Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express

Howrah New Jalpaiguri AC Express
Overview
Service type	Superfast
First service	30 July 2013 [1]
Last service	Discontinued on 19 May 2020 due to COVID.
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways
Route
Termini	Howrah Junction New Jalpaiguri
Stops	6
Distance travelled	561 km (349 mi)
Average journey time	10 hours 15 mins in both directions
Service frequency	Weekly. 22309 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express – Tuesday, 22310 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah AC Express – Wednesday.
Train number(s)	22309 / 22310
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair Car, AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railways Yuva Express coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum, 54.73 km/h (34 mph), including halts

The 22309 / 10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express was a AC Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Eastern Railway zone that ran between Howrah Junction (Kolkata) and New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri) in India that operated from July 30, 2013, to May 19, 2020.

It operated as train number 22309 from Howrah to New Jalpaiguri and as train number 22310 in the reverse direction, serving the states of West Bengal and Bihar.

Eastern Railway cancelled its operations permanently from 19 May 2020.

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Coaches

The 22309 / 10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express had 6 AC 3 tier, 11 AC Chair Car and 2 End-on Generator coaches [2]. It did not carry a pantry car [3].

Service

The 22309 / 10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express covered the distance of 561 km (349 mi) in 10 hours 15 mins (54.73 km/h) in both directions.

Despite the average speed of the train being below 55 km/h (34 mph), as per Indian Railways rules, its fare included a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 22309 / 10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express ran from Howrah Junction to New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri). The intermediate stations and stoppage time were as follows-

Howrah (starts)
Barddhaman Junction (2 minutes)
Rampurhat Junction (2 minutes)
Malda Town (10 minutes)
Kishanganj (2 minutes)
New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri) (ends)

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, this train ran on electric traction Howrah WAP-7.

Operation

22309 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express left Howrah Junction every Tuesday and reached New Jalpaiguri the next day.
22310 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah AC Express left New Jalpaiguri every Wednesday and reached Howrah Junction the same day.

Rake sharing

The 22309 / 10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express shared its rake with the permanently discontinued 12249 / 50 Howrah–Anand Vihar Yuva Express.

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 Superfast Darjeeling Mail
12377/78 Sealdah New Alipurduar Padatik Superfast Express
13149/50 Sealdah Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express
15959/60 Dibrugarh Howrah Kamrup Express
13175/76 Sealdah Silchar/Agartala Kanchanjunga Express
12345/46 Guwahati Howrah Saraighat Super-fast Express
15722/23 New Jalpaiguri Digha Paharia Express
12518/19 Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express
12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
13147/58 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
12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
15644/45 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
12364/65 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
12514/15 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express

References

"INAUGURAL SPECIAL RUN: HOWRAH – NEW JALPAIGURI WEEKLY AC EXPRESS – YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"Indian Railways News: Train No 22309 / 22310 Howrah – New Jalpaiguri weekly AC Superfast express". railnewz.blogspot.in. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"Western Railway augments six coaches in Howrah–Delhi Yuva Express : India, News – India Today". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
"HWH WDM3D 11204 hauling New Jalpaiguri-Howrah AC Express slowly departing New Jalpaiguri | Flickr – Photo Sharing!". flickr.com. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

External links

"Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
"[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

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