Kulik Intercity Express

The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur via Rampurhat Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis.

Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to Siuri. After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express. And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj.

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:-

Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah.