Alipurduar–Silghat Town Rajya Rani Express

The 15417 / 15418 Rajya Rani Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Alipurduar Junction and Silghat Town in India.This train is a part of Rajya Rani Express series from West Bengal & Assam state.

Rajya Rani Express

Overview
Service type	Rajya Rani Express[1]
Locale	Assam & West Bengal
First service	12 February 2012; 13 years ago (2012-02-12)
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railways
Route
Termini	Alipurduar (APDJ) Silghat Town (SHTT)
Stops	26
Distance travelled	560 km (348 mi)
Average journey time	16 hours 40 mins
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	15417 / 15418
On-board services
Class(es)	General Unreserved, Sleeper class
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	34 km/h (21 mph) average including halts
Route map

It operates as train number 15417 from Alipurduar Junction to Silghat Town and as train number 15418 in the reverse direction, serving the states of West Bengal & Assam.^[2]

Coaches

The 15417 / 18 Rajya Rani Express has one sleeper class, six general unreserved & two SLR (seating with luggage rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.^[3]

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 15417 Alipurduar Junction–Silghat Rajya Rani Express covers the distance of 560 km (348 mi) in 17 hours 55 mins (31 km/h) and in 15 hours 10 mins as the 15418 Silghat–Alipurduar Junction Rajya Rani Express (37 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is less than 55 km/h (34 mph), as per railway rules, its fares doesn't includes a Superfast surcharge.

Routing

The 15417/15418 Rajya Rani Express runs from

• Alipurduar Junction via
• New Cooch Behar
• Tufanganj Railway Station
• Golokganj
• Dhubri
• Fakiragram Junction
• Kokrajhar
• New Bongaigaon Junction
• Kamakhya
• Guwahati
• Chaparmukh Junction to
• Silghat Town.

Traction

As the route is not electrified, a New Guwahati-based WDM-3D / WDM-3A diesel locomotive pulls the train to its destination.