Kaziranga Express
_at_Khalor%2C_West_Bengal.jpg) Kaziranga Express at Khalor | |||||
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Superfast Express | ||||
| Locale | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway zone | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Guwahati (GHY) | ||||
| Stops | 41 | ||||
| End | Bangalore Cantonment (BNC) | ||||
| Distance travelled | 2990km | ||||
| Average journey time | 53h 50m | ||||
| Service frequency | Tri-weekly | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12509 / 12510 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, General (Unreserved) | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | Pantry Car, On-Board Catering, E-Catering | ||||
| Baggage facilities | Below the seats | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | 4 | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | 56 km/h (35 mph), | ||||
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Guwahati-Bangalore Express, also known as Kaziranga Express is a superfast express train belonging Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Guwahati and Bangalore in India.It is currently being operated with 12509/12510 train numbers on tri-weekly basis.
Overview
The train is named after the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
It is a very common train in this route. It runs thrice in a week and connects important stations such as New Alipurduar, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Howrah, Bhubaneshwar, Brahmapur, Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Chennai.
The 12510/Kaziranga Express has an average speed of 56 kmph and covers 2990 km in 53h 20m. The 2509/Kaziranga Express has an average speed of 55 kmph and covers the same distance in 54h 20m.
Timings
The train departs from Platform #7 of Guwahati at 6:20 IST, every Sun, Mon and Tue and arrives at Platform #1A of Bangalore Cantonment at 11:40 IST, every Tue, Wed and Thu.
From Platform #1A of Bangalore Cantonment, the train departs at 23:40 IST, every Wed, Thu and Fri and arrives at Platform #3 of Guwahati at 6:00 IST, every Sat, Sun and Mon.
Classes
It is one of the non Rajdhani/Humsafar/AC Expresses which consists a large number of AC Coaches.The train usually consists a massive load of 24 standard ICF Coaches.Sometimes One or two High Capacity Parcel Vans are attached with it :
- 2 AC Two Tier
- 7 AC Three Tiers
- 10 Sleeper Classes
- 2 General (Unreserved)
- 1 Pantry Car
- 2 Seating (Ladies/Disabled) Cum Luggage Rakes.
As is customery with most other train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways, depending on demand.
Coach composition
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | SLR | HCP | HCP | S1 | S2 | S3 | B1 | B2 | A1 | B3 | B4 | A2 | B5 | B6 | B7 | PC | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | GEN | GEN | SLR |
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLR | HCP | HCP | S1 | B1 | B2 | A1 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | A2 | S2 | S3 | S4 | PC | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | GEN | GEN | SLR |
Traction
1. As the route of Northeast Frontier Railway is under electrification, a Howrah Diesel Loco Shed based ALCO DL560C WDM-3D/EMD GT46PAC WDP-4D diesel locomotive hauls the train from Guwahati to Howrah.
2. After that, it reverses at Howrah and gets a Santragachi/Howrah Electric loco shed based Indian Locomotive Class WAP-4 electric locomotive for the way from Howrah to Vishakhapatnam.
3. It again reverses at Vishakhapatnam and gets a Vijayawada/Erode/Royapuram based Indian Locomotive Class WAP-4 electric locomotive for the way up Bangalore.
Reversals
This train reverses once at Howrah Junction, then at Visakhapatnam Junction.