Bhagirathi Express (13103/13104) is a normal

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type train of

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linking

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with the Murshidabad district in the state of

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. This is a short-distance running express and covers its journey within a day. This train is very popular among tourists who use it to go for weekend trip to the historical town of

Murshidabad Murshidabad fa, مرشد آباد (, or ) is a historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi River, a distributary of the Ganges. It forms part of the Murshidabad district. Duri ...

. This train covers 227.6 kilometers of distance at a speed of 49 km/h and through its journey it passes through important stations like

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, Bethuadahari,

Plassey Palashi or Plassey ( bn, পলাশী, Palāśī, translit-std=ISO, , ) is a village on the east bank of Hooghly River, Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar, Nadia, Krishnanagar in Kal ...

Beldanga Beldanga is a municipality town under the Barhampur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Beldanga is an important trade centre of this district. Geography Location Beldanga is located at . It has an averag ...

Berhampore Berhampore (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. As of 2011 census, Berhampore urban agglomeration had a population of 305,609 and is the seventh largest city in West Bengal (after Kolkata, Asansol, Siliguri, D ...

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Lalgola Lalgola is a census town in the Lalgola CD block in the Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. It is situated about north of Kolkata, near the head of the Ganges delta. It is a terminal railway station on the Ranaghat-Lalg ...

Facilities

AC chair car, Second class sitting, General type of coaches are available in this train. All the classes except general class requires prior reservation. Tatkal scheme is available in this train, whereas

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facility is not available. Throughout its journey it is hauled by

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class of locomotive.

Train detail

Bhagirathi Express (13103) leaves Sealdah at 6:20pm via Ranaghat (7:53pm), Krishnanagar (8:22pm), Bethuadahari (8:45pm), Plassey (9:08pm), Beldanga (9:28pm), Berhampore court (9:49pm), Murshidabad (10:04pm), Jiaganj (10:12pm), Bhagwangola (10:23pm) and reaches Lalgola at 11:05pm. Down Bhagirathi Express leaves Lalgola at 5:40am in morning, reaches Bhagwangola at 5:51am, Jiaganj at 6:03am, Murshidabad at 6:11am, Berhampore court at 6:30am, Beldanga at 6:48am, Plassey at 7:10am, Bethudahari at 7:34am, Krishnanagar at 8:12, Ranaghat at 8:50am and reaches Sealdah at 10:40am on the same day.

References

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