	10:49	10:50	660
10.	VIJAYAWADA JN(BZA)	2	13:05	13:20	798
11.	RAJAMUNDRY(RJY)	2	15:27	15:29	947
12.	VISAKHAPATNAM(VSKP)	2	19:15	19:35	1148
13.	VIZIANAGRAM JN(VZM)	2	20:33	20:35	1209
14.	SRIKAKULAM ROAD(CHE)	2	21:33	21:35	1278
15.	PALASA(PSA)	2	22:45	22:47	1351
16.	BRAHMAPUR(BAM)	2	23:43	23:45	1425
17.	BALUGAN(BALU)	3	00:40	00:42	1501
18.	KHURDA ROAD JN(KUR)	3	01:50	02:00	1572
19.	BHUBANESWAR(BBS)	3	02:25	02:30	1591
20.	CUTTACK(CTC)	3	03:25	03:30	1619
21.	JAJPUR K ROAD(JJKR)	3	04:20	04:22	1691
22.	BHADRAKH(BHC)	3	05:33	05:35	1734
23.	BALASORE(BLS)	3	06:20	06:22	1796
24.	KHARAGPUR JN(KGP)	3	08:15	08:30	1915
25.	SANTRAGACHI JN(SRC)	3	10:04	10:06	2025
26.	HOWRAH JN(HWH)	3	10:55	11:15	2032
27.	BOLPUR S NIKTN(BHP)	3	13:18	13:23	2178
28.	RAMPUR HAT(RPH)	3	14:26	14:28	2239
29.	NEW FARAKKA JN(NFK)	3	16:21	16:23	2325
30.	MALDA TOWN(MLDT)	3	17:15	17:30	2359
31.	BARSOI JN(BOE)	3	18:39	18:41	2447
32.	KISHANGANJ(KNE)	3	19:32	19:34	2504
33.	NEW JALPAIGURI(NJP)	3	21:30	21:45	2592
34.	JALPAIGURI ROAD(JPE)	3	22:24	22:26	2625
35.	DHUPGURI(DQG)	3	22:52	22:54	2657
36.	NEW COOCH BEHAR(NCB)	3	23:43	23:45	2718
37.	NEW ALIPURDUAR(NOQ)	4	00:08	00:10	2736
38.	KOKRAJHAR(KOJ)	4	01:20	01:22	2815
39.	NEW BONGAIGAON(NBQ)	4	02:20	02:25	2843
40.	BARPETA ROAD(BPRD)	4	03:00	03:02	2888
41.	RANGIYA JN(RNY)	4	04:00	04:05	2952
42.	KAMAKHYA(KYQ)	4	05:05	05:07	2993
43.	GUWAHATI(GHY)	4	05:50		3000

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References

↑ http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes/

External links

http://www.indianrail.gov.in

Railways in the North-east and Eastern India

National network/ trunk lines	Howrah–Delhi main line Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Howrah-Chennai main line Sahibganj Loop Grand Chord Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Barauni-Guwahati line Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line

Branch lines/ sections	Andal-Sainthia branch line Asansol-Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Bairabi Sairang Railway Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Bankura-Masagram line Bardhaman-Asansol section Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Hajipur line Barauni-Samastipur section Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Guwahati–Lumding section Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Jharia Coalfield rail network Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Lalgola and Gede branch lines Lumding Agartala Rail Line Lumding–Dibrugarh section Madhupur Giridih Rail Line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur- Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur-Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur-Hajipur section Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Samastipur-Muzaffarpur section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section

Lines around Kolkata	Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat line Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line Sealdah South lines Barasat Basirhat Railway Howrah–Kharagpur line

Monorail	Aizawl Monorail Kolkata Monorail Patna Monorail

Defunct lines revived//under revival	Ahmedpur Katwa Railway Bankura Damodar Railway Burdwan Katwa Railway Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway Futwah-Islampur Light Railway

Defunct lines	Kalighat Falta Railway Bengal Provincial Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway The Cherra Companyganj State Railways East Coast State Railway

Production units/ workshops	Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Braithwaite & Co. Ltd. Burn Standard Company Bharat Wagon and Engineering Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company

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Transit points with Bangladesh	Singhabad–Rohanpur Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole

Defunct transit points with Bangladesh	Mahisasan-Shahbajpur Radhikapur–Biral Changrabandha–Burimari Haldibari–Chilahati Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads near India-Nepal border	Raxaul Bairgania Jainagar Jogbani Laukaha Bazar Thakurganj

Railway companies	East Indian Railway Company Bengal Nagpur Railway Eastern Bengal Railway Assam Bengal Railway Bengal Dooars Railway Cooch Behar State Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Martin's Light Railways Eastern Railway East Central Railway South Eastern Railway East Coast Railway Northeast Frontier Railway North Eastern Railway

See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) Suburban rail in India Kolkata Suburban Railway Northeast Indian Railways during World War II Trains of East Coast Railway (India)