Overview | |||||
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Service type | Express | ||||
Locale | Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar Uttar Pradesh & Delhi | ||||
First service | 31 March 1980 (initial service between Puri and New Delhi) [1] | ||||
Current operator(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||
Route | |||||
Termini | Puri (PURI) Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT) | ||||
Stops | 37 | ||||
Distance travelled | 1,914 km (1,189 mi) | ||||
Average journey time | 34 hrs 50 mins | ||||
Service frequency | Tri-weekly | ||||
Train number(s) | 12875 / 12876 | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Class(es) | AC First Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved | ||||
Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
Catering facilities | Available | ||||
Observation facilities | Rake sharing with 12815/12816 Nandan Kanan Express | ||||
Other facilities | Below the seats | ||||
Technical | |||||
Rolling stock | LHB coach | ||||
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge | ||||
Operating speed | 55 km/h (34 mph) average including halts. | ||||
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The 12875 / 12876 Neelachal Express is a tri-weekly train which runs between Puri in Odisha and Anand Vihar Terminal railway station. It is one of the oldest trains that connect Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal. The main towns along the route are Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijili, Tatanagar, Bokaro Steel City, Muri, Gomoh, Gaya, Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Rae Bareli, Lucknow, Unnao and Kanpur. It operates three times per week and covers a distance of 1,912 kilometres (1,188 mi) from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal. Neelachal Express consists of 1 AC First Class coach, 2 Second AC coach, 6 Third AC coaches, 7 Sleeper Class coaches, 2 General (Un-Reserved) coaches, 1 Pantry Car, 1 Divyangjan Coach and 1 EOG. [2]
The 12875/ 12876 Puri–Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 2 AC 2 tier, 6 AC 3 tier, 7 Sleeper Class, 2 Second Class seating, 1 Divyangjan Coach and 1 EOG coach. Also, it does have a pantry car.
As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
12875 Puri–Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express covers the distance of 1914 kilometers in 24 hours 50 mins (57.20 km/h) and in 24 hours 25 mins as 12876 Anand Vihar Terminal–Puri Neelachal Express (59.48 km/h).
It takes around 34 hours and 50 minutes to cover 1,914 kilometres (1,189 mi) at an average speed of 54 kilometres per hour (34 mph) with 39 halts.
Neelachal Express was moved from New Delhi to Anand Vihar Terminal in May 2018. [3]
From Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal - 12875. The train starts from Puri every Sunday, Tuesday & Friday. [4]
Station code | Station name | Arrival | Departure |
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PURI | Puri Terminus | -- | 11:00 |
KUR | Khurda Road Jn | 11:45 | 11:50 |
BBS | Bhubaneswar | 12:15 | 12:20 |
CTC | Cuttack | 12:50 | 12:55 |
JJKR | Jajpur Keonjhar Road | 13:44 | 13:46 |
BHC | Bhadrak | 14:43 | 14:45 |
SORO | Soro | 15:06 | 15:08 |
BLS | Balasore | 15:32 | 15:37 |
JER | Jaleswar | 16:14 | 16:16 |
HIJ | Hijili Jn | 17:10 | 17:20 |
GTS | Ghatsila | 18:34 | 18:36 |
TATA | Tatanagar | 19:22 | 19:30 |
MURI | Muri Jn | 22:00 | 22:02 |
BKSC | Bokaro Steel City | 23:10 | 23:20 |
CRP | Chandrapura | 23:55 | 23:57 |
GMO | NSC Bose Gomoh Jn | 00:20 | 00:25 |
