The 13247 / 13248 Kamakhya-Rajendra Nagar Capital Express is an
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train belonging to
East Central Railway zone
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History
First set up on 8 September 1996 with headquarters at Hajipur, Bihar, East Central R ...
that runs between
Kamakhya Junction and in India. It is operated with 13247/48 train numbers on four days respectively.
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Service
The 13245/46 Capital Express has average speed of 35 km/h and covers 490 km in 14h. The 13247/48 Capital Express has average speed of 39 km/h and covers 942 km in 24h.
Halts
The important halts of the train are:
ASSAM
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* Goalpara Town
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WEST BENGAL
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* Hasimara Railway Station
* Dalgaon Railway Station
* Binnaguri Junction
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* (reversal)
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BIHAR
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* Banka Ghat
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Coach composition
The train has LHB coach
Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany and produced by rail coach manufacturing units at Kapurthala, Chennai and Raebareli. They have been used since 2000 on ...
. The train consists of 22 coaches:
* 1 AC First Cum 2 Ac-class
* 4 AC II Tier
* 4 AC III Tier
* 8 Sleeper Coaches
* 3 General
* 2 EOG Rake
Traction
It is hauled by a Samastipur Loco Shed or Gomoh Loco Shed-based 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 ...
electric locomotive on its entire journey.
Reversal
The train reverses direction at .
Rake sharing
* 13245 / 13246 ew Jalpaiguri-Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Expressshares its rake with 13247 / 13248 amakhya Junction–Rajendra Nagar Terminal Capital Express
See also
* Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station
Rajendra Nagar Terminal, (Station code: RJPB), is a railway station serving the capital city of Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located in Rajendra Nagar in Patna and is in the Danapur railway division of the East Central Railway zo ...
* New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station
New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station (station code NJP) established in 1960, is an A1 category broad-gauge and narrow-gauge railway station under Katihar railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. It is the largest and the busiest ...
* Indore–Guwahati Weekly Express
* Guwahati–Rajendra Nagar Capital Express
External links
13245/Capital Express
13246/Capital Express
References
Transport in Patna
Transport in Jalpaiguri
Named passenger trains of India
Rail transport in West Bengal
Rail transport in Bihar
Express trains in India
Transport in Siliguri
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