Howrah–New Delhi Duronto Express

Howrah - New Delhi Duronto Express
Overview
Service type	Duronto Express
Status	Operating
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	31 March 2010; 14 years ago
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Howrah (HWH); New Delhi (NDLS)
Stops	4 in 12273 and 3 in 12274
Distance travelled	1,446 kilometres (899 mi)
Average journey time	17hr 5min
Service frequency	Bi-weekly
Train number(s)	12273/12274
On-board services
Class(es)	First AC, Second AC, Third AC, Sleeper
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large windows
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	Loco: WAP-4
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC 50 Hz
Operating speed	Average - 85 km/hr; Maximum - 120 km/hr

The Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express or Kolkata Duronto is an important train which operates between Kolkata and the national capital New Delhi.

Overview

This train uses the Grand Chord route. It belongs to the Eastern Zone of Indian Railways. This train runs non-stop between the two cities. There is no unreserved seating available in this train, as it has no stopagges, but few technical halts for carrying food and change of loco pilot staff. As inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, it is one of the fastest trains on this route after Delhi Duronto, Sealdah Rajdhani & Howrah Rajdhani followed by ^{[dubious – discuss]}, Poorva Express & other trains on the same route. This train is the most time-efficient train on the route. This train is fully accommodated with the latest Hybrid-LHB Coaches. The coaches have a garden-green livery with colourful patches. Tatkal facility is available in this train. The train is usually hauled by a Howrah Shed WAP-4 locomotive in its entire route. As this train does not have any commercial halts, passengers are supplied with complimentary meals . Lunch, Evening snacks and tea, Soup and dinner and Morning tea is served in a journey. Also a bottle of Rail Neer is supplied. If the train is behind schedule meals are supplied free of costs which may differ from original menu

Coach Composition

SLR-2, SL-9, PC-1, 3AC-4, 2AC-1, 1AC-1

References

v t e Duronto Express
Operational	Mumbai Central–Hapa Pune-Ahmedabad Mumbai LTT–Prayagraj Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Jammu Tawi Ernakulam–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Ernakulam Pune–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–New Delhi Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru Mumbai CSMT–Howrah Howrah–Pune Mumbai Central–Indore Mumbai Central–Jaipur Mumbai Central–New Delhi Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Patna–Kolkata Sealdah–Bikaner Sealdah–Puri Secunderabad–Hazrat Nizamuddin Mumbai LTT–Secunderabad Yesvantpur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad
Defunct	Ajmer–Hazrat Nizamuddin Howrah–Puri Chennai–Coimbatore Chennai–Thiruvananthapuram Amritsar–Chandigarh Lucknow–New Delhi Howrah–Digha Allahabad–New Delhi Chennai–Madurai

v t e Railways in Northern India
National network/ trunk lines	Howrah–Delhi main line New Delhi–Chennai main line New Delhi–Mumbai main line Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line Delhi–Jaipur line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line
Branch lines/ sections	Agra–Bhopal section Ahmedabad–Udaipur line Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line Ambala–Attari line Amritsar–Khem Karan line Amritsar–Pathankot line Aunrihar–Jaunpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Bathinda–Rewari line Bathinda–Rajpura line Bikaner–Rewari line Bhanupli–Leh line Chandigarh–Sahnewal line Delhi–Fazilka line Delhi–Kalka line Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line Delhi–Moradabad line Jalandhar–Firozpur line Jalandhar–Jammu line Jammu–Baramulla line Jodhpur–Bathinda line Jodhpur–Jaisalmer line Kanpur–Delhi section Laksar–Dehradun line Lucknow–Gorakhpur line Lucknow–Moradabad line Ludhiana–Fazilka line Ludhiana–Jakhal line Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mathura–Vadodara section Mau–Ghazipur–Dildarnagar main line Merta Road–Rewari line Moradabad–Ambala line Mughalsarai–Kanpur section Rewari–Rohtak line Shri Ganganagar–Sadulpur line Suratgarh–Bathinda line Varanasi–Chhapra line Varanasi–Lucknow main line Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line Varanasi–Sultanpur–Lucknow line
Urban and suburban rail transport	Delhi Suburban Railway Delhi Metro (Blue Green Grey Magenta Orange Pink Red Violet Yellow) Rapid Metro Gurgaon Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway Delhi–Meerut RRTS
Heritage railways	Kalka–Shimla Railway
Monorails	Patiala State Monorail Trainways
Defunct lines	Jammu–Sialkot line
Manufacturing units and workshops	Banaras Locomotive Works Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
Railway companies	Northern Railway North Eastern Railway North Central Railway North Western Railway East Indian Railway Company Kangra Valley Railway Rajputana–Malwa Railway Tirhut Railway Oudh and Tirhut Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway Lucknow–Bareilly Railway Bengal and North Western Railway Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway Segowlie–Raxaul Railway Delhi Metro Rail Corporation National Capital Region Transport Corporation
See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) 1974 railway strike in India Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor

Overview

Coach Composition

See also

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