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This travels along the Howrah-Delhi main line from Tundla to Howrah. The train expects to cut the journey time for the 1,500 km (930 mi) between the national capital of India, New Delhi, and the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, the city of Kolkata, to just 5 hours 30 minutes.
The Howrah Amta Light Railway was owned and worked by the Howrah–Amta Light Railway Company (agents: TA Martin & Co, Calcutta). The Howrah–Amta Light Railway was closed on 1 January 1971. The track bed was used for South Eastern Railway's Amta branch. Howrah–Amta line (Narrow (2 ft) gauge: 28 miles) Howrah to Dumjur (9 miles) opened 1 ...
In 1932, the Calcutta Chord Link Line was built over the Willingdon Bridge (now known as Vivekananda Setu) joining Dum Dum with Dankuni and opened for freight traffic, thus forming a direct link from Calcutta (now known as Sealdah railway station) to Dankuni on the Howrah-Bardhaman Chord, thus earning the line its name. [12] [13]
The Mumbai–Howrah Mail via Allahabad is called Calcutta Mail between Mumbai and Allahabad, and Mumbai Mail (some still call it by its old name, Bombay Mail) between Allahabad(Now Prayagraj) and Howrah. It is still running for 151 years as the oldest active train on this route covering 2,160-kilometre long (1,340 mi) distance in 37 hours & 30 ...
From 1957, The Eastern Railway Started Electrification at Howrah - Tarakeswar Route with 1500 V DC later it was converted to 25000 V AC 50 Hz in 1967-68, after that the work goes also on the chord line, Barddhaman & Bandel To Katwa line of Howrah Division, which is now fully electrified.
Departing from Howrah Railway Station, the service was designated as 1 UP (Up Line) / 2 DN (Down Line), known as the East Indian Railway Mail. Initially, this service operated exclusively between Howrah and Delhi. [5] The extension of the Ambala – Kalka railway line in 1891 enabled the East Indian Railway Mail to extend its route to Kalka.
The time taken for the journey from Ballard Pier to Calcutta was 40 hours 13 minutes, and the return journey was completed in 37 hours 39 minutes. The service commenced operations from November 1926 with the East Indian Railway 's train departing from Howrah on 4 November 1926 and the Great Indian Peninsular Railway 's train departing from ...
The 12345 / 12346 Saraighat SF Express [1] is a daily Superfast Express train which runs between Howrah Junction, Kolkata (West Bengal) and Guwahati (), via Barddhaman, Rampurhat, New Jalpaiguri Junction in Siliguri, North Bengal.