Saraighat Express

Saraighat SF Express

200px WDP-4 hauling Saraighat Express
Overview
Service type	Superfast Mail/Express
Status	Operating
Locale	West Bengal, Assam, Bihar
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Route
Start	Howrah Junction
End	Guwahati Junction
Average journey time	18 hours
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	First AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Pantry Car attached
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railway coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	Average - 61km/hr, including halt

The Saraighat Express is a daily superfast train which runs between Howrah (Kolkata) and Guwahati (Assam).

History

The train is named after the famous Battle of Saraighat fought between Mughals and Ahom rulers of Assam (Ahom Kingdom) in which Mughals were defeated by the Ahoms under the great leadership of Mahavir Lachit Borphukan Commander-in-Chief. The train belongs to Eastern Railways zone of Indian Railway headquartered at Howrah.

The train numbered as 12345/12346 and being under superfast category is into the 12xxx number range.

Coach Composition

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
	SLR	GS	HA1	A1	B3	B2	B1	PC	S13	S12	S11	S10	S9	S8	S7	S6	S5	S4	S3	S2	S1	GS	GS	SLR

The train is composed of all the available class of travel in Indian Railways - 1st AC(1A),2nd AC(2A),3rd AC(3A),Sleeper(SL),General Unreserved Class.The coach composition for the train is 1A/2A COMPOSITE- 1(HA-1); 2A- 1(A-1), 3A- 3(B-1,B-2,B-3), SL- 13(S-1 # S-13), PC- 1; GENL- 3; SLR- 2.Total number of coaches being 24.Tatkal scheme is available in this train. The train is usually hauled by WDP-4, WDP-4B and WDP-4D from Siliguri loco shed. Its one of the best train to travel from Assam to Kolkata

Halts

1. Howrah Junction
2. Barddhaman
3. Bolpur
4. Rampurhat
5. New Farakka
6. Malda Town
7. Kishanganj
8. New Jalpaiguri
9. New Cooch Behar
10. New Alipurduar
11. New Bongaigaon
12. Kamakhya
13. Guwahati Junction

LOCO LINK

saraighat express locos: these locos are couple HWH TO BNDM:WDM3D HOWRAH/WAP-4 HOWRAH. BNDM TO MLDT:BNDM WDM3A. MLDT TO NJP:MLDT WDM3A/WDP4 SGUJ NJP TO GHY:WDP4B SGUJ/WDP4D SGUJ.

External links

• Saraighat Express