Nabadwip Dham–Malda Town Express - Train

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The Nabadwip Dham–Malda Town Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Malda Town and Nabadwip Dham railway station in Indian state of West Bengal. It is currently being operated with 13421/13422 train numbers on a daily basis.[1][2]

Nabadwip Dham–Malda Town Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Locale	13 September 2009; 12 years ago (2009-09-13)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Nabadwip Dham (NDAE) Malda Town (MLDT)
Stops	14
Distance travelled	227 km (141 mi)
Average journey time	4h 50m
Service frequency	Daily[lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)	13421/13422
On-board services
Class(es)	Second Seating(2S)
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	No
Observation facilities	ICF coaches
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	46 km/h (29 mph), including halts

Service

The 13421/Nabadwip Dham–Malda Town Express has average speed of 47 km/hr and covers 227 km in 4 h 50 m. The 13422/Malda Town–Nabadwip Dham Express has average speed of 45 km/hr and covers 227 km in 5 h 5 m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Nabadwip Dham
Katwa Junction
Salar
Bazarsau
Khagraghat Road
Azimganj Junction
Jangipur Road
Nimtita
Dhulian Ganga
New Farakka Junction
Malda Town

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 12 coaches:

10 Second Seating
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake
Coach Sequence:

GEN D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D10 GEN

Traction

Both trains were earlier hauled by a Howrah Loco Shed or Bardhaman Loco Shed-based WDM-3A diesel locomotive from Nabadwip to English Bazar and vice versa. As the route is now fully electrified, a Howrah shed based WAP-4 or WAP-7 powers the train for its entire journey.

Notes

Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

References

"Eastern railway To Run Emu Special Train For 'Raas Purnima Mela', IRCTC NEWS". Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
Train services interrupted between Eastern & Northern parts of India^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Railways in 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

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Kothavalasa–Kirandul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Jatdumari–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Calcutta Chord link line Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Kolkata Circular Railway New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah Main and North section Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Kolkata Metro
Kolkata Suburban Railway
Kolkata Circular Railway

Monorail

Kolkata Monorail
Patna Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Mughalsarai Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
Braithwaite & Co.
Burn Standard Company
Bharat Wagon and Engineering
Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Carriage Repair Workshop, Harnaut

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads
near India–Nepal border

Raxaul Junction
Bairgania
Jaynagar
Jogbani
Laukaha Bazar
Thakurganj

Railway companies

East Indian Railway Company
Bengal Nagpur Railway
Indian Branch Railway Company
Indian Railways
Martin's Light Railways