West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express

The West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express is the Sampark Kranti Express category train which connects Sealdah in (Kolkata) and Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi. This train was first announced during the budget session on 2004-05 of Indian Railways by then the Minister of Railways, Nitish Kumar. Thus this train was inaugurated on 11 March 2005 from Sealdah and on 12 March 2005 from Delhi

Schedule and route
West Bengal Samparkkranti Express (DLI - SDAH) Route map

West Bengal Sampark Kranti runs once a week. It departs from Sealdah at 1310 hrs on Tuesday and arrives on its subsequent day at Anand Vihar Terminal at 1115 hrs. On its return journey, it departs from Anand Vihar Terminal at 1910 and arrives at Sealdah at 1730 hrs.

In its journey, it passes through Indian States of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Some towns & cities where West Bengal Sampark Kranti halts en route are Barddhaman, Durgapur, Asansol, Dhanbad, pt.Deendayal Upadhyay junction & Kanpur. Earlier the stop at Deendayal Upadhyaya junction was for technical checking which meant that one couldn't book tickets to and from that station, but now this station is also a commercial stop.

Rake and composition

The West Bengal Sampark Kranti uses the modern state of the art LHB coaches. It carries one AC First Cum AC Two tier,one AC Two Tier, three AC Three Tier,eleven Sleeper Class,three General/Unreserved class,two Generator cum Luggage Vans and one Pantry Car.

The coach composition of West Bengal Sampark Kranti from Sealdah to Anand Vihar Terminal is;

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While on its return journey the rake reverses.

Traction

It is hauled by the Howrah based WAP-7 locomotive through out its journey. Sometime Howrah based WAP-4 or Ghaziabad based WAP-4 or WAP-7 can also be seen as off link locomotive for this train.

Other details

Earlier this train use to imply between Sealdah to Delhi Junction, but later in order to decongest Delhi Junction and New Delhi, this train was terminated to Anand Vihar Terminal. It shares its rake with the Sealdah-Amritsar Jallianwalla Bagh Express.

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