Kulik Intercity Express
Overview | |
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Service type | Express |
First service | 22 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-22) |
Current operator(s) | Eastern Railway zone |
Route | |
Termini | Howrah Junction (HWH) Radhikapur (RDP) |
Stops | 12 |
Distance travelled | 487 km (303 mi) |
Average journey time | 9 Hours 35 Minutes |
Service frequency | Daily [a] |
Train number(s) | 13053/13054 |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | Vistadome, AC Chair Car, General Unreserved , 2nd Sitting |
Seating arrangements | Yes |
Sleeping arrangements | No |
Catering facilities | Yes |
Entertainment facilities | No |
Baggage facilities | Overhead racks |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | LHB coach |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | yes |
Operating speed | 51 km/h (32 mph), including halts |
The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis.[1][2]
Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to Siuri.[3] After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express.[4] And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj.[5]
Speed
This train has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 487 km in 10 Hours 40 Minutes. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 110 km/h
Route and halts
Between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur this train stops at -
- Barddhaman Junction
- Bolpur Shantiniketan
- Prantik
- Sainthia Junction
- Rampurhat Junction
- Pakur
- New Farakka Junction
- Malda Town
- Samsi
- Barsoi Junction
- Raiganj
- Kaliyaganj
Coach composition
The train runs with Modern LHB Rake with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 13 coaches:
- 1 AC Chair Car
- 5 Unreserved Chair Car
- 4 Reserved Chair Car
- 2 Deen dayalu coaches
- 2 Generators cum Luggage/parcel van
Schedule
The schedule of this 13053/13054 Howrah–Radhikapur Kulik Express is given below:-
HWH - RDP - HWH Kulik Express | ||||
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13053 | Stations | 13054 | ||
Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | |
-NIL- | 08:55 | Howrah Junction | 15:50 | -NIL- |
10:51 | 10:53 | Barddhaman Junction | 13:30 | 13:32 |
11:38 | 11:40 | Bolpur Shantiniketan | 12:31 | 12:33 |
11:50 | 11:51 | Prantik | 12:24 | 12:25 |
12:26 | 12:28 | Sainthia | 11:58 | 12:00 |
13:01 | 13:03 | Rampurhat Junction | 11:33 | 11:35 |
13:43 | 13:45 | Pakur | 10:45 | 10:47 |
14:56 | 14:58 | New Farakka Junction | 10:02 | 10:04 |
15:50 | 16:20 | Malda Town | 09:05 | 09:30 |
16:48 | 16:50 | Samsi | 07:45 | 07:47 |
17:38 | 17:40 | Barsoi Junction | 06:43 | 06:45 |
17:58 | 18:03 | Raiganj | 06:20 | 06:25 |
18:32 | 18:34 | Kaliyaganj | 05:58 | 06:00 |
19:15 | -NIL- | Radhikapur | -NIL- | 05:45 |
Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah .
See also
- Howrah Junction railway station
- Radhikapur railway station
- Howrah–Rampurhat Express
- Howrah–Balurghat Bi-Weekly Express
- Kolkata–Radhikapur Express
Notes
- ^ Runs seven days in a week for every direction.
External links
- 13053/Kulik Intercity Express
- 13054/Kulik Intercity Express
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