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| {{ Infobox rail service
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| |name = Kanchanjunga Express
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| |image = Silchar Railway station-1st train.jpg
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| |caption = Kanchanjungha Express at Silchar railway station
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| | type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
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| | status = Operating
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| |locale = [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura]]
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| | operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
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| | start = {{stnlnk|Sealdah}} ('''SDAH''')
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| | stops = 37/44 | |
| | end = {{stnlnk|Silchar}}, [[Agartala]]
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| | distance = {{convert|980|km|0|abbr=on}}
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| | journeytime = 21h 25m
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| | frequency = 13175-76Three days a week/13173-74 Four days a week.
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| | class = AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
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| | seating = Available
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| | sleeping = Available
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| | catering = Available
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| | baggage = Available
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| | stock = [[ICF coaches]]
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| | gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|allk=on}}
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| | trainnumber = 13175/13176
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| | speed = Average 53 km/hr
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| '''Kanchanjungha Express''' is a [[Express trains in India|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 Kanchenjunga Express]] and 13173/74 [[Sealdah–Agartala Kanchenjunga Express]].
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| The train runs between [[Sealdah]], [[Silchar]] and [[Agartala]].
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| 13175/76 runs triweekly from [[Silchar]],
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| 13173/74 runs four times a week from [[Agartala]]. [[Tatkal scheme]] is available in it.<ref>[http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=1043&did=14757543881916719F7BBA9E9399CA506DDCBF6FFF789.web107 Agartala the capital of Tripura gets direct train to Kolkat]</ref><ref>[http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=959&did=14758426980916DD1C714C49DF24F637D9575FC31CE18.web107 KANCHANJUNGA EXPRESS EXTENDED UPTO AGARTALA ON 2 DAYS A WEEK]</ref>
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| It is named after the [[Kangchenjunga]] peak of the [[Himalayas|Himalayan Mountains]] of [[Sikkim]].
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| == Route and halts ==
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| The important halts of the train are:
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| * '''{{stnlnk|Sealdah}}'''
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| * {{stnlnk|Dakshineswar}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Barddhaman Junction}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Bolpur Shantiniketan}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Sainthia Junction}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Rampurhat Junction}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Malda Town}}
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| * '''[[New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station|New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)]]'''
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| * {{stnlnk|New Cooch Behar}}
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| * {{stnlnk|New Alipurduar}}
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| * [[Kamakhyaguri Railway Station]]
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| * {{stnlnk|New Bongaigaon Junction}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Barpeta Road}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Rangiya Junction}}
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| * {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}}
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| * '''{{stnlnk|Guwahati}}'''
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| *{{stnlnk|Lumding}}
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| *{{stnlnk|New Haflong}}
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| *{{stnlnk|Badarpur Junction}}
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| *'''{{stnlnk|Silchar}}'''
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| *'''{{stnlnk|Agartala}}'''
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| == Traction==
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| From Sealdah to [[New Cooch Behar]] it is hauled by a Sealdah based WAP-7 or Howrah based WAP-4. From [[New Cooch Behar]] to [[Guwahati]] it is hauled by [[WDP-4D]]-class diesel locomotive of [[Siliguri]] shed. From Guwahati 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.
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| ==Rake sharing==
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| [[Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express]] shares its rake with [[Sealdah-Agartala Kanchenjunga Express]].
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| == Notes ==
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Guwahati railway station]]
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| * [[Sealdah railway station]]
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| * [[Sealdah–Silchar Kanchenjunga Express]]
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| * [[Sealdah–Agartala Kanchenjunga Express]]
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| ==Other trains on the Kolkata – New Jalpaiguri sector==
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| * 12041/42 [[New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express]]
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| * 22309/40 [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express]]
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| * 12377/78 [[Padatik Express]]
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| * 12344/45 [[Darjeeling Mail]]
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| * 15959/60 [[Kamrup Express]]
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| * 13175/76 Kanchenjunga Express
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| * 12345/46 [[Saraighat Express]]
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| * 15722/23 [[Paharia Express|New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express]]
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| * 12518/19 [[Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express]]
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| * 12526/27 [[Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express]]
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| * 13141/42 [[Teesta Torsha Express]]
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| * 13147/58 [[Uttar Banga Express]]
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| * 12503/04 [[Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express]]
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| * 13182/83 Silghat Town- Kolkata Express
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| * 22511/12 [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express]]
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| * 12526/27 [[Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express]]
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| * 15644/45 [[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)]]
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| * 12364/65 [[Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express]]
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| * 12509/10 [[Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express]]
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| * 12507/08 [[Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express]]
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| * 12514/15 [[Guwahati–Secunderabad Express]]
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| * [https://indiarailinfo.com/train/911 15657/Kanchanjunga Express]
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| * [https://indiarailinfo.com/train/912 15658/Kanchanjunga Express]
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| {{Indian Railways}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanchenjunga Express}}
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| [[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]
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| [[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
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| [[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
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| [[Category:Rail transport in Bihar]]
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| [[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]
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| [[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
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| [[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]
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| [[Category:Express trains in India]]
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