| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Rajya Rani Express [1] |
| First service | October 1, 2011 |
| Current operator(s) | South Eastern Railway zone |
| Route | |
| Start | Shalimar |
| Stops | 8 |
| End | Adra Junction |
| Distance travelled | 281 km (175 mi) |
| Average journey time | 5 hours 7 mins |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train number(s) | 22861 / 22862 |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | general unreserved |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
| Catering facilities | No |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | Standard Indian Railways Coaches |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Operating speed | 56.5 km/h (35 mph) |
The 22861 / 62 Rajya Rani Express is a Express train belonging to Indian Railways South Eastern Railway zone that runs between Shalimar and Adra Junction in India.This train is a part of Rajya Rani Express series from West Bengal state.
Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways. It manages the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, with 121,407 kilometres (75,439 mi) of total track over a 67,368-kilometre (41,861 mi) route. Forty nine percent of the routes are electrified with 25 KV AC electric traction while thirty three percent of them are double or multi-tracked.
The South Eastern Railway is one of the 17 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway division, Kharagpur railway division and Ranchi railway division.
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It operates as train number 22861 from Shalimar to Adra Junction and as train number 22862 in the reverse direction serving the states of West Bengal. [2]
Shalimar railway station is one of five railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah Station, in Kolkata, Kolkata Station in Kolkata, Howrah Station in Howrah and Santragachi railway station in Howrah. Shalimar station is situated in the Shalimar area of Howrah. It is located near Shibpur area of Howrah. It is one of the cleanest, most well-maintained and non-congested railway terminals in the Kolkata area.
Adra railway station geographically serves Adra town, and also serves Industrial City Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Adra Junction identified as the main terminal station of Raghunathpur Mega Industrial Hub, which is present in Purulia district. For the tourism purpose, Adra Junction is also used as a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district like Joychandi Pahar(Famous tourist spot and well known as shooting spot of Satyajit Ray's 'Hirok Rajar Deshe'), Kashipur Raj Palace, Swarn Jayanti Park(Saheb Bandh Adra), Panchkot, Baranti, Telkupi, Chota Nagpur Hill's range and many more.
West Bengal is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants, it is India's fourth-most populous state. It has an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi). A part of the ethno-linguistic Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (Calcutta), the seventh-largest city in India. As for geography, West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, and the coastal Sundarbans. The main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.
