The 18615 / 18616 Kriya Yoga Express (formerly known as Howrah–Hatia Express), is an

Express Express, The Expresss or EXPRESS may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''Express: Aisle to Glory'', a 1998 comedy short film featuring Kal Penn * ''The Express: The Ernie Davis Story'', a 2008 film starring Dennis Quaid * The Expre ...

train of

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

in India's

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

that runs between and , serving the Indian states of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

. It operates as train number 18615 from Howrah Junction to Hatia and as train number 18616 in the reverse direction. On 21 June 2015, the first International Day of Yoga, the Kriya Yoga Express adopted this name to commemorate the contributions of Kriya Yoga master

Paramahansa Yogananda Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893March 7, 1952) was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yoga, yogi and guru who introduced millions to meditation and Kriya Yoga school, Kriya Yoga through his organization, Self ...

in spreading the teaching and practice of

yoga Yoga (UK: , US: ; 'yoga' ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated with its own philosophy in ancient India, aimed at controlling body and mind to attain various salvation goals, as pra ...

worldwide. This train had been instrumental in the life and spiritual journey of Paramahansa.

Coaches

The 18615 / 16 Kriya Yoga Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 2 AC 2 Tier, 5 AC 3 Tier, 3 AC 3 Tier Economy, 8 Sleeper Class, and 2 EOG Coaches. One of the EOG Coach is used for Railway Mail Service. It does not carry a

pantry car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a passenger railroad car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. These cars provide the highest level of service of any rai ...

18616 - Hatia Howrah Kriya Yoga Express on platform 22 in howrah junction

Routeing

The 18615 / 16 Kriya Yoga Express runs from Howrah Junction via , , , to Hatia. It reverses direction of travel at Muri Junction.

Service

The 18615 Kriya Yoga Express covers the distance of 421 kilometres in 08 Hours 35 minutes (47km/h) and in 09 Hours 05 minutes as 18616 Hatia–Howrah Express (47km/h). As the average speed of the train is below , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Timings

18615 Kriya Yoga Express leaves Howrah Junction on a daily basis at 21:30 hrs IST and reaches Hatia at 06:05 hrs IST the next day. 18616 Kriya Yoga Express leaves Hatia on a daily basis at 21:45 hrs IST and reaches Howrah Junction at 06:50 hrs IST the next day.

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, a -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 powers the train for its entire journey.

References

* * *

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kriya Yoga Express Rail transport in Howrah Transport in Ranchi Named passenger trains of India Rail transport in Jharkhand Paramahansa Yogananda Express trains in India