North East Express

The 12505 / 12506 North East Express is a daily superfast train of Indian Railways, which runs between Guwahati (capital of Assam and the largest city of North Eastern region of India) and Anand Vihar near New Delhi (capital of India). It connects North Eastern India to New Delhi, hence the name. The train belongs to NF railway zone of Indian Railways (headquarters at Guwahati). The coaches of this train belongs to Guwahati coaching depot of Lumding Division of NF Railway.

North East Express
North East Express
Overview
Service typeSuperfast
LocaleAssam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi
First service01 April 1986
Current operator(s)Northeast Frontier Railways
Route
StartKamakhya Junction(KYQ)
Stops28
EndAnand Vihar Terminal(ANVT)
Distance travelled1,855 km (1,153 mi)
Average journey time33 hours, 50 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)12505/12506
On-board services
Class(es)AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangementsAvailable
Sleeping arrangementsAvailable
Catering facilitiesAvailable
Technical
Rolling stockLHB Coaches
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed58 km/h (36 mph) average with halts
Route map

The North East Express succeeded the legendary Assam Mail in 1986.[1] But halt pattern and timings of later introduced Sikkim Mahananda Express (first introduced between Delhi and Katihar) corresponds more to the Assam Mail's BG segment.[2]

The train runs along the Guwahati-Barauni line, Barauni-Mokama line and Howrah-Delhi main line.

Service

The train is numbered as 12505/12506. Originally North east express was not a superfast and had service numbers 921 and 922 when introduced in 1986. In 1988, the train was assigned with new set of numbers as 2521 and 2522 which were later replaced with 5621 and 5622. It used to ply between Guwahati and New Delhi. In the Railway Budget 2005-06, it was sped up to the Broad Gauge Super fast category (broad gauge trains with 55 km/h or above average commercial speed) without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. The new number assigned in the Superfast category were 2505 from Guwahati and 2506 from New Delhi.[3] With the new five digit numbering scheme introduced during the tenure of Mamata Banerjee as Railway Minister, the service numbers are now 12505 and 12506. The train now starts from Kamakhya Junction Railway Station at Maligaon and run up to Anand Vihar Terminal instead of Guwahati & New Delhi.

Coaches

The train has AC as well as Non AC accommodation. The composition of the train is as follows - 2A - 1 (A-1), 3A - 3 (B-1, B-2, B-3), SL - 14 (S-1 to S-14), PC - 1, GENL - 3 & SLR - 2. The total rake length is 24 coaches. New LHB Rakes are introduced on 03/03/2019.

Stoppage

Delhi to Guwahati
A WDP4D usually hauls the North East Express

List of Stops on the North East Express from Delhi to Guwahati.[4]

State Town/City Station Distance (km)
Delhi Delhi Anand Vihar Terminal 0
Uttar Pradesh Aligarh Aligarh Junction 126
Tundla Tundla Junction 204
Etawah Etawah Junction 296
Kanpur Kanpur Central 435
Fatehpur Fatehpur 513
Allahabad Allahabad Junction 629
Mughalsarai Mughalsarai Junction 778
Bihar Buxar Buxar 872
Arrah Ara Junction 941
Danapur Danapur 980
Patna Patliputra Junction 986
Barauni Barauni Junction 1095
Begusarai Begusarai 1110
Khagaria Khagaria Junction 1150
Mansi Mansi Junction 1159
Naugachia Naugachia 1217
Katihar Katihar Junction 1274
Barsoi Barsoi Junction 1313
Kishanganj Kishanganj 1371
West Bengal Siliguri New Jalpaiguri Junction 1458
Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Road 1491
Cooch Behar New Cooch Behar Junction 1584
Alipurduar New Alipurduar 1603
Assam Kokrajhar Kokrajhar 1681
Bongaigaon New Bongaigaon Junction 1709
Rangia Rangiya Junction 1819
Maligaon Kamakhya Junction 1860
Guwahati Guwahati 1866

Guwahati to Delhi

List of Stops on the North East Express from Guwahati to Delhi.[5]

State Town/City Station Distance (km)
Assam Guwahati Guwahati 0
Maligaon Kamakhya Junction 7
Rangia Rangiya Junction 48
Bongaigaon New Bongaigaon Junction 157
Kokrajhar Kokrajhar 185
West Bengal Alipurduar New Alipurduar 264
Cooch Behar New Cooch Behar Junction 283
Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri Road 375
Siliguri New Jalpaiguri Junction 409
Bihar Kishanganj Kishanganj 496
Barsoi Barsoi Junction 553
Katihar Katihar Junction 593
Naugachia Naugachia 650
Mansi Mansi Junction 708
Khagaria Khagaria Junction 716
Begusarai Begusarai 757
Barauni Barauni Junction 772
Patna Patliputra Junction 880
Danapur Danapur 886
Arrah Ara Junction 926
Buxar Buxar 994
Uttar Pradesh Mughalsarai Mughalsarai Junction 1088
Allahabad Allahabad Junction 1237
Fatehpur Fatehpur 1354
Kanpur Kanpur Central 1432
Etawah Etawah Junction 1571
Tundla Tundla Junction 1663
Aligarh Aligarh Junction 1741
Ghaziabad Ghaziabad Junction 1854
Delhi Delhi Anand Vihar Terminal 1866

Locomotive

It is hauled by a Siliguri based WDP 4 / WDP 4D locomotive from KYQ to NJP. From NJP to ANVT it is hauled by a Ghaziabad based WAP 5 / WAP 7 locomotive and vice versa.

References
  1. "Trains of fame and locos with a name - Part 2". IRFCA. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. http://www.irfca.org/members/archive/messages.php?index=16. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=23067. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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