Gour Express
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. 13153/13154 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. 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.
![]() Gour Express at Gangarampur Railway Bridge | |
Overview | |
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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 |
Coach Composition:- The train consists of 23 coaches.
1 AC First Class cum AC 2 Tier(HA1)
3 AC 2 Tier
2 AC 3 Tier
12 Sleeper Class
2 General
2 Second seating(SLR)
1 Luggage cum Guard Van
Important stoppages
- Sealdah
- Naihati Junction
- Bandel Junction
- Barddhaman Junction
- Bolpur Shantiniketan
- Ahmadpur
- Sainthia
- Rampurhat
- Nalhati Junction
- Murarai
- Rajgram
- Pakur
- New Farakka Junction
- Malda Town
Gour Link Express stoppage
- Old Malda Junction
- Adina
- Eklakhi Junction
- Gazole
- Mahanagar
- Deotala
- Daulatpur Halt
- Buniadpur
- Gangarampur
- Malancha
- Rampur Bazar
- Mallickpur Hat
- Balurghat
Timings
- 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
- 13154 departs Balurghat around 17:05 every day and arrives Malda Town around 21:15 and from there it departs around 21:35 and reaches Sealdah at 5:20 next day.
Traction:-
As the route is not fully electrified, a Malda Town based WDM-3A powers the train from Balurghat to Malda and vice versa, handing over to a Howrah based WAP7/WAP4 for the rest of the journey. A Barddhaman or Howrah WDM-3A is scarcely used nowadays.
See also
- Sealdah railway station
- Malda Town railway station
- Gangarampur Railway Station
- Balurghat railway station