Hate Bazare Express is an

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train belonging to

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that run between and in India. The name of the train is derived from the Bengali word ''Hate Bazare'' which means The Market place in English and also its a name of the novel wrote by

Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (19 July 1899 – 9 February 1979) was an Indian Bengali-language writer, physician, and playwright, best known by his pen name Banaphul ("Wild flower" in Bengali). His oeuvre spanned novels, poetry, plays, essays and o ...

(''Banaphool''). The train was introduced in 1999-2000 year between & after withdrawing the North Bihar Express which used to run from to via , , , , , , & in the period of 1970–1999. Hate Bazare Express is the successor of the former North Bihar Express.

Service

There are two sets of Hate Bazare Express which the first set runs as the train numbers 13163 / 13164 and the second set run as train numbers 13169 / 13170. The frequency of this train is daily, In which the first set consists of five days which covers the distance of with an average speed of and the second set consists of bi-weekly which covers the distance of with an average speed of .

Routes

*First set of Hate Bazare Express passes through , , , , & on both sides *Second set of Hate Bazare Express passes through , , , , , & on both sides.

Traction

# The first set is hauled by

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) l ...

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WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

of throughout the entire journey. # The second set is hauled by WDM-3 of

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of throughout the journey.

Incident

On 12 July 2011, Hate Bazare Express has averted a train collision with the EMU local of Bandel–Katwa at Balagarh station in

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsurah (' ...

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, no casualties reported.indiatimes.com
Retrieved 19 June 2019

External links

13163 Hate Bazare Express

13164 Hate Bazare Express

13169 Hate Bazare Express

13170 Hate Bazare Express

References

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