Kanchanjungha Express is an Express train of Indian Railways linking the states of West Bengal with Assam and Tripura. There are two Kanchanjungha Express they are 13175/76 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express and 13173/74 Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express.

Kanchanjungha Express

13173 / 13174 Sealdah - Agartala Kanchanjungha Express.
Overview
Service type	Express
Status	Operating
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam and Tripura
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Sealdah (SDAH) Silchar, Agartala
Stops	37/44
Distance travelled	980 km (609 mi)
Average journey time	21h 25m
Service frequency	13175-76Three days a week/13173-74 Four days a week.
Train number(s)	13175/13176
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Chair Car, Unreserved (2S in Covid Period)
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	Average 53 km/hr

The train runs between Sealdah, Silchar and Agartala.

13175/76 runs triweekly from Silchar, 13173/74 runs four times a week from Agartala. Tatkal scheme is available in it.[1][2]

It is named after the Kangchenjunga peak of the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

• Sealdah
• Dakshineswar
• Barddhaman Junction
• Bolpur Shantiniketan
• Sainthia Junction
• Rampurhat Junction
• Malda Town
• New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)
• New Cooch Behar
• New Alipurduar
• Kamakhyaguri Railway Station
• Gossaigaon Hat
• Fakiragram Junction
• Kokrajhar
• New Bongaigaon Junction
• Barpeta Road
• Rangiya Junction
• Kamakhya Junction
• Guwahati
• Lumding
• New Haflong
• Badarpur Junction
• Silchar
• Agartala

Traction

From Sealdah to Guwahati it is hauled by a Sealdah based WAP-7 or Howrah based WAP-4. From Guwahati to Silchar it is hauled by twin WDP-4D-class diesel locomotive of Siliguri shed. Also due to ghat section, banker locomotive are attached to it.

Rake sharing

Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express shares its rake with Sealdah-Agartala Kanchenjunga Express.

Notes

See also

• Guwahati railway station
• Sealdah railway station
• Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express
• Sealdah–Agartala Kanchenjunga Express

Other trains on the Kolkata – New Jalpaiguri sector

• 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
• 22309/40 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
• 12377/78 Padatik Express
• 12344/45 Darjeeling Mail
• 15959/60 Kamrup Express
• 13175/76 Kanchanjunga Express/Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express
• 12345/46 Saraighat Express
• 15722/23 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express
• 12518/19 Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express
• 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
• 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
• 13147/58 Uttar Banga Express
• 12503/04 Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express
• 13182/83 Silghat Town- Kolkata Express
• 22511/12 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
• 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
• 15644/45 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
• 12364/65 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
• 12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
• 12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
• 12514/15 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express

References

External links

• 15657/Kanchanjunga Express
• 15658/Kanchanjunga Express

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