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The Varanasi-Howrah section is part of the greater Delhi-Howrah corridor connecting Delhi with Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. The 711 km (442 mi) journey would take around three hours to complete, five hours quicker than existing Rajdhani service which takes eight hours. Indian Railways had prepared the DPR for seven more corridors, that ...
The Ganga Sagar Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah and Jaynagar in India. It is currently being operated with 13185/13186 train numbers on Daily basis. It includes coaches of First AC, AC two tier, AC three tier, and sleeper class,& General Coaches but does not include a pantry car.
The 12301/12302 Howrah – New Delhi Rajdhani Express follows the Dhanbad – Gaya Grand Chord route as part of its journey between Delhi and Howrah. The 12301 Howrah – New Delhi Rajdhani Express operates daily except on Sundays, while the returning train, 12302 New Delhi – Howrah Rajdhani Express, does not run on Fridays.
The Eastern lines of Kolkata Suburban Railway comprises 14 Local train routes that are operated by the Eastern Railway zone, serving the Kolkata metropolitan region and its neighbouring areas in West Bengal, India. The Line consists of a total 266 stations and the entire line is at grade.
One is the Lilua–Tikiapara link and the other is the Rajchandrapur–Dankuni–Mourigram link. They are used by goods trains and the Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express avoiding Howrah. Four major rail routes end at Howrah. They are the Howrah–Delhi, Howrah–Mumbai, Howrah–Chennai and Howrah–Guwahati routes.
Howrah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [1] This railway division was formed on 1854 and its headquarters is located at Howrah in West Bengal, India. [2] It covers the area more than 400 km which includes parts of Bihar and Jharkhand also. [3]
The Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral.The routes connecting the four major metropolises (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata), along with their diagonals, known as the Golden Quadrilateral, carry about half the freight and nearly half the passenger traffic, although they form only 16 per cent of the length.
DEMU rakes from ICF and MEMU from RCF are in service. In February 2018, SER launched Medha ICF Rakes on the Howrah–Kharagpur route and on 15 April 2018, Eastern Railway also started using them on the Howrah–Bandel Route. [53] [58] [56] SER has 30 12-car EMU rakes. [12] [59] 3-phase Alstom EMU in a carshed of Kolkata