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The Paharia Express is an express train connecting Indian cities Siliguri and Digha. This is the first direct train service originating from New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri) to Digha Flag Station. This train connects North and South of West Bengal touching Bihar and West Bengal state capital Kolkata. This train runs on the Kolkata–Siliguri route.

Paharia Express
Overview
Service type	Express
Status	Operating
Locale	West Bengal & Bihar
First service	5 October 2009
Current operator(s)	North East Frontier Railway
Route
Termini	New Jalpaiguri (NJP) Digha Flag Station (DGHA)
Stops	13
Distance travelled	752 km
Average journey time	16 hrs 15 mins
Service frequency	Weekly
Train number(s)	15721/15722
On-board services
Class(es)	Composite (1A+3A) (1), AC 3rd (1), Sleeper (8), General (4)
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Not available
Observation facilities	ICF coaches
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Track gauge	Broad gauge
Operating speed	Average – 46km/h

The meaning of word "Paharia" is The people of the hills.[1]

This train was inaugurated by the then Railway Minister India and now Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee on 5 October 2009.[2]

Accommodations

This train comprises 1 Composite [1A+3A], 1 AC 3-Tiers, 8 Sleeper class, 4 Unreserved General Compartment & 2 Luggage/Parcel cum Brake van which is provided with the Guard's cabin. Total coach composition is 16.

Traction

WAP-4 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah powers the train from Digha to Howrah and WDP-4D/ WDP-4B/ WDP-4 Locomotive of Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri hauls the train from Howrah to New Jalpaiguri and vice versa.

Reverse

The train reverses at Howrah Junction

Time Table

15721 Digha Flag Station–New Jalpaiguri Paharia Express (Saturday)[3]

Station code	Halts	Arrival	Departure
DGHA	Digha Flag Station	--:--	16:30
KATI	Kanthi P Halt	16:59	17:00
TMZ	Tamluk	18:34	18:35
MCA	Mecheda	19:22	19:23
BZN	Bagnan	19:39	19:40
ULB	Uluberia	19:54	19:55
SRC	Santragachi Junction	20:29	20:30
HWH	Howrah Junction	21:05	21:55
BDC	Bandel Junction	22:52	22:55
KWAE	Katwa Junction	00:33	00:35
AZ	Azimganj Junction	01:55	02:00
MLDT	Malda Town	04:00	04:10
BOE	Barsoi Junction	05:58	06:00
KNE	Kishanganj	06:50	06:52
NJP	New Jalpaiguri	08:45	--:--

15722 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Flag Station Paharia Express (Friday)[4]

Station Code	Halts	Arrival	Departure
NJP	New Jalpaiguri	--:--	21:15
KNE	Kishanganj	22:21	22:23
BOE	Barsoi Junction	23:06	23:08
MLDT	Malda Town	00:55	01:05
AZ	Azimganj Junction	02:55	03:00
KWAE	Katwa Junction	04:13	04:15
BDC	Bandel Junction	06:08	06:10
HWH	Howrah Junction	07:20	07:50
SRC	Santragachi Junction	08:07	08:08
ULB	Uluberia	08:30	08:31
BZN	Bagnan	08:43	08:44
MCA	Mecheda	09:00	09:01
TMZ	Tamluk	09:42	09:43
KATI	Kanthi P Halt	10:44	10:45
DGHA	Digha Flag Station	12:55	--:--

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
13149/50 Kanchan Kanya Express
15959/60 Kamrup Express
13175/76 Kanchanjungha Express
12345/46 Saraighat Express
12343/44 Darjeeling Mail
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
13181/82 Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga 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

Archaeology as a long-term history. Google Books. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
"Candidates allowed to write RRB exams in mother tongue". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
"15721 Time Table". Erail Info. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
"Paharia Express from New Jalpaiguri to Digha Flag stn". Wowsome. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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 Raxaul–Sagauli line 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

Railway companies

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