Padatik Express
 First run of Sealdah–New Alipurduar Padatik Express with LHB coaches | |||||
| Overview | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | Superfast | ||||
| Locale | West Bengal | ||||
| First service | October 4, 2009 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Eastern Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Termini | Sealdah (SDAH) New Alipurduar (NOQ) | ||||
| Stops | 11 | ||||
| Distance travelled | 719 km (447 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 13 hours 5 minutes | ||||
| Service frequency | Daily | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12377 / 12378 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | Second Sitting, Sleeper, AC 3-tier, AC 2-tier, AC First Class, AC First-cum-Second class | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | E-catering available | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | LHB coaches | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge | ||||
| Operating speed | Average speed :- 55 km/h (34 mph) | ||||
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The 12377 / 12378 Padatik Superfast Express is a daily Superfast train which runs between Sealdah in West Bengal and New Alipurduar in West Bengal via New Jalpaiguri Junction (Siliguri) in West Bengal.
The train covers a distance of 719 kilometres (447 mi). The train belongs to Eastern Railways and travel time over the whole route is just over 12 hours.[1] This train is named after renowned Bengali poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay's book Padatik.[2]
The train is numbered as 12377 / 12378 and offers all the available classes of travel on Indian Railways-AC First Class (H1), AC First-cum-Second Class (HA1), AC 2-tier (A1-A2), AC 3-tier (B1–B6), Sleeper Class (S1–S6) and Second Sitting (D1-D3). The train is composed of 23 coaches.[3]
Route & halts
The important halts of the train are:[4]
- Sealdah (Starts)
- Barddhaman Junction
- Bolpur Shantiniketan
- Rampurhat Junction
- Malda Town
- Dalkhola
- Kishanganj
- New Jalpaiguri Junction (Siliguri)
- Jalpaiguri Road
- Mathabhanga
- New Cooch Behar Junction
- New Alipurduar (Ends)
Coach composition
| EOG/SLR | PC | MIL | H | A | HA | B | AB | G | K | E | C | S | D | GEN/UR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generator cum luggage van | Pantry car or Hot buffet car | Military coach | First AC (1A) | Second AC (2A) | First AC cum Second AC | Third AC (3A) | Third AC cum Second AC | Third AC economy (3E) | Anubhuti coach (K) | Executive chair car (EC) | AC Chair car (CC) | Sleeper class (SL) | Second seating (2S) | General or Unreserved |
| Loco and other service coach | ||||||||||||||
| AC coach | ||||||||||||||
| Non-AC coach | ||||||||||||||
Sealdah to New Alipurduar[5]
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
EOG | GS | GS | GS | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | A1 | A2 | HA1 | H1 | EOG |
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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EOG | H1 | HA1 | A2 | A1 | B6 | B5 | B4 | B3 | B2 | B1 | S6 | S5 | S4 | S3 | S2 | S1 | GS | GS | GS | EOG |
Traction
Padatik Superfast Express is hauled by a Electric Loco Shed, Howrah-based WAP-7 locomotive from Sealdah to New Jalpaiguri. From New Jalpaiguri to New Alipurduar it is hauled by a Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri-based WDP-4D/WDP-4D/WDP-4B locomotive and vice versa.
Gallery
Padatik Express – Sleeper Class coach
Padatik Express – AC 3 tier coach
Padatik Express at NJP Junction
Padatik Express – AC First Class cum AC 2 tier coach
Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector
- 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
- 22309/40 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
- 12343/44 Darjeeling Mail
- 13149/50 Kanchan Kanya Express
- 15959/60 Kamrup Express
- 13175/76 Kanchenjunga Express
- 12345/46 Saraighat Express
- 15722/23 New Jalpaiguri-Digha Express
- 12518/19 Kolkata Garib Rath Express
- 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
- 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
- 13147/58 Uttar Banga Express
- 12503/04 Bangalore 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
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "India Rail Info". Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Tracks & trains for 'backward' region". Telegraph Calcutta. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "India Rail Info". Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ Tiru, Somanko. "12378/Padatik Express (PT) - New Alipurduar to Sealdah ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ PATRANABIS, SREERUP. "12377/Padatik Express (PT) - Sealdah to New Alipurduar ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Tiru, Somanko. "12378/Padatik Express (PT) - New Alipurduar to Sealdah ER/Eastern Zone - Railway Enquiry". India Rail Info. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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