Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express - Train

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The Kanchanjunga Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah (Kolkata) and Agartala in India. It is currently operated with 13173/13174 train numbers on a four-days-a-week basis.[1][2]

Kanchanjunga Express

Overview

Service type

Express

Locale

West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura

First service

9 October 2016; 6 years ago

Current operator(s)

Eastern Railway zone

Route

Termini

Sealdah (SDAH)
Agartala (AGTL)

Stops

Distance travelled

1,551 km (964 mi)

Average journey time

35h 20m

Service frequency

4 days a week [lower-alpha 1]

Train number(s)

13173/13174

On-board services

Class(es)

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

Seating arrangements

Sleeping arrangements

Yes

Catering facilities

On-board catering
E-catering

Observation facilities

ICF coaches

Entertainment facilities

Baggage facilities

Technical

Rolling stock

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Operating speed

45 km/h (28 mph), including halts

Route map

It is named after the Kangchenjunga peak of the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim which is visible from New Jalpaiguri, as previously when this train was introduced in the 1960s it was between Sealdah and New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri).

Service

The 13173/Kanchanjunga Express has an average speed of 45 km/hr and covers 1546 km in 35h 20m. The 13174/Kanchanjunga Express has an average speed of 46 km/hr and covers 1546 km in 35h 20m.

Timings

13173/Kanchanjunga Express departs Sealdah every Tuesday,Thursday,Friday and Sunday at 06:35 hrs and reaches Agartala at 17:55 hrs the next day.
13174/Kanchanjunga Express departs Agartala every Tuesday,Thursday,Saturday and Sunday at 08:05 hrs and reaches Sealdah at 19:25 hrs the next day.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

WEST BENGAL

JHARKHAND

Pakur

BIHAR

ASSAM

TRIPURA

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with a max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 19 coaches:

1 AC II Tier
5 AC III Tier
8 Sleeper coaches
4 General Unreserved
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Sealdah Agartala Kanchanjunga Express is hauled by WAP-7 or WAP-4 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah- from Sealdah till New Cooch Behar. Than the train is hauled by Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri-based WDP-4B Locomotive from New Cooch Behar till Agartala. A banker is usually attached between Lumding and Badarpur.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 13175/13176 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express.

Direction reversal

The train reverses its direction 2 times:

Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
22309/10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
12377/78 Padatik Express
12343/44 Darjeeling Mail
15959/60 Kamrup Express
13175/76 Kanchanjungha Express/Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
12345/46 Saraighat Express
15721/22 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express
12517/18 Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express
12525/26 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
13147/48 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
15643/44 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
12363/64 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
12513/14 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express

Notes

Runs two days in a week for every direction.

References

External links

15659/Kanchanjunga Express India Rail Info
15660/Kanchanjunga Express India Rail Info

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