Ganga Sutlej Express

The 13307 /13308 Ganga Sutlej Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between Dhanbad Junction and Firozpur Cantonment in India. It is also known as Kisan Express.

Background
It is named after two Indian Rivers; Ganga (which flows in the holy city of Varanasi, also Chhapra) and Sutlej (a river which flows in the northern states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh).

Service
It operates as train number 13307 from Dhanbad Junction to Firozpur Cantonment and as train number 13308 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana & Punjab. The train covers the distance of 1604 km in 35–37 hours approximately at a speed of (43 km/h).

Coaches
The service presently has 1 First AC Class, 4 Second AC Class, 6 Third AC Class, 1 Pantry Car, 5 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved coaches & 2 EOGs.

Routing
The 13307/13308 Ganga Sutlej Express runs from Dhanbad Junction via Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh, Gaya Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Varanasi Junction, Jaunpur Junction, Akbarpur Junction, Ayodhya Junction, Lucknow Charbagh, Laksar Junction,Ambala Cantonment Junction, Ludhiana Junction, Phillaur Junction, Nakodar Junction, Lohian Khas Junction to Firozpur Cantonment.

Traction
As the route is fully electrified, it is hauled by a Gomoh Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Dhanbad Junction to Firozpur Cantonment and vice versa.