Service type Superfast Current operator(s) Eastern Railways Stops 8 | Status Operating Start Sealdah (SDAH) End New Alipurduar (NOQ) | |
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Padatik Express is a daily superfast train which runs between Sealdah (Kolkata) and New Alipurduar , a distance of 719 kilometres (447 mi). The train belongs to Eastern Railways and travel time over the whole route is just over 12 hours. This train is named after renowned Bengali poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay's book Padatik.
Contents
The train is numbered as 12377/12378 and offers all the available classes of travel on Indian Railways – 1st AC(H1)- 1,1st AC cum 2nd AC(HA1) - 1, 2nd AC - 1(A1), 3rd AC - 6(B1 - B6), Sleeper - 6(S1 - S6), General Unreserved Class - 4(GS 1 - 4), SLR - 2. The train is composed of 19 coaches and is usually hauled by WDM-3A from Bardhaman diesel loco shed.
Halts
- Sealdah
- Bardhaman
- Bolpur
- Rampurhat
- Malda Town
- Kishanganj
- New Jalpaiguri
- Mathabhanga
- New Coochbeher
- New Alipurduar
Incidents
- "Villagers terrorise train passengers". The Statesman. 29 September 2011.
- "Signal sabotaged to rob passengers on Padatik Express". Times of India. 17 June 2012.
References
Padatik Express Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA