Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express

Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express

Overview
Service type	Humsafar Express
First service	5 January 2018; 3 years ago (2018-01-05)
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railways
Route
Start	Bangalore Cantonment (BNC)
Stops	28
End	Agartala (AGTL)
Distance travelled	3,599 km (2,236 mi)
Average journey time	65h 30m
Service frequency	Bi-Weekly [a]
Train number(s)	12503 / 12504
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 3 tier
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Humsafar
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	65.66 km/h (40.80 mph)
Route map

Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express is the longest-running Humsafar Express and 7th longest train service of Indian Railways, It is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting Bangalore Cantonment, the capital city of Karnataka and Agartala, the capital city of Tripura . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on bi-weekly basis. The train runs through states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura. On its journey the train also touches some parts of Jharkhand in Pakur district but does not have the stoppage there.^[1][2][3]

Coach composition[]

The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB coaches designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and have announcement system as well as, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Fitted with bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car and two Generator Power Car coaches.

• 16 AC III Tier
• 1 Pantry car
• 2 Generator Power Car

Stoppages[]

Also there is demand that Eluru and Nellore railway stations to be provided with halt at these stations.^{[citation needed]}

Loco links[]

This train is hauled by a Lallaguda-based WAP-7 or Vijayawada-based WAP-4 locomotive from Bangalore Cantonment to Visakhapatnam. Then from Visakhapatnam to Malda Town it is hauled by a WAP-4 locomotive of . And then from Malda Town to Agartala it is hauled by New Guwahati based WDP-4D locomotive.

Schedule[]

Service[]

It averages 56 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Friday and covering 3570 km in 65 hrs 30 mins & 59 km/hr as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesdays covering 3570 km in 65 hrs 15 mins.^[4]

See also[]

• Bangalore Cantonment–Kamakhya Humsafar Express
• Bhubaneswar–Krishnarajapuram Humsafar Express
• Nagaon Express
• Chennai–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express
• Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
• Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
• New Tinsukia–Bengaluru Weekly Express
• Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express

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