The 15767 / 68 Siliguri Junction - Alipurduar Junction Intercity Express is an

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train belonging to

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that runs between and in

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. It operates as train number 15767 from to and as train number 15768 in the reverse direction serving the states of

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Coaches

The 15767 / 68 Siliguri Junction - Alipurduar Junction Intercity Express has nine general unreserved and two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car coach. 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 15767 - Intercity Express covers the distance of in 4 hours 45 mins (34 km/h) and in 4 hours 00 mins as the 15768 - Intercity Express (40 km/h). As the average speed of the train is lower than , as per railway rules, its fare doesn't include a Superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 15767 / 68 Siliguri Junction - Alipurduar Junction Intercity Express runs from * via * *

Sevoke Sevoke (also Sevok or Sivok) is a small town near Siliguri in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal state of India near the border with Sikkim state. Situated in Dooars, Sevoke lies on the bank of River Teesta and has two bridges − namely ...

Sevoke Railway Bridge Sevoke Railway Bridge is the railway bridge on River Teesta near Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary at Sevoke, West Bengal, India. The railway bridge is about 396.1 metres long and connects Darjeeling district with Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal ...

Bagrakote Bagrakote is a village in the Mal CD block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. The main reason behind Bagrakote being called as a Tea Garden is that it was by the virtue of the Duncan Goe ...

Odlabari Oodlabari is a census town located in the Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated in the foothills of the Himalayas, Oodlabari is surrounded by tea gardens and dense forests. Geography Locat ...

* Damdim * New Malbazar * Chalsa *

Nagrakata Nagrakata is a village in the Nagrakata community development block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. National Highway 17 passes through Nagrakata. It is a station on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala ...

* *

Banarhat Banarhat is a census town of the Banarhat CD block in Dhupguri subdivision of the Jalpaiguri District in the state of West Bengal, India. Sharing nearest international border with Bhutan. Geography Area overview The map alongsid ...

Binnaguri Binnaguri is a cantonment town located in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal state, India. It is located at 26° 46' N latitude and 89° 3' E longitude at an altitude of 216 metres above sea level. Geography Area overview The map alongsid ...

Dalgaon Dalgaon is a town in the Darrang district of Assam, India. Geography It is located at an elevation of 48 m above MSL. Location National Highway 15 Route 15, or Highway 15, can refer to: For roads named A15, see A15 roads. International * ...

Madarihat Madarihat (also referred to as Uttar Madarihat) is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Madarihat-Birpara CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India. This town is situated on the outskirts of Ja ...

* Hasimara * Hamiltonganj *

Kalchini Kalchini is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Kalchini is located at . The Kalchini CD block li ...

* Rajabhatkhawa to * in West Bengal.

Traction

As the route is going to electrification, a based

WDM-3D The Indian locomotive class WDM-3D is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 2003 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 in gauge railway, broad gauge (W), Diesel ...

diesel locomotive pulls the train to its destination.

Incidents

On 2002 February 8, Siliguri–Alipurduar Intercity Express train killed one female elephant and injured two tuskers at

Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary (formerly Chapramari Wildlife Reserve, pron: ˌʧʌprəˈmɑ:rɪ or ˌʧæprəˈmɑ:rɪ) is close to the Gorumara National Park. Chapramari is about 30 kilometres from Chalsa and Lataguri in northern West Bengal, I ...

between

Malbazar Malbazar, also known as Mal, is a town and a municipality in Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Malbazar subdivision. It lies about 65 km from Jalpaiguri and 55 km from Siliguri. It li ...

and

References

External links

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