Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjungha Express

Sealdah - Silchar Kanchanjungha Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah (Kolkata) and Silchar (Assam) in India. It is currently being operated with 13175/13176 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis.

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

Service
The 13175/Kanchanjunga Express has an average speed of 40 km/h and covers 1359 km in 33h 55m. The 13176/Kanchanjunga Express has an average speed of 41 km/h and covers 1359 km in 32h 55m.

Timings

 * 13175/Kanchanjunga Express leaves Sealdah on every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 6:35 and reaches Silchar at 16:30 next day.
 * 13176/Kanchanjunga Express leaves Silchar on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 and reaches Sealdah at 19:25 next day.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:

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

JHARKHAND
 * 1) Pakur railway station

BIHAR
 * 1) Barsoi Junction railway station
 * 2) Kishanganj

ASSAM
 * 1) Gossaigaon Hat Railway Station
 * 2) Fakiragram Junction railway station
 * 3) Kokrajhar railway station
 * 4) New Bongaigaon Junction
 * 5) Barpeta Road
 * 6) Rangiya Junction
 * 7) Kamakhya Junction
 * 8) Guwahati
 * 9) Lumding Junction Reverse
 * 10) New Haflong
 * 11) Badarpur Junction Reverse
 * 12) Silchar

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 Silchar Kanchanjungha 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 till Silchar.A banker is usually attached between Lumding and Badarpur.

Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 13173/13174 Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express.

Direction reversal
The train reverses its direction 2 times:


 * Lumding Junction
 * Badarpur Junction

Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

 * 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
 * 22301/02 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
 * 12377/78 Padatik Express
 * 12343/44 Darjeeling Mail
 * 15959/60 Kamrup Express
 * 13175/76 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjungha Express
 * 12345/46 Saraighat Express
 * 15721/22 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express
 * 12516/15 Silchar–Coimbatore Superfast Express
 * 15961/62 Kamrup 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
 * 22503/04 Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express