Shalimar–Porbandar Superfast Express
 Howrah Porbandar Superfast Express | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Superfast |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Gujarat |
| First service | 08 December 2000 |
| Current operator(s) | Indian Railway |
| Route | |
| Termini | Howrah Junction (HWH) Porbandar (PBR) |
| Stops | 28 |
| Distance travelled | 2558 km |
| Average journey time | 44 hrs 10 mins (for 12906) , 44 hrs 20 mins (for 12905) |
| Service frequency | Tri Weekly |
| Train number(s) | 12906 |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | AC 2 tier-1, AC 3 tier-3, Sleeper-13, Pantry-1, General-3, SLR-2, Luggage/Milk Van-1 |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
| Catering facilities | Yes |
| Technical | |
| Operating speed | avg. 57 km/hr |
Howrah Porbandar express is a tri-weekly train of Indian Railways, running between Howrah in West Bengal and Porbandar in Gujarat. The train is named Aradhