Service type Shatabdi Express First service 12 July 2012 | Status Operating Start Howrah | |
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Locale West Bengal,Though it touches Neighboring States of Jharkhand and Bihar on its Journey Current operator(s) North East Frontier Railway | ||
The Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express is a superfast express fully airconditioned train connecting Kolkata and New Jalpaiguri. It is the fastest train in the Howrah - New Jalpaiguri section covering a distance of 566 km in a span of 8 hours. The train runs at an average speed of 70 km per hour (excluding halts). The train is hauled by a matching WDP-4/WDP-4B/WDP-4D of Siliguri diesel locomotive shed as the Barddhaman - New Jalpaiguri section has not yet been electrified completely. It always gets LHB Coaches. The train comprises 7 AC Chair Cars, 1 Executive Class coach & 2 End-On-Generation Cars.
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Inaugural
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the then railway minister Mukul Roy flag it off from Cooch Behar on 12 July 2012 . Though this train was passed in Railway Budget 2012 - 13 by the then Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.
Amenities
This train has state-of-the art ultra modern LHB coaches, providing unmatched comfort even on speeds such as 130 kph,large windows provide extraordinary views of landscape, ultra soft reclining seats (2x2 in EC/3x2 in CC) provide excellent comfort, delicious on-board meals are available and its charge is included in the ticket fare, passengers have option of choosing from Veg/Non Veg.
Loco link
This train is Hauled by highly powerful GM-EMD/DLW made 4500HP WDP4D Class,4500HP IGBT equipped WDP4B, and the ultra modern and futuristic Dual Cabbed 4500HP IGBT equipped WDP4D class (40089-91,40096,40108) locos. All of these are capable to take the train to 130 kph if section permits.