Saraighat Express

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Saraighat SF Express
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Howrah bound 12346 Saraighat SF Express with HWH WAP-7 in Amrit Bharat Express livery standing beside a SGUJ WDP-4 at New Bongaigaon Junction.
Overview
Service type Superfast Express
Locale West Bengal, Bihar & Assam
First service6 July 1995;29 years ago (1995-07-06)
Current operator(s) Eastern Railway
Route
Termini Howrah (HWH)
Guwahati (GHY)
Stops14
Distance travelled999 km (621 mi)
Average journey time18 hours
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)12345 / 12346
On-board services
Class(es) AC First, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesPantry car,
On-board catering,
E-catering
Baggage facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Rolling stock LHB coach
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed56 km/h (35 mph) average including halts

The 12345 /12346 Saraighat SF Express [1] is a daily Superfast Express train which runs between Howrah, Kolkata (West Bengal) and Guwahati (Assam), via Barddhaman, Rampurhat, New Jalpaiguri Junction in Siliguri, North Bengal. It is one of the fastest trains that connects Kolkata to the North East, and gets high priority enroute.

Contents

Coach composition

This train has 22 LHB coaches. [2]

Howrah to Guwahati

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Guwahati to Howrah

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Please note that one of the rakes of this train has the exact opposite coach composotion of what is mentioned.

Timings

Traction

The train is hauled by a WAP-7 locomotive from Howrah shed.

Time table of 12346

Station codeStation cameArrivalDeparture
GHY Guwahati (start)---12:20
KYQ Kamakhya Junction 12:3512:37
NBQ New Bongaigaon Junction 15:2515:27
NOQ New Alipurduar 17:0517:07
NCB New Cooch Behar 17:3017:32
FLK Falakata 18:0218:04
DQG Dhupguri 18:2818:30
NJP New Jalpaiguri 19:5020:00
KNE Kishanganj 21:0521:07
MLDT Malda Town 23:3023:40
NFK New Farakka Junction 00:3000:32
RPH Rampurhat Junction 01:4801:50
SNT Sainthia junction 02:1202:14
BHP Bolpur Shantiniketan 02:3202:35
BWN Barddhaman Junction 03:3803:40
HWH Howrah (end)05:30---

Time table of 12345

Station codeStation cameArrivalDeparture
HWH Howrah (start)---16:05
BWN Barddhaman Junction 17:1217:15
BHP Bolpur Shantiniketan 17:5818:03
SNT Sainthia junction 18:2918:31
RPH Rampurhat Junction 18:5819:00
NFK New Farakka Junction 20:4120:43
MLDT Malda Town 21:3021:40
KNE Kishanganj 23:3323:35
NJP New Jalpaiguri 01:0501:15
DQG Dhupguri 02:2002:22
FLK Falakata 02:4602:48
NCB New Cooch Behar 03:1803:20
NOQ New Alipurduar 03:4003:42
NBQ New Bongaigaon Junction 06:0506:07
KYQ Kamakhya Junction 09:4309:45
GHY Guwahati (end)10:05---

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References

  1. "Guwahati Howrah Saraighat Superfast Express". indiarailinfo.com.
  2. "Coach Composition Legend". India Rail Info.