Howrah–Porbandar Express
![]() Howrah–Porbandar Superfast Express | |||||
Overview | |||||
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Service type | Express | ||||
Locale | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Gujarat | ||||
First service | 13 December 2000 | ||||
Current operator(s) | Western Railways | ||||
Route | |||||
Start | Howrah (HWH) | ||||
Stops | 28 | ||||
End | Porbandar (PBR) | ||||
Distance travelled | 2,558 km (1,589 mi) | ||||
Average journey time | 44 hrs 20 mins | ||||
Service frequency | Tri-weekly | ||||
Train number(s) | 12905 / 12906 | ||||
On-board services | |||||
Class(es) | AC 2 tier-1, AC 3 tier-3, Sleeper-13, Pantry-1, General-3, SLR-2, Luggage/Milk Van-1 | ||||
Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
Catering facilities | Available | ||||
Baggage facilities | No | ||||
Technical | |||||
Rolling stock | ICF coaches | ||||
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
Operating speed | avg. speed 58 km/h | ||||
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The 12905 / 12906 Howrah–Porbandar (Aradhana) Express is a tri-weekly train of Indian Railways, running between Howrah in West Bengal and Porbandar in Gujarat. The train is named Aradhana Express by Indian Railway. It is a Superfast category train. It takes 44 hours to reach Porbandar from Howrah. The train is very much important and popular train in the route and connects eastern India to extreme west part of country. The train is as important as Jnaneshwari Express.
Routeing[]
It passes through West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Gujarat. It is major and important train in this route, due to major industrial, commercial & economical reasons. It halts at 28 stations. The major cities it touches are
- Kharagpur Junction
- Tatanagar Junction
- Rourkela
- Jharsuguda
- Champa Junction
- Bilaspur Junction
- Raipur Junction
- Durg Junction
- Gondia Junction
- Nagpur Junction
- Badnera Junction (Amravati)
- Akola Junction
- Bhusaval Junction
- Surat
- Vadodara Junction
- Ahmedabad
- Rajkot
- Jamnagar
- Porbandar
The train passes through South Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway, Central Railway and Western Railway. With covering 2 numbers of railway zonal headquarter cities Kolkata & Bilaspur, and 10 numbers of railway divisional office cities Howrah, Kharagpur, Chakradharpur, Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal, Baroda, Ahmedabad & Rajkot. It connects two numbers of state capital cities including Kolkata & Raipur.
Traction[]
On its journey from Howrah to Porbandar, the train is hauled by a WAP-4E locomotive of Vadodara Loco Shed from Howrah to Ahmedabad. From Ahmedabad to Porbandar, the train is hauled by WDM-3A locomotive of Vatva Loco Shed. Nowadays it is also hauled by a WDP-4D locomotive of Sabarmati Loco Shed.
There is also slip route of the train, which goes to Okha via Dwarka, Mithapur & Khambhalia.
Arrival & departure[]
- 12905 Porbandar–Howrah (Aradhana) Express leaves Porbandar (PBR) at 07:15 AM and reaches Howrah (HWH) at 03:35 AM on third day.[1]
- 12906 Howrah- Porbandar (Aradhana) Express leaves the source station Howrah (HWH) at 10:50 PM and reaches Porbandar (PBR) at 06:30 PM on third day.[2]
Gallery[]
12906 (Porbandar–Howrah) Aradhana Express
Howrah–Porbandar Aradhana Express
Howrah–Porbandar Express – AC 3 tier coach
Howrah–Porbandar Aradhana Express
Howrah–Porbandar Aradhana Express
References[]
- Transport in Porbandar
- Rail transport in Howrah
- Railway services introduced in 2000
- Express trains in India
- Rail transport in Gujarat
- Rail transport in Maharashtra
- Rail transport in Chhattisgarh
- Rail transport in Odisha
- Rail transport in Jharkhand
- Rail transport in West Bengal