Neelachal Express

Last updated

Neelachal Express
Overview
Service type Express
Locale Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service31 March 1980;43 years ago (1980-03-31) (initial service between Puri and New Delhi) [1]
Current operator(s) East Coast Railways
Route
Termini Puri (PURI)
Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT)
Stops37
Distance travelled1,914 km (1,189 mi)
Average journey time34h 50m
Service frequencyTri-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 arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Observation facilitiesRake sharing with 12815/12816 Nandan Kanan Express
Technical
Rolling stock LHB coach
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Operating speed55 km/h (34 mph) average including halts
Route map
Neelanchal Express (NDLS-PURI) Route map 01.jpg

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]

Contents

Coach composition

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 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]

Timetable

From Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal - 12875. The train starts from Puri every Sunday, Tuesday & Friday. [4]

Station codeStation nameArrivalDeparture
PURIPuri Terminus--11:00
KURKhurda Road Jn11:4511:50
BBS Bhubaneswar 12:1512:20
CTCCuttack12:5012:55
JJKRJajpur Keonjhar Road13:4413:46
BHC Bhadrak 14:4314:45
SOROSoro15:0615:08
BLSBalasore15:3215:37
JERJaleswar16:1416:16
HIJHijili Jn17:1017:20
GTSGhatsila18:3418:36
TATA Tatanagar 19:2219:30
MURIMuri Jn22:0022:02
BKSCBokaro Steel City23:1023:20
CRPChandrapura23:5523:57
GMO NSC Bose Gomoh Jn 00:2000:25
PNMEParasnath00:3700:39
KQRKoderma01:2401:27
GAYA Gaya Jn 03:0303:08
RFJRafiGanj03:3203:34
AUBR Anugraha Narayan Road 03:5503:57
DOSDehri On Sone04:1204:14
SSMSasaram04:2804:30
BBUBhabua Road04:5805:00
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn06:0506:15
KEIKashi07:0107:03
BSBVaranasi Jn07:2007:30
BOYBhadohi08:0808:10
PBHPratapgarh Jn09:4609:51
AMEAmethi10:2610:28
GNGGauriGanj10:4010:42
RBLRae Bareli Jn11:2311:28
LKOLucknow Charbagh13:2513:35
ONUnnao Jn14:4314:45
CNB Kanpur Central 15:1515:20
ETWEtawah16:4816:50
FZDFirozabad17:3517:37
HRSHathras Jn18:4318:45
ALJNAligarh Jn19:0819:10
GZBGhaziabad20:3820:40
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 codeStation nameArrivalDeparture
ANVT Anand Vihar Terminal --07:30
ALJNAligarh Jn09:0509:07
HRSHathras Jn09:2709:29
FZDFirozabad10:4010:42
ETWEtawah11:3411:36
CNBKanpur Central13:2013:30
ONUnnao Jn13:5713:59
LKOLucknow Charbagh15:0015:10
RBLRae Bareli Jn16:2516:30
GNGGauriGanj17:0617:08
AMEAmethi17:2117:23
PBHPratapgarh Jn18:1518:20
BOYBhadohi20:1120:13
BSBVaranasi Jn21:4021:50
KEIKashi22:0322:05
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn22:4022:50
BBUBhabua Road23:2623:28
SSMSasaram Jn00:0100:02
DOSDehri On Sone00:1600:18
AUBRAnugraha Narayan Road00:3200:34
RFJRafiGanj00:5400:56
GAYAGaya Jn01:5001:55
KQRKoderma03:0503:07
PNMEParasnath04:0404:06
GMO NSC Bose Gomoh Jn 04:2504:30
CRPChandrapura04:5805:00
BKSCBokaro Steel City05:4505:50
MURIMuri Jn06:5306:55
TATA Tatanagar Jn 08:5709:07
GTSGhatsila09:4809:50
HIJHijili Jn11:2511:35
JERJaleswar12:2612:28
BLSBalasore13:0513:15
SOROSoro13:4013:42
BHC Bhadrak 14:2314:25
JJKRJajpur Keonjhar Road14:5614:58
CTC Cuttack Jn15:5516:00
BBS Bhubaneswar 16:3516:40
KURKhurda Road Jn17:0517:10
PURIPuri Terminus18:15--

Background

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.

Loco123456789101112131415161718192021
BSicon LDER.svg SLRDGENH1B1B2B3B4A1A2B5B6PCS1S2S3S4S5S6S7GENEOG

Route and halts

The train runs from Puri via Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Balasore, Hijli, Tatanagar, Bokaro Steel City, Gomoh, Gaya Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Varanasi, Pratapgarh Junction, Rae Bareli Junction, Lucknow Charbagh, Unnao Junction, Kanpur Central, Hathras Junction, Aligarh Junction to Anand Vihar Terminal.

As the route is fully electrified, Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 locomotive powers the train from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal.

Related Research Articles

The 12557 / 12558 Sapt Kranti Superfast Express is a Superfast train service of Indian Railways running between Muzaffarpur railway station and Anand Vihar Terminal railway station. This train is operated by the East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. Its inaugural run was on 1 July 2002. Its terminal station was changed from New Delhi railway station to Anand Vihar Terminal from 2 December 2010. But from 15 June 2020 to 5 December 2020 it would be run from Old Delhi to Muzaffarpur due to COVID-19 pandemic. One rake of this train got Gandhi theme coaches. This train got LHB coach on 2 October 2019 to celebrate 150th birthday of Mahatama Gandhi The train has its name based on the Sapt Kranti movement led by Ram Manohar Lohia. It is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Train.

