Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express

The Kanchanjunga Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah (Kolkata) and Sabroom (Tripura ) in India. It is currently operated with 13173/13174 train numbers on a four-days-a-week basis.

It is named after the Kangchenjunga peak of the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim which is visible from New Jalpaiguri, as previously when this train was introduced in the 1960s it was between Sealdah and New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri).

Service
The 13173/Kanchanjunga Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 1664.9 km in 35h 20m. The 13174/Kanchanjunga Express has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 1664.9 km in 35h 20m.

Timings

 * 13173/Kanchanjunga Express departs Sealdah every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 06:35 hrs and reaches Sabroom at 20:00 hrs the next day.
 * 13174/Kanchanjunga Express departs Sabroom every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 06:20 hrs and reaches Sealdah at 19:25 hrs the next day.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:

WEST BENGAL
 * 1) Sealdah (Kolkata)
 * 2) Dakshineswar
 * 3) Barddhaman Junction
 * 4) Bolpur Shantiniketan
 * 5) Ahmadpur Junction
 * 6) Sainthia Junction
 * 7) Rampurhat Junction
 * 8) Murarai
 * 9) New Farakka Junction
 * 10) Malda Town
 * 11) Samsi
 * 12) Dalkhola
 * 13) Aluabari Road Junction
 * 14) New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)
 * 15) Jalpaiguri Road
 * 16) Dhupguri
 * 17) Falakata
 * 18) New Cooch Behar
 * 19) New Alipurduar
 * 20) Kamakhyaguri

JHARKHAND
 * 1) Pakur

BIHAR
 * 1) Barsoi Junction
 * 2) Kishanganj

ASSAM
 * 1) Gossaigaon Hat
 * 2) Fakiragram
 * 3) Kokrajhar
 * 4) New Bongaigaon Junction
 * 5) Barpeta Road
 * 6) Nalbari
 * 7) Rangiya Junction
 * 8) Kamakhya Junction
 * 9) Guwahati
 * 10) Lumding Junction
 * 11) New Haflong
 * 12) Badarpur Junction
 * 13) New Karimganj

TRIPURA
 * 1) Dharmanagar
 * 2) Ambassa
 * 3) Agartala
 * 4) Udaipur
 * 5) Sabroom

Coach composition
The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 19 coaches:


 * 1 AC II Tier
 * 5 AC III Tier
 * 8 Sleeper coaches
 * 4 General Unreserved
 * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction
Sealdah Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express is hauled by WAP-7 or WAP-4 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah- from Sealdah till Jagiroad. Then the train is hauled by Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri-based WDP-4B Locomotive from Jagiroad till Sabroom. A banker is usually attached between Lumding and Badarpur.

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 13175/13176 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express.

Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 2 times:


 * Lumding Junction
 * Badarpur Junction

Accident
On 17 June 2024, around 9:00 IST a goods train collided with Kanchanjunga Express from the rear end resulting in the derailment of three coaches. Ten people lost their lives in the incident while more than 60 people got injured. The cause of collision is currently under investigation.

Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

 * 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
 * 22309/10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
 * 12377/78 Padatik Express
 * 12343/44 Darjeeling Mail
 * 15959/60 Kamrup Express
 * 13175/76 Kanchanjungha Express/Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
 * 12345/46 Saraighat Express
 * 15721/22 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express
 * 12517/18 Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express
 * 12525/26 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
 * 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
 * 13147/48 Uttar Banga Express
 * 12503/04 Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala 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 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express