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, Jharkhand with the adjoining coal and industrial cities of

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with the capital city of West Bengal,

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. This train is also known as the twin / sister train of the Howrah – Dhanbad Black Diamond Express. Initially running as 3029/3030, the train was converted to superfast on 3 June 2006, since when it has been running as 12339/12340.

Schedule

12339 (HWH – DHN) departs from Howrah at 17:20 and arrives at Dhanbad at 21:55, while 12340 (DHN – HWH) departs from Dhanbad at 05:50 and arrives at Howrah at 10:25, thereby covering a distance of 259 km in 4 hours and 35 minutes, with an average speed of and maximum permissible speed of throughout the journey.

Coach composition and rake sharing

The train consists of modern LHB coaches: two AC Chair Car coaches (C1 and C2), five Non-AC Chair Car coaches (D1 to D5), eight Unreserved General coaches (UR), one Ladies Unreserved General coach (LDS-UR) one Sitting cum Luggage Rake coach (SLR) and one End on Generation (EOG) / Power car. The train shares its rake with

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and Agnibina Express.

Traction

It is regularly hauled by a Howrah Loco Shed-based

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electric locomotive on its entire journey.

References

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