PNME | Parasnath | 00:37 | 00:39 |
KQR | Koderma | 01:24 | 01:27 |
GAYA | Gaya Jn | 03:03 | 03:08 |
RFJ | RafiGanj | 03:32 | 03:34 |
AUBR | Anugraha Narayan Road | 03:55 | 03:57 |
DOS | Dehri On Sone | 04:12 | 04:14 |
SSM | Sasaram | 04:28 | 04:30 |
BBU | Bhabua Road | 04:58 | 05:00 |
DDU | Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn | 06:05 | 06:15 |
KEI | Kashi | 07:01 | 07:03 |
BSB | Varanasi Jn | 07:20 | 07:30 |
BOY | Bhadohi | 08:08 | 08:10 |
PBH | Pratapgarh Jn | 09:46 | 09:51 |
AME | Amethi | 10:26 | 10:28 |
GNG | GauriGanj | 10:40 | 10:42 |
RBL | Rae Bareli Jn | 11:23 | 11:28 |
LKO | Lucknow Charbagh | 13:25 | 13:35 |
ON | Unnao Jn | 14:43 | 14:45 |
CNB | Kanpur Central | 15:15 | 15:20 |
ETW | Etawah | 16:48 | 16:50 |
FZD | Firozabad | 17:35 | 17:37 |
HRS | Hathras Jn | 18:43 | 18:45 |
ALJN | Aligarh Jn | 19:08 | 19:10 |
GZB | Ghaziabad | 20:38 | 20:40 |
ANVT | Anand Vihar Terminal | 21:15 | -- |
From Anand Vihar Terminal to Puri – 12876. The train starts from Anand Vihar Terminal every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. [5]
Station code | Station name | Arrival | Departure |
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ANVT | Anand Vihar Terminal | -- | 07:30 |
ALJN | Aligarh Jn | 09:05 | 09:07 |
HRS | Hathras Jn | 09:27 | 09:29 |
FZD | Firozabad | 10:40 | 10:42 |
ETW | Etawah | 11:34 | 11:36 |
CNB | Kanpur Central | 13:20 | 13:30 |
ON | Unnao Jn | 13:57 | 13:59 |
LKO | Lucknow Charbagh | 15:00 | 15:10 |
RBL | Rae Bareli Jn | 16:25 | 16:30 |
GNG | GauriGanj | 17:06 | 17:08 |
AME | Amethi | 17:21 | 17:23 |
PBH | Pratapgarh Jn | 18:15 | 18:20 |
BOY | Bhadohi | 20:11 | 20:13 |
BSB | Varanasi Jn | 21:40 | 21:50 |
KEI | Kashi | 22:03 | 22:05 |
DDU | Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn | 22:40 | 22:50 |
BBU | Bhabua Road | 23:26 | 23:28 |
SSM | Sasaram Jn | 00:01 | 00:02 |
DOS | Dehri On Sone | 00:16 | 00:18 |
AUBR | Anugraha Narayan Road | 00:32 | 00:34 |
RFJ | RafiGanj | 00:54 | 00:56 |
GAYA | Gaya Jn | 01:50 | 01:55 |
KQR | Koderma | 03:05 | 03:07 |
PNME | Parasnath | 04:04 | 04:06 |
GMO | NSC Bose Gomoh Jn | 04:25 | 04:30 |
CRP | Chandrapura | 04:58 | 05:00 |
BKSC | Bokaro Steel City | 05:45 | 05:50 |
MURI | Muri Jn | 06:53 | 06:55 |
TATA | Tatanagar Jn | 08:57 | 09:07 |
GTS | Ghatsila | 09:48 | 09:50 |
HIJ | Hijili Jn | 11:25 | 11:35 |
JER | Jaleswar | 12:26 | 12:28 |
BLS | Balasore | 13:05 | 13:15 |
SORO | Soro | 13:40 | 13:42 |
BHC | Bhadrak | 14:23 | 14:25 |
JJKR | Jajpur Keonjhar Road | 14:56 | 14:58 |
CTC | Cuttack Jn | 15:55 | 16:00 |
BBS | Bhubaneswar | 16:35 | 16:40 |
KUR | Khurda Road Jn | 17:05 | 17:10 |
PURI | Puri Terminus | 18:15 | -- |
This train is given name on The abode of Hindu deity Jagannath at Puri is known as the Nilachal or Niladri, [Nila (Blue) + Achal (Mountain)] meaning, The Blue Mountain. The Nilachal is a place of high religious significance in Hinduism and is one of the four Char Dhams. Religious teachers like Shri Ramanuja Acharya, Swami Vishnuswami visited Nilachal in the twelfth century and established a mathas. Shri Nimbarka Acharya also visited Puri, as also Guru Nanak Dev and many other Acharyas. Shri Chaitanya spent 18 years at Nilachal dhama.
The train has Mordern LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h.
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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SLRD | GEN | H1 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | A1 | A2 | B5 | B6 | PC | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | GEN | EOG |
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