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.
Service
12875 Puri–Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express covers the distance of 1914 kilometers in 24 hours 50mins (57.20km/h) and in 24 hours 25mins as 12876 Anand Vihar Terminal–Puri Neelachal Express (59.48km/h).
It takes around 34 hours and 50 minutes to cover 1,914 kilometres (1,189mi) at an average speed of 54 kilometres per hour (34mph) with 39 halts.
Neelachal Express was moved from New Delhi to Anand Vihar Terminal in May 2018.[2]
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.
Coach composition
The train has Mordern LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h.
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