Kulik Intercity Express

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Kulik Express
Overview
Service type Express
First service22 January 2011;13 years ago (2011-01-22)
Current operator(s) Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini Howrah Junction (HWH)
Radhikapur (RDP)
Stops12
Distance travelled487 km (303 mi)
Average journey time9 Hours 35 Minutes
Service frequencyDaily [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s)13053/13054
On-board services
Class(es) Vistadome, AC Chair Car, General Unreserved , 2nd Sitting
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesYes
Entertainment facilitiesNo
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock LHB coach
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification yes
Operating speed51 km/h (32 mph), including halts

The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur via Rampurhat Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis. [1] [2]

Contents

Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to Siuri. [3] After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express. [4] And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj. [5]

Speed

This train has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 487 km in 10 Hours 40 Minutes. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 110 km/h

Route and halts

Between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur this train stops at -

Coach composition

The train runs with Modern LHB Rake with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 13 coaches:

Schedule

The schedule of this 13053/13054 Howrah–Radhikapur Kulik Express is given below:-

HWH - RDP - HWH Kulik Express
13053Stations13054
ArrivalDepartureArrivalDeparture
-NIL-08:55 Howrah Junction 15:50-NIL-
10:5110:53 Barddhaman Junction 13:3013:32
11:3811:40 Bolpur Shantiniketan 12:3112:33
11:5011:51 Prantik 12:2412:25
12:2612:28 Sainthia 11:5812:00
13:0113:03 Rampurhat Junction 11:3311:35
13:4313:45 Pakur 10:4510:47
14:5614:58 New Farakka Junction 10:0210:04
15:5016:20 Malda Town 09:0509:30
16:4816:50 Samsi 07:4507:47
17:3817:40 Barsoi Junction 06:4306:45
17:5818:03 Raiganj 06:2006:25
18:3218:34Kaliyaganj05:5806:00
19:15-NIL- Radhikapur -NIL-05:45

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah .

See also

Notes

  1. Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

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