Bangalore Cantonment - Agartala Humsafar Express

Bangalore Cantonment - Agartala Humsafar Express
Overview
Service type Humsafar Express
First service 5 January 2018 (2018-01-05)
Current operator(s) Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Route
Start Bangalore Cantonment (BNC)
Stops 28
End Agartala (AGTL)
Distance travelled 3,599 km (2,236 mi)
Average journey time 65h 30m
Service frequency Bi-Weekly [lower-alpha 1]
Train number(s) 12503/12504
On-board services
Class(es) AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements No
Sleeping arrangements Yes
Catering facilities Yes
Observation facilities Large windows
Entertainment facilities No
Technical
Rolling stock 2
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 65.66 km/h (40.80 mph)
Route map

Bangalore Cantonment - Agartala Humsafar Express is a completely 3-tier AC sleeper trains of the Indian Railways connecting Bangalore Cantonment in Karnataka and Agartala , the capital city of Tripura . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on weekly basis.[1][2][3]

Coach Composition

The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB Coaches designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and have announcement system as well as, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Fitted with Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

This train consists of eighteen AC III Tier Coaches, one Pantry Car and two Generator Power Car Coaches.

  • 18 AC III Tier
  • 1 Pantry Car
  • 2 Generator Power Car
Coach Position
B16 B15 B14 B13 B12 B11 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1
EN GC 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A PC 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A GC
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Stoppages

Stoppage Details
# Code Station Name Zone Div. Arr. Dep. Halt Dist. Day
1 BNC Bangalore Cant SWR SBC First 10.15 0 0 1
2 WFD Whitefield SWR SBC 10.38 10.4 2 20 1
3 KPD Katpadi Jn SR MAS 13.35 13.4 5 228 1
4 PER Perambur (RL) SR MAS 15.3 15.5 20 352 1
5 BZA Vijayawada Jn (RL) SCR BZA 22.55 23.05 10 782 1
6 DVD Duvvada ECOR WAT 4.4 4.42 2 1114 2
7 VSKP Visakhapatnam ECOR WAT 5.15 5.35 20 1131 2
8 VZM Vizianagram Jn ECOR WAT 6.32 6.34 2 1192 2
9 CHE Srikakulam Road ECOR WAT 7.28 7.3 2 1262 2
10 PSA Palasa ECOR KUR 8.23 8.25 2 1334 2
11 BAM Brahmapur ECOR KUR 9.21 9.23 2 1408 2
12 KUR Khurda Road Jn ECOR KUR 11.2 11.35 15 1555 2
13 BBS Bhubaneswar (RL) ECOR KUR 12 12.05 5 1574 2
14 CTC Cuttack ECOR KUR 12.35 12.37 2 1602 2
15 BHC Bhadrakh ECOR KUR 14.17 14.19 2 1717 2
16 KGP Kharagpur Jn SER KGP 16.33 16.38 5 1898 2
17 HWH Howrah Jn (RL) ER HWH 18.3 18.5 20 2013 2
18 RPH Rampur Hat ER HWH 21.42 21.44 2 2219 2
19 MLDT Malda Town ER MLDT 0.3 0.4 10 2340 3
20 KNE Kishanganj NFR KIR 2.37 2.39 2 2486 3
21 NJP New Jalpaiguri NFR KIR 4.2 4.3 10 2573 3
22 NBQ New Bongaigaon NFR RNY 9.5 9.52 2 2824 3
23 KYQ Kamakhya NFR LMG 13.3 13.35 5 3026 3
24 GHY Guwahati NFR LMG 13.55 14.1 15 3034 3
25 NHLG New Haflong NFR LMG 20.12 20.15 3 3250 3
26 BPB Badarpur Jn NFR LMG 22.4 23.05 25 3321 3
27 NKMG New Karimganj NFR LMG 23.28 23.3 2 3339 3
28 DMR Dharmanagar NFR LMG 1.03 1.05 2 3403 4
29 ABSA Ambassa NFR LMG 2.26 2.28 2 3475 4
30 AGTL Agartala NFR LMG 3.45 Last 0 3542 4

This train is hauled by WAP 4 of Vijayawada from Bangalore to Visakhapatnam. Then from Visakhapatnam to Howrah it is hauled by WAP 4 of Santragachi. And then from Howrah to Agartala it is hauled by Siliguri-based WDP4D/ WDP4B/ WDP4.

Service

It averages 56 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Friday and covering 3570 km in 65 hrs 30 mins & 59 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Monday covering 3570 km in 65 hrs 15 mins.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Runs once in a week for every direction.

References

  1. ↑ Humsafar Express extended to Agartala
  2. ↑ Extension of Train No. 12504/12503 Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bengaluru Cantonment Humsafar Express upto Agartala With Effect From 5 January 2018
  3. ↑ Rajen Gohain flags off Agartala – Bangalore Humsafar Express and
  4. ↑ Introduction of Kamakhya-Bengaluru Cantonement-Kamakhya Humsafar Express
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