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The 12505 / 12506 North East Express is a daily Superfast train of Indian Railways, which runs between Kamakhya Junction (Guwahati, the largest city of Assam and the largest city of North Eastern region of India) and Anand Vihar near New Delhi (capital of India). It connects North Eastern India to New Delhi, hence the name. The train belongs to NF railway zone of Indian Railways (headquarters at Maligaon, Guwahati). The coaches of this train belongs to Kamakhya coaching depot of Lumding Division of NF Railway.

North East Express

Overview

Service type

Express

Locale

Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi

First service

1 April 1986; 36 years ago

Current operator(s)

Northeast Frontier Railways

Route

Termini

Kamakhya Junction (KYQ)
Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT)

Stops

Distance travelled

1,856 km (1,153 mi)

Average journey time

33 hours 18 minutes

Service frequency

Daily

Train number(s)

12505 / 12506

On-board services

Class(es)

AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved

Seating arrangements

Yes

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

Available

Observation facilities

Large windows

Technical

Rolling stock

LHB coaches

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

58 km/h (36 mph) average with halts

Route map

The North East Express succeeded the legendary Assam Mail in 1986.[1] But halt pattern and timings of later introduced Sikkim Mahananda Express (first introduced between Delhi and Katihar) corresponds more to the Assam Mail's BG segment.[2]

The train runs along the Barauni–Guwahati line, Mokama–Barauni section and Howrah–Delhi main line.

Service

The train is numbered as 12505/12506. Originally North East Express was not a Superfast and had service numbers 921 and 922 when introduced in 1986. In 1988, the train was assigned with new set of numbers as 2521 and 2522 which were later replaced with 5621 and 5622. It used to ply between Guwahati and New Delhi. In the Railway Budget 2005–06, it was sped up to the broad gauge Superfast category (broad gauge trains with 55 km/h or above average commercial speed) without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. The new number assigned in the Superfast category were 2505 from Guwahati and 2506 from New Delhi.[3] With the new five digit numbering scheme introduced during the tenure of Mamata Banerjee as Railway Minister, the service numbers are now 12505 and 12506. The train now starts from Kamakhya Junction railway station at Maligaon and run up to Anand Vihar Terminal instead of Guwahati & New Delhi.

Coaches

The train has AC as well as non-AC accommodation. The composition of the train is as follows – 2A – 1 (A-1), 3A – 3 (B-1, B-2, B-3), SL – 14 (S-1 to S-14), PC – 1, GENL – 3 & SLR – 2. The total rake length is 24 coaches. New LHB rakes are introduced on 03/03/2019.

Stoppage

Delhi to Guwahati

List of stops on the North East Express from Delhi to Guwahati.[4]

State	Town/City	Station	Distance (km)
Delhi	Delhi	Anand Vihar Terminal	0
Uttar Pradesh	Aligarh	Aligarh Junction	126
	Tundla	Tundla Junction	204
	Etawah	Etawah Junction	296
	Kanpur	Kanpur Central	435
	Fatehpur	Fatehpur	513
	Allahabad	Allahabad Junction	629
	Mughalsarai	Mughalsarai Junction	778
Bihar	Buxar	Buxar	872
	Arrah	Ara Junction	941
	Danapur	Danapur	980
	Patna	Patliputra Junction	986
	Barauni	Barauni Junction	1095
	Begusarai	Begusarai	1110
	Khagaria	Khagaria Junction	1150
	Mansi	Mansi Junction	1159
	Naugachia	Naugachia	1217
	Katihar	Katihar Junction	1274
	Barsoi	Barsoi Junction	1313
	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	1371
West Bengal	Siliguri	New Jalpaiguri Junction	1458
	Jalpaiguri	Jalpaiguri Road	1491
	Cooch Behar	New Cooch Behar Junction	1584
	Alipurduar	New Alipurduar	1603
Assam	Kokrajhar	Kokrajhar	1681
	Bongaigaon	New Bongaigaon Junction	1709
	Rangia	Rangiya Junction	1819
	Maligaon	Kamakhya Junction	1856

Guwahati to Delhi

List of stops on the North East Express from Guwahati to Delhi.[5]

State	Town/City	Station	Distance (km)
Assam	Maligaon	Kamakhya Junction	0
	Rangia	Rangiya Junction	48
	Bongaigaon	New Bongaigaon Junction	157
	Kokrajhar	Kokrajhar	185
	West Bengal	Alipurduar	New Alipurduar	264
Cooch Behar		New Cooch Behar Junction	283
Jalpaiguri		Jalpaiguri Road	375
Siliguri		New Jalpaiguri Junction	409
Bihar	Kishanganj	Kishanganj	496
	Barsoi	Barsoi Junction	553
	Katihar	Katihar Junction	593
	Naugachia	Naugachia	650
	Mansi	Mansi Junction	708
	Khagaria	Khagaria Junction	716
	Begusarai	Begusarai	757
	Barauni	Barauni Junction	772
	Patna	Patliputra Junction	880
	Danapur	Danapur	886
	Arrah	Ara Junction	926
	Buxar	Buxar	994
Uttar Pradesh	Mughalsarai	Mughalsarai Junction	1088
	Allahabad	Allahabad Junction	1237
	Fatehpur	Fatehpur	1354
	Kanpur	Kanpur Central	1432
	Etawah	Etawah Junction	1571
	Tundla	Tundla Junction	1663
	Aligarh	Aligarh Junction	1741
	Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad Junction	1844
Delhi	Delhi	Anand Vihar Terminal	1856

Traction

It was hauled by a Siliguri-based WDP-4 / WDP-4B / WDP-4D locomotive from KYQ to NJP. From NJP to ANVT it was hauled by a Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 (HOG)-equipped locomotive and vice versa. From 22nd October 2021 this train is hauled by a Ghaziabad based WAP 7 electric locomotive end to end (KYQ-ANVT-KYQ) in both direction.

References

"Trains of fame and locos with a name–Part 2". IRFCA. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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"English Releases".
"National Train Enquiry System -Indian Railways". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
"National Train Enquiry System -Indian Railways". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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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
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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 Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
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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

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rail transport

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Monorail

Kolkata Monorail
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Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
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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
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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

Railway companies

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