Gour Express

Gour Express
Gour Express at Gangarampur Railway Bridge
Overview
Service type Express
Locale West Bengal, Jharkhand
Current operator(s) Eastern Railways
Route
Start Sealdah (SDAH)
Stops 12 up to Malda Town, 20 up to Balurghat
End Malda Balurghat (BLGT)
Distance travelled 444 km
Average journey time 10 hours
Service frequency Daily
On-board services
Class(es) First AC, Second AC, Third AC, Sleeper, Unreserved
Seating arrangements Available
Sleeping arrangements Available
Auto-rack arrangements Available
Observation facilities Large Windows
Baggage facilities Available
Technical
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 43 km/h (27 mph) average with halts

Gour Express is an interstate mail/express type train of Indian Railways connecting the city Kolkata with the cities of Malda Town and Balurghat.The train covers a distance of 349 Kilometers up to Malda and an additional distance of 95 Kilometers up to Balurghat with train No. 23153/23154 attached with Train No. 55721/55722 runs as a passenger train from Malda Town to Balurghat at an average speed of 43 kilometres per hour. It is hauled by Mldt WDM-2/Mldt WDM 3A class locomotives of Indian Railways. AC First class,AC two tier,AC three tier,General class of coaches are available in it, all of them except General requires reservation. Tatkal scheme is available, but Pantry car is not there.

Important stoppages

  1. Sealdah
  2. Naihati Junction
  3. Bandel Junction
  4. Barddhaman Junction
  5. Bolpur Shantiniketan
  6. Ahmadpur
  7. Sainthia
  8. Rampurhat
  9. Nalhati Junction
  10. Murarai
  11. Rajgram
  12. Pakur
  13. New Farakka Junction
  14. Malda Town
  1. Old Malda Junction
  2. Adina
  3. Eklakhi Junction
  4. Gazole
  5. Mahanagar
  6. Deotala
  7. Daulatpur Halt
  8. Buniadpur
  9. Gangarampur
  10. Malancha
  11. Rampur Bazar
  12. Mallickpur Hat
  13. Balurghat

Timings

  1. 13153 leaves Sealdah around 22:15 everyday and reaches Malda Town at 6:15 next day and then it arrives through a slip route towards Balurghat and reaches there at 9:40
  2. 13154 departs Balurghat arourd 17:05 everyday and arrives Malda Town around 21:15 and from there it departs around 21:35 and reaches Sealdah at 5:20 next day.

See also

References

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