North East Express
North East Express | |||||
Overview | |||||
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Service type | Superfast | ||||
Locale | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi | ||||
Current operator(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway | ||||
Route | |||||
Start | Guwahati Junction/Anand Vihar Terminal | ||||
Stops | 29/30 | ||||
End | Anand Vihar Terminal/Guwahati Junction | ||||
Distance travelled | 1886 km | ||||
Average journey time | 34 hours | ||||
Service frequency | Daily | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Seating arrangements | Available | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | Available | ||||
Catering facilities | yes | ||||
Technical | |||||
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
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The North East Express is a daily superfast train of Indian Railways, which runs between Guwahati (capital of Assam and the largest city of North Eastern region of India) and Anand Vihar near New Delhi (capital of India). It connects North Eastern India to New Delhi, hence the name. The train belongs to NF railway zone of Indian Railways (headquarters at Guwahati). The coaches of this train belongs to Guwahati coaching depot of Lumding Division of NF Railway.
The North East Express succeeded the legendary Assam Mail in 1986.[1] But halt pattern and timings of later introduced Sikkim Mahananda Express (first introduced between Delhi and Katihar) corresponds more to the Assam Mail's BG segment.[2]
The train runs along the Guwahati-Barauni line, Barauni-Mokama line and Howrah-Delhi main line.
Service
The train is numbered as 12505/12506. Originally North east express was not a superfast and had service numbers 921 and 922 when introduced in 1986. In 1988 the train was assigned with new set of numbers as 2521 and 2522 which were later replaced with 5621 and 5622. It used to ply between Guwahati and New Delhi. In the Railway Budget 2005-06, it was sped up to the Broad Gauge Super fast category (broad gauge trains with 55 kmph or above average commercial speed) without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. The new number assigned in the Superfast category were 2505 from Guwahati and 2506 from New Delhi.[3] With the new five digit numbering scheme introduced during the tenure of Mamta Banerjee as Railway Minister, the service numbers are now 12505 and 12506.
Coaches
The train has AC as well as Non AC accommodation. The composition of the train is as follows - 2A - 1 (A-1), 3A - 3 (B-1, B-2, B-3), SL - 14 (S-1 to S-14), PC - 1, GENL - 3 & SLR - 2. The total rake length is 24 coaches.
Station Stops
Delhi to Guwahati
List of Stops on the North East Express from Delhi to Guwahati.[4]
State | Town/City | Station | Distance (km) |
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Delhi | Delhi | Anand Vihar Terminal | 0 |
Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | Aligarh Junction | 126 |
Tundla | Tundla Junction | 204 | |
Etawah | Etawah Junction | 296 | |
Kanpur | Kanpur Central | 435 | |
Fatehpur | Fatehpur | 513 | |
Allahabad | Allahabad Junction | 629 | |
Mughalsarai | Mughalsarai Junction | 778 | |
Bihar | Buxar | Buxar | 872 |
Arrah | Ara Junction | 941 | |
Danapur | Danapur | 980 | |
Patna | Patliputra Junction | 986 | |
Barauni | Barauni Junction | 1095 | |
Begusarai | Begusarai | 1110 | |
Khagaria | Khagaria Junction | 1150 | |
Mansi | Mansi Junction | 1159 | |
Naugachia | Naugachia | 1217 | |
Katihar | Katihar Junction | 1274 | |
Barsoi | Barsoi Junction | 1313 | |
Kishanganj | Kishanganj | 1371 | |
West Bengal | Siliguri | New Jalpaiguri Junction | 1458 |
Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri Road | 1491 | |
Cooch Behar | New Cooch Behar Junction | 1584 | |
Alipurduar | New Alipurduar | 1603 | |
Assam | Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar | 1681 |
Bongaigaon | New Bongaigaon Junction | 1709 | |
Rangia | Rangiya Junction | 1819 | |
Maligaon | Kamakhya Junction | 1860 | |
Guwahati | Guwahati | 1866 |
Guwahati to Delhi
List of Stops on the North East Express from Guwahati to Delhi.[5]
State | Town/City | Station | Distance (km) |
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Assam | Guwahati | Guwahati | 0 |
Maligaon | Kamakhya Junction | 7 | |
Rangia | Rangiya Junction | 48 | |
Bongaigaon | New Bongaigaon Junction | 157 | |
Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar | 185 | |
West Bengal | Alipurduar | New Alipurduar | 264 |
Cooch Behar | New Cooch Behar Junction | 283 | |
Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri Road | 375 | |
Siliguri | New Jalpaiguri Junction | 409 | |
Bihar | Kishanganj | Kishanganj | 496 |
Barsoi | Barsoi Junction | 553 | |
Katihar | Katihar Junction | 593 | |
Naugachia | Naugachia | 650 | |
Mansi | Mansi Junction | 708 | |
Khagaria | Khagaria Junction | 716 | |
Begusarai | Begusarai | 757 | |
Barauni | Barauni Junction | 772 | |
Patna | Patliputra Junction | 880 | |
Danapur | Danapur | 886 | |
Arrah | Ara Junction | 926 | |
Buxar | Buxar | 994 | |
Uttar Pradesh | Mughalsarai | Mughalsarai Junction | 1088 |
Allahabad | Allahabad Junction | 1237 | |
Fatehpur | Fatehpur | 1354 | |
Kanpur | Kanpur Central | 1432 | |
Etawah | Etawah Junction | 1571 | |
Tundla | Tundla Junction | 1663 | |
Aligarh | Aligarh Junction | 1741 | |
Ghaziabad | Ghaziabad Junction | 1854 | |
Delhi | Delhi | Anand Vihar Terminal | 1866 |
References
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.