Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express

The 12504/12503 Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express ^[1] is the longest-running Humsafar Express and 7th longest train service of Indian Railways, It is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka and Agartala railway station, Agartala, the capital city of Tripura . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on a 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.^[2][3][4]

Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express
Overview
Service type	Humsafar Express
First service	5 January 2018; 7 years ago (2018-01-05)
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Route
Termini	Agartala (AGTL) Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru (SMVB)
Stops	30
Distance travelled	3,529 km (2,193 mi)
Average journey time	63 hours
Service frequency	2 times a week
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 Legend Agartala Ambassa - New Haflong Ambassa Dharmanagar Tripura Assam border Karimganj Junction Badarpur Junction New Haflong Guwahati Kamakhya - New Bongaigaon Kamakhya Junction New Bongaigaon Junction Assam West Bengal border New Jalpaiguri Junction KishanGanj - Andul Kishanganj (Bihar) Malda Town Rampurhat Junction Dankuni Junction Andul Kharagpur Junction Bhadrak - Khurda Road West Bengal Odisha border Bhadrak Cuttack Junction Bhubaneswar Khurda Road Junction Brahmapur Palasa - Vizianagaram Odisha Andhra Pradesh border Palasa Srikakulam Road Vizianagaram Junction Visakhapatnam Junction (Reversal) Duvvada Vijayawada Junction Perambur - Whitefield Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu border Perambur Katpadi Junction Tamil Nadu Karnataka border Whitefield Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal 12504 - Agartala → SMVT Bengaluru 12503 - SMVT Bengaluru → Agartala

Coach composition

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

Coach Position

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
	GC	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	PC	B8	B9	B10	B10	B11	B12	B13	B14	B16	GC

Important Halts

Some important halts of this train are :

Guwahati , New Jalpaiguri , Malda Town , Rampurhat Junction , Kharagpur Junction , Bhubaneswar , Visakhapatnam Junction etc.

Service

It averages 65 km/h as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covers 3529 km in 64 hrs 35 mins and it averages 66 km/h as 12504 Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covers 3529 km in 62 hrs 20mins.^[5]

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

Notes