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The 12345 /12346 Saraighat Express[1] is a daily Superfast train which runs between Howrah, Kolkata (West Bengal) and Guwahati (Assam), via New Jalpaiguri Junction in Siliguri, North Bengal.

*Saraighat Express*
Overview
Howrah bound 12346 Saraighat Express
Service type	Express
Locale	West Bengal, Bihar & Assam
First service	6 July 1995; 27 years ago (1995-07-06)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways
Route
Termini	Howrah (HWH) Guwahati (GHY)
Stops	12
Distance travelled	999 km (621 mi)
Average journey time	18 hours 15 mins
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12345 / 12346
On-board services
Class(es)	AC First, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry car, On-board catering, E-catering
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	59 km/h (37 mph) average including halts

COACH COMPOSITION:

1 AC First cum AC II tier
1 AC II tier
3 AC III tier
12 Sleeper class
5 General Unreserved
1 Pantry car
1 Luggage cum Guard Van

Timing

12346 – leaves Guwahati daily at 12:20 pm IST and reaches Howrah Junction the next morning 5:20 am IST
12345 – leaves Howrah Junction daily at 3:50 pm IST and reaches Guwahati the next morning 10:05 am IST

Traction

Post lockdown from 5 October 2020 Saraighat Express restored as 02345/46 GHY–HWH COVID SPECIAL which is hauled by Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri-based WDP-4 diesel locomotive from Guwahati to New Cooch Behar. From New Cooch Behar to Howrah it is now hauled by Electric Loco Shed, Howrah-based WAP-7 electric locomotive & vice versa.

Time Table

Station code	Station came	Arrival	Departure
GHY	Guwahati	---	12:20
KYQ	Kamakhya Junction	12:37	12:39
NBQ	New Bongaigaon Junction	15:25	15:27
NOQ	New Alipurduar	16:43	16:45
NCB	New Cooch Behar	17:07	17:32
FLK	Falakata	18:02	18:04
NJP	New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)	19:30	19:40
KNE	Kishanganj	20:40	20:42
MLDT	Malda Town	23:30	23:40
NFK	New Farakka Junction	00:14	00:16
RPH	Rampurhat Junction	01:46	01:48
BHP	Bolpur Shantiniketan	02:33	02:36
BWN	Barddhaman Junction	03:48	03:50
HWH	Howrah (Kolkata)	05:15	---

Indian Railways

Authority

Ministry of Railways
Rail Bhavan

Related
organisations

COFMOW
CORE
CRIS
CRS
CCI
DFCCIL
HSRI
IRCTC
IRFC
IRSDC
IRCON
KRC
MRVC
NHSRCL
PAC
RITES
RLDA
RVNL
RailTel
RPF
RRCB
RSPB
RDSO

Zones

Central
East Central
East Coast
Eastern
North Central
North Eastern
North Western
Northeast Frontier
Northern
South Central
South Coast
South East Central
South Eastern
South Western
Southern
West Central
Western
Metro Railway, Kolkata

Rolling stock

ICF coaches
LHB coaches
MEMU
AC EMU
Train 18, Train 19, Train 20
Indian Railways coaching stock
Wagon numbering system in India
Locomotives of India

Manufacturing
units

BEML Limited
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Bharat Wagon and Engineering
Braithwaite & Co.
Burn Standard Company
Banaras Locomotive Works
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
Diesel Locomotive Factory
Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works
Electric Locomotive Factory
Integral Coach Factory
Modern Coach Factory
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
Rail Coach Factory, Sonipat
Rail Wheel Factory
Rail Wheel Plant
Titagarh Wagons

Railway
depots

Diesel	Abu Road Agra Andal Bandra Marshalling Yard Bhagat Ki Kothi Bokaro Steel City Bondamunda Burdwan Ernakulam Erode Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Gwalior Howrah Hubli Itarsi Izzatnagar Jamalpur Jhansi Kalyan Kazipet Kharagpur Krishnarajapuram Kurla Lucknow Ludhiana Malda Town Maula Ali Mhow Mughalsarai Neral Patratu Phulera Raipur Sabarmati Samastipur Shakurbasti Siliguri Tondiarpet Tughlakabad Vatva Vishakhapatnam
Electric	Ajni Angul Arakkonam Asansol Bhilai Bhusawal Bokaro Steel City Bondamunda Erode Ghaziabad Gomoh Gonda Howrah Itarsi Jhansi Kanpur Kalyan Kazipet Khanalampura Lallaguda Ludhiana Mughal Sarai New Katni Royapuram Tatanagar Tuglakabad Vadodara Valsad Visakhapatnam Vijayawada
MEMU	Asansol Bhilai Kanpur Kollam Palakkad Rajahmundry Vadodara
EMU	Avadi Bandel Barasat Ghaziabad Gholsapur Howrah Kalwa Kandivali Kharagpur Kurla Maula Ali Mumbai Central Panskura Rajamahendravaram Sanpada Sealdah Shakurbasti Sonarpur Tambaram Tikiapara Velachery Virar
Metro (Kolkata)	Noapara Tollygunge New Garia Central Park Joka

Main lines and
suburban lines

Main rail lines	Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai Howrah–Chennai Howrah–Delhi Howrah–Gaya–Delhi Mumbai–Chennai New Delhi–Chennai New Delhi–Mumbai
Suburban rail	Chennai MRTS Chennai Suburban Delhi Suburban Pune Suburban Hyderabad MMTS Kolkata Suburban Mumbai Suburban

Passenger
trains (List)

Semi-high speed	Gatimaan Express Tejas Express Tejas-Rajdhani Express Vande Bharat Express
Other premium	AC Express AC Double Decker Express Duronto Express Garib Rath Express Humsafar Express Rajdhani Express Shatabdi Express
Non-AC unreserved	Antyodaya Express Jan Sadharan Express Jan Shatabdi Express
Other	Express trains Passenger trains Suburban trains MEMU AC EMU
Luxury	Deccan Odyssey Fairy Queen Golden Chariot Mahaparinirvan Express Maharajas' Express Palace on Wheels Ramayana Express Royal Orient Royal Rajasthan on Wheels Village on Wheels
Special	Lifeline Express Promotion on Wheels Red Ribbon Express Science Express
Future services	Bullet trains Hyperloop Mumbai Maglev

Training
institutes

Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering
Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering
Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
Indian Railways Track Machine Training Center
National Academy of Indian Railways
National Rail and Transportation Institute
Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy

Trade unions

All India Railwaymen's Federation
All India Station Masters' Association
Konkan Railway Corporation Employees Union

Anti-collision device
Last vehicle board
Railway budget of India
Railway Schools in India
RailRadar
Train Warning System

Category

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

Timing

Traction

Time Table

Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

References

External links