Rewa – Anand Vihar Terminal SF Express is a daily Superfast Express train of the Indian Railways, running between Rewa, a city of Madhya Pradesh and Anand Vihar Terminal of Delhi with LHB coaches which are more safe than normal ICF coaches. The train originally used to run from New Delhi Railway Station before being shifted to Anand Vihar station on 2 September 2012. The train is operated by the Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways on the section which is part of the busy Howrah–Delhi main line. It is, along with the prestigious Shaan - E - Bhopal Express, one of the "first" ISO 9002 certified trains of India because of its security features and high priority on the Indian Railways. But it takes two hours more than Rajdhani Express to cover the same distance. It is also slower than some other Superfast trains in this section, but has one of highest commercial speeds among Non-Rajdhani trains.

<i>Odisha Sampark Kranti Express</i>

The 12819 / 12820 Odisha Sampark Kranti Express is a bi-weekly train which runs between Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha and Anand Vihar Terminal. This train was introduced as part of the Sampark Kranti trains that were announced by the then railway minister Nitish Kumar in 2005. It was and still is a bi-weekly train. Earlier the train used to terminate at New Delhi railway station (NDLS) but now terminates at Anand Vihar Terminus (ANVT) of New Delhi. Its rakes are maintained by East Coast Railway (ECoR).

The 12801 / 12802 Purushottam Express is a daily train which runs between Puri in Odisha and New Delhi. It is one of the most highly demanded train between Puri to New Delhi. The train is of Superfast category and passes through states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh. It was the first train in India to have a Braille-embedded coach for blind passengers.

<i>West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express</i>

The 12329 / 12330 West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express is the Sampark Kranti Express category train which connects Sealdah in Kolkata and Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi. This train was first announced during the budget session on 2004–05 of Indian Railways by then the Minister of Railways, Nitish Kumar. Thus this train was inaugurated on 11 March 2005 from Sealdah and on 12 March 2005 from Delhi

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bokaro Steel City railway station</span> Railway station in Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel City Railway Station is a railway station on the Gomoh–Muri branch line and Adra–Bokaro Steel City branch line under Adra division of South Eastern Railways. It is located in Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It lies at the edge of Jharia Coalfield and serves Bokaro Steel City, and the surrounding mining-industrial area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Terminal North East Express</span>

Kamakhya Anand Vihar Terminal Express also known as North East Express is a Express train of Indian Railways - Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati and Anand Vihar Terminal in India.

The 12569 / 70 Jainagar Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Express train of the Garib Rath series belonging to Indian Railways - East Central Railway zone that runs between Jainagar and Anand Vihar Terminal in India. When inaugurated, The service of this train was between Darbhanga to Hazrat Nizamuddin which afterwards has been extended to Jainagar from Darbhanga as there was heavy demand of passengers for a direct train from Jainagar to Hazrat Nizamuddin and on the other end to Anand Vihar Terminal due to heavy load of trains on Hazrat Nizamuddin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaya–Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express</span>

The 22410 / 22409 Gaya–Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Express train of the Garib Rath series belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between Anand Vihar Terminal and Gaya Junction in India.

The 12817 / 18 / 73 / 74 Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Hatia and Anand Vihar Terminal in India.

The 15279 / 15280 Poorbiya Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways – East Central Railway zone that runs between Saharsa Junction and Anand Vihar Terminal in India.

The 12444 / 43 Anand Vihar–Haldia Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between Anand Vihar Terminal and Haldia in India.

The 13307 /13308 Ganga Sutlej Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between Dhanbad Junction and Firozpur Cantonment in India. It is also known as Kisan Express.

The Visakhapatnam–Banaras Express is an Express train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between Visakhapatnam and Banaras in India. It is currently being operated with 18311/18312 train numbers on twice in a week basis.

The 12815 / 12816 Nandan Kanan Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways East Coast Railway zone that runs between Puri and Anand Vihar Terminal in India.

The 18103 / 18104 Tatanagar -Amritsar Jallianwalla Bagh Express is an Express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Tatanagar Junction and Amritsar Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 18103/18104 train numbers on bi-weekly basis.

The Bhubaneswar–Anand Vihar Weekly Superfast Express is a Superfast train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between Bhubaneswar and Anand Vihar Terminal in India. It is currently being operated with 22805/22806 train numbers on a weekly basis.

The Jharkhand Swarna Jayanti Express is a Superfast train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Hatia and Anand Vihar Terminal in India. It is currently being operated with 12873/12874 train numbers on tri-weekly basis.

The Santragachi–Anand Vihar Superfast Express is an Express train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Santragachi Junction and Anand Vihar Terminal in India. It is currently being operated with 22857/22858 train numbers on a weekly basis.

The 22459 / 22460 Madhupur - Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express is a Superfast express train of the Humsafar Express category belonging to Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Madhupur Junction and Anand Vihar Terminal in India.

References

  1. ↑ "Railway Budget speech 1980-81 (Final)" (PDF). www.indianrailways.gov.in. Government of India, Ministry of Railways. 16 June 1980.
  2. ↑ "Neelanchal SF Express/12875 SuperFast Puri/PURI to New Delhi/NDLS - India Rail Info - A Busy Junction for Travellers & Rail Enthusiasts". India Rail Info. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Change In Terminal Station For Neelachal & Nandankanan Express". Odisha Bytes. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ↑ SHARMA, GOVIND. "12875/Neelachal Express (PT) - Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Swain, Shashank Shekhar. "12876/Neelachal Express - Anand Vihar Terminal to Puri ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.