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Akal Takht Express
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The 12317 / 12318 Akal Takht Express is an Indian Railways Express train connecting eastern Indian city of Kolkata with northern Indian city of Amritsar. It is named after the Akal Takht, a central Sikh shrine in Amritsar.
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Background
Originally started from Asansol as 2319/2320 Superfast in 1998, in 2000 it was extended to start from Sealdah as 2317/2318 & in 2009, 2317/2318 & 2319/2320 became same train. In 2015, its terminus got changed to Kolkata Terminus. It is a Superfast-class train travelling 1,899 kilometres (1,180 mi) in 33 hrs 40 mins at an average speed of 56 kilometres per hour (35 mph) as 12317 Akal Takht Express & in 32 hrs 50 mins at an average speed of 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph) as 12317 Akal Takht Express. It has sleeper, third AC, second AC, first AC, and unreserved types of coaches along with 2 EOG for power. This train has modern LHB coach, however, pantry car facility is was not available with this train untill 2020. Now pantry car, on-board catering and e-catering are are available.[1][2]
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12317 Route & halts
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12318 Route & Halts
Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches:
- 1 AC I cum AC II Tier
- 1 AC II Tier
- 6 AC III Tier
- 10 Sleeper coaches
- 2 General
- 2 EOG
Traction
As the route is fully electrified, train is hauled by an Howrah / Sealdah-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Kolkata to Amritsar, and vice versa.
Rake sharing
The train shares its rake with 12315/12316 Ananya Express.
References
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