The 12857 / 58 ''Tamralipta Express'' is an Superfast train belonging to

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South Eastern Railway zone The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway di ...

that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12857 from Howrah Junction to Digha and as train number 12858 in the reverse direction, serving the states of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

Background

This train is given on the name of

Tamralipta Tamralipta or Tamralipti ( pi, Tāmaliti) was a port city and capital of Suhma Kingdom in ancient Bengal, located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The Tamluk town in present-day Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, is generally identified as the sit ...

which it was the name of a city in ancient India, located on the Bay of Bengal. The Tamluk town in present-day West Bengal is identified as the site of Tamralipti or

Coaches

The 12857 / 58 Tamralipta Express has 1 AC chair car, 6 Chair car, seven general unreserved & two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It carries a

pantry car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car (rail), passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. It is distinct from other railroad foo ...

. As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 12857 Howrah Junction–Digha Tamralipta Express covers the distance of in 3 hours 20 mins (56 km/h) and in 3 hours 25 mins as the 12858 Digha–Howrah Junction Tamralipta Express (54 km/h). As the average speed of the train is equal to , as per railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 12857 / 58 Tamralipta Express runs from Howrah Junction via ,

Tamluk Tamluk () is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present-day Tamluk is the site of the an ...

Kanthi A gaurav ''kanthi'', or simply ''kanthi'' ( sa, कण्ठी, ''kaṇṭhī'', . "necklace"), is an basil-seed threaded string worn by some adherents of Hinduism. In Vaishnavism Followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism wear ''kanthi malas'' made of ''O ...

Ramnagar Ramnagar may refer to the following places: Bangladesh * Ramnagar, Bangladesh, a village in Chittagong Division * Ramnagar Union, Jessore Sadar India Jammu and Kashmir * Ramnagar, Udhampur, a town in Jammu and Kashmir ** Ramnagar Fort Udha ...

to Digha.

Schedule

12857

Runs daily

12858

Runs daily

RSA

22897 / 98 Kandari Express

Traction

As the route is electrified, a

Santragachi Santragachi, or Santragachhi, is a residential neighbourhood in Howrah, Howrah district, West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Santragachi Junction in Santragachi is one of th ...

-based

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) ...

electric locomotive pulls the train to its destination.

References

External links

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