Kanchanjungha Express

Kanchanjungha Express is an Express train of Indian Railways linking the states of West Bengal with Assam and Tripura. There are two Kanchanjungha Express they are 13175/76 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjungha Express and 13173/74 Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express

Kanchanjungha Express

Kanchanjungha Express train board.
Overview
Service type	Express
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam and Tripura
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Sealdah Silchar Sabroom
Stops	35/41
Distance travelled	1,360–1,552 km (845–964 mi)
Average journey time	21 h 25 m
Service frequency	13175-76Three days a week/13173-74 Four days a week.
Train number(s)	13175/13176
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Chair Car, Unreserved (2S in Covid Period)
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	Average 53 km/h

The train runs between Sealdah, Silchar and Sabroom.

13175/76 runs triweekly from Silchar, 13173/74 runs four times a week from Sabroom. Tatkal scheme is available in it.^[1][2]

It is named after the Kangchenjunga peak of the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

• Sealdah
• Dakshineswar
• Barddhaman Junction
• Bolpur Shantiniketan
• Sainthia Junction
• Rampurhat Junction
• Malda Town
• New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)
• New Cooch Behar
• New Alipurduar
• Kamakhyaguri Railway Station
• Gossaigaon Hat
• Fakiragram Junction
• Kokrajhar
• New Bongaigaon Junction
• Barpeta Road
• Rangiya Junction
• Kamakhya Junction
• Guwahati
• Lumding
• New Haflong
• Badarpur Junction
• Silchar/Sabroom

Traction

It is hauled by a Sealdah-based WAP-7 or Howrah based WAP-4 from Sealdah to Lumding and vice-versa. From Lumding to Silchar it is hauled by twin WDP-4D-class diesel locomotive of Siliguri shed. Also due to ghat section, banker locomotive are attached to it.

Rake sharing

Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express shares its rake with Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express.

Accidents

On 17 June 2024, Kanchanjungha Express was involved in an accident near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal. It was reported that the train was hit behind by Freight train resulting of 15 death and 30 injured.^[3] As per the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS), the accident was because of multiple lapses in train operations management in automatic signal zones and "inadequate counselling" of loco pilots and station masters.^[4][5]

See also

• Guwahati railway station
• Sealdah railway station
• Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express
• Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express

Other trains on the Kolkata – New Jalpaiguri sector

• 22301/02 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
• 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
• 22309/40 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
• 12377/78 Padatik Express
• 12344/45 Darjeeling Mail
• 15959/60 Kamrup Express
• 13175/76 Kanchanjunga Express/Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express
• 12345/46 Saraighat Express
• 15722/23 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express
• 12517/18 Kolkata – Guwahati Garib Rath Express
• 12501/02 Kolkata – Agartala Garib Rath Express
• 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
• 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
• 13147/58 Uttar Banga Express
• 12503/04 Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express
• 13182/83 Silghat Town- Kolkata Express
• 22511/12 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
• 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
• 15644/45 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
• 12364/65 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
• 12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
• 12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
• 12514/15 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express