Padatik Express

The 12377 / 12378 Padatik Express is a daily Superfast train which runs between Sealdah in West Bengal and New Alipurduar in West Bengal via Barddhaman, Rampurhat ,Bolpur-santiniketan , Malda Town, New Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri Road railway station, Mathabhanga & New Cooch Behar in West Bengal.

The train covers a distance of 719 km. The train belongs to the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways and travel time over the whole route is just over 12 hours. This train is named after renowned Bengali poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay's book Padatik.

The train is numbered as 12377 / 12378 and offers all the available classes of travel on Indian Railways-AC First Class (H1), AC First-cum-Second Class (HA1), AC 2-tier (A1-A2), AC 3-tier (B1–B6), Sleeper Class (S1–S6) and Second Sitting (D1-D3). The train is composed of 23 coaches.

Route & halts
The important halts of the train are:


 * 1) Sealdah (Starts)
 * 2) Barddhaman Junction
 * 3) Bolpur Shantiniketan
 * 4) Rampurhat Junction
 * 5) Malda Town
 * 6) Samsi
 * 7) Dalkhola
 * 8) Kishanganj
 * 9) New Jalpaiguri Junction (Siliguri)
 * 10) Jalpaiguri Road
 * 11) Mathabhanga
 * 12) New Cooch Behar Junction
 * 13) New Alipurduar (Ends)

Coach composition
Sealdah to New Alipurduar New Alipurduar to Sealdah

Traction
Padatik Superfast Express is hauled by an Electric Loco Shed, Sealdah-based WAP-7 locomotive from Sealdah to New Jalpaiguri. From New Jalpaiguri to New Alipurduar it is hauled by a Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri-based WDP-4/WDP-4D/WDP-4B locomotive and vice versa.

Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

 * 22301/02 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
 * 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
 * 12343/44 Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Mail
 * 13149/50 Kanchan Kanya Express
 * 15959/60 Kamrup Express
 * 13175/76 Kanchenjunga Express
 * 12345/46 Saraighat Express
 * 15721/22 New Jalpaiguri-Digha Express
 * 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
 * 13147/58 Uttar Banga Express
 * 12503/04 Bangalore Humsafar Express
 * 13181/82 Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express
 * 22511/12 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
 * 15643/44 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
 * 12363/64 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
 * 12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
 * 12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
 * 12513/14 Silchar–Secunderabad Express