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{{Short description|Train service in India}}
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{{Infobox rail service
| color = 008000
| name = '''Kolkata – Agartala''' <br> ''Garib Rath Express''
| logo = Ministry of Railways India.svg
| image = DDU_WAP-4_hauling_Kolkata-Agartala_Garib_Rath_Express.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption =
| type = [[Garib Rath Express]]
| status = In service
| locale = [[Tripura]], [[Assam]], [[Bihar]] and [[West Bengal]]
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Kolkata}} (KOAA)
| stops = 19
| end = {{stnlnk|Agartala}} (AGTL)
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|2024|07|05}}
| distance = 1564 km
| journeytime =
| frequency = Weekly {{efn|Runs once in a week for every direction.}}
| class = AC 3 Tier Economy (3E)
| catering = Available
| seating = Available
| sleeping = Available
| baggage = Below the seats
| observation = Large windows
| stock = [[LHB coach|Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coach]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
| trainnumber = 12501/12502
| speed = {{cvt|110|km/h|mph}}
| map = {{Kolkata–Agartala GR Express Route}}
}}

The 12501 / 12502 '''Kolkata–Agartala Garib Rath Express''' is a [[Garib Rath Express|Garib Rath class]] train of [[Indian Railways]], which connects the state capital of [[West Bengal]], [[Kolkata]] to the state capital of [[Tripura]], [[Agartala]].<ref>{{cite web |date=23 June 2025 |title=Kolkata - Agartala Garib Rath Express |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/230089/7037/3651 |website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=23 June 2025|title=Agartala - Kolkata Garib Rath Express|url= https://indiarailinfo.com/train/230087/3651/7037|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> It is the newest train service of its class. The train is operated by the [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway Zone]] (NFR) of the Indian Railways.

== History ==
The train was originally launched as an [[AC Express (Indian Railways)|air-conditioned special train]] after the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kolkata-Guwahati/Agartala AC special |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/128190|website=indiarailinfo.com |language=en}}</ref>{{When|date=July 2025}}
Due to poor patronage, the service was repeatedly scrapped and reintroduced, before on 21 June 2024, the [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|North East Frontier Railway Zone]] informed the public of the introduction of the Kolkata - Agartala Garib Rath service from July onwards, practically regularising the special train. The first service commenced on 5 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2024-06-21 |title=Railway to resume Garib Rath Express between Kolkata, Guwahati, Agartala |url=https://assamtribune.com/national/railway-to-resume-garib-rath-express-between-kolkata-guwahati-agartala-1541014 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Service==
* The 12501 Kolkata - Agartala Garib Rath Express leaves {{rws|Kolkata}} at 21:45 hrs every Sunday and reaches {{rws|Agartala}} the day after the next day at 05:15 hrs. It covers the journey in 31 hours 30 minutes averaging at {{cvt|50|km/h|mph}}.
* The 12502 Agartala – Kolkata Garib Rath Express leaves {{rws|Agartala}} at 07:35 hrs every Wednesday and reaches {{rws|Kolkata}} the next day at 14:30 hrs. It covers the journey in 30 hours 55 minutes averaging at {{cvt|51|km/h|mph}}.

== Coach composition ==

The Kolkata–Agartala Garib Rath Express consists of 22 [[LHB coach|Linke-Hoffman Busch]] Third AC economy (3E) coaches.{{efn|Usually the "M" notation is used to represent this class, but in Garib Rath trains, it is represneted by the "G" notation}} It has a single rake, which it shares with the [[Kolkata - Guwahati Garib Rath Express]]. Primary maintenance is executed at {{stnlnk|Agartala}} and secondary maitainence at {{stnlnk|Guwahati}}.
{{Indian Railways coach composition legend}}
'''Coach Position of 12501 (ex. Kolkata)'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:yellow;" |Loco
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:yellow;" |1
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |2
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |3
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |4
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |5
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |6
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |7
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |8
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |9
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |10
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |11
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |12
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |13
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |14
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |15
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |16
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |17
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |18
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |19
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |20
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |21
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:yellow;" |22
|-
|[[File:BSicon_LDER.svg|25x25px]]
|EOG
|G20
|G19
|G18
|G17
|G16
|G15
|G14
|G13
|G12
|G11
|G10
|G9
|G8
|G7
|G6
|G5
|G4
|G3
|G2
|G1
|EOG
|}

'''Coach Position of 12502 (ex. Agartala)'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:yellow;" |Loco
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:yellow;" |1
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |2
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |3
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |4
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |5
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |6
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |7
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |8
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |9
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |10
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |11
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |12
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |13
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |14
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |15
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |16
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |17
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |18
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |19
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |20
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:lightskyblue;" |21
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:yellow;" |22
|-
|[[File:BSicon_LDER.svg|25x25px]]
|EOG
|G1
|G2
|G3
|G4
|G5
|G6
|G7
|G8
|G9
|G10
|G11
|G12
|G13
|G14
|G15
|G16
|G17
|G18
|G19
|G20
|EOG
|}

Passengers are advised{{By whom|date=July 2025}} to check the coach position indicators at the station before boarding.

== Traction ==
The train is hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah]] based [[WAP-4]] or a {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} based [[WAP-7]] electric locomotive to [[New Cooch Behar]] station. From there, it is hauled by a [[Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri|Siliguri]] based [[WDP-4]] or a [[WDP-4D]] diesel locomotive to its destination.

== Route and halts ==
The stoppages are:-

{{columns-list|* '''{{rws|Kolkata }}'''
* {{rws|Bandel Junction}}
* {{rws|Nabadwip Dham}}
* {{rws|Katwa Junction}}
* {{rws|Azimganj Junction}}
* {{rws|Jangipur Road}}
* '''{{rws|Malda Town}}'''
* {{rws|Kishanganj}}
* '''{{rws|New Jalpaiguri Junction}}'''
* {{rws|New Cooch Behar}}
* {{rws|New Alipurduar}}
* {{rws|Kokrajhar}}
* {{rws|New Bongaigaon Junction}}
* [[Goalpara|Goalpara Town]]
* '''{{rws|Guwahati}}'''
* [[Manderdisa railway station|Manderdisa Junction]]
* {{rws|New Haflong}}
* {{rws|Badarpur Junction}}
* [[Karimganj Junction railway station|New Karimganj Junction]]
* {{rws|Dharmanagar}}
* '''{{rws|Agartala }}'''|colwidth=15em}}

==Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector==
* 22301/02 [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express]]
* 12041/42 [[New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express]]
* 12377/78 [[Padatik Express]]
* 12343/44 [[Darjeeling Mail]]
* 15959/60 [[Kamrup Express]] (via Guwahati)
* 15961/62 [[Kamrup Express]] (via Bogibeel)
* 13173/74 [[Sealdah–Agartala Kanchanjunga Express]]
* 13175/76 [[Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express]]
* 12345/46 [[Saraighat Express]]
* 15721/22 [[Paharia Express|New Jalpaiguri-Digha Express]]
* 13141/42 [[Teesta Torsha Express]]
* 13147/48 [[Uttar Banga Express]]
* 13149/50 [[Kanchan Kanya Express]]
* 13181/82 [[Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express]]
* 22511/12 [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express]]
* 15643/44 [[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)]]
* 12363/64 [[Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express]]
* 13115/16 [[Sealdah - Jalpaiguri Road Humsafar Express]]

==See also==
* [[Garib Rath Express]]
* [[Kolkata - Guwahati Garib Rath Express]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Garib Rath Express}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolkata-Agartala Garib Rath Express}}
[[Category:Garib Rath Express trains]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
[[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]

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