Saraighat Express

Saraighat SF Express

WDP-4 hauling Saraighat Express
Overview
Service type Superfast Mail/Express
Status Operating
Locale West Bengal, Assam
Current operator(s) Eastern Railway
Route
Start Howrah Junction
End Guwahati Junction
Average journey time 18 hours
Service frequency Daily
On-board services
Class(es) First AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements Available
Sleeping arrangements Available
Catering facilities Pantry Car attached
Baggage facilities Available
Technical
Rolling stock Standard Indian Railway coaches
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed Average - 61km/hr, including halt

The Saraighat Express is a daily superfast train which runs between Howrah (Kolkata) and Guwahati (Assam).

History

The train is named after the famous Battle of Saraighat fought between Mughals and Ahom rulers of Assam (Ahom Kingdom) in which Mughals were defeated by the Ahoms under the great leadership of Mahavir Lachit Borphukan Commander-in-Chief. The train belongs to Eastern Railways zone of Indian Railway headquartered at Howrah.

The train numbered as 12345/12346 and being under superfast category is into the 2xxx number range.

Coach Composition

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
SLRGSHA1A1B3B2B1PCS13S12S11S10S9S8S7S6S5S4S3S2S1GSGSSLR

The train is composed of all the available class of travel in Indian Railways - 1st AC(1A),2nd AC(2A),3rd AC(3A),Sleeper(SL),General Unreserved Class.The coach composition for the train is 1A/2A COMPOSITE- 1(HA-1); 2A- 1(A-1), 3A- 3(B-1,B-2,B-3), SL- 13(S-1 # S-13), PC- 1; GENL- 3; SLR- 2.Total number of coaches being 24.Tatkal scheme is available in this train. The train is usually hauled by WDP-4, WDP-4B and WDP-4D from Siliguri loco shed. Its one of the best train to travel from Assam to Kolkata

Halts

  1. Howrah Junction
  2. Barddhaman
  3. Bolpur
  4. Rampurhat
  5. New Farakka
  6. Malda Town
  7. Kishanganj
  8. New Jalpaiguri
  9. New Cooch Behar
  10. New Alipurduar
  11. New Bongaigaon
  12. Kamakhya
  13. Guwahati Junction

LOCO LINK

saraighat express locos: these locos are couple HWH TO BNDM:WDM3D HOWRAH/WAP-4 HOWRAH. BNDM TO MLDT:BNDM WDM3A. MLDT TO NJP:MLDT WDM3A/WDP4 SGUJ NJP TO GHY:WDP4B SGUJ/WDP4D SGUJ.

External links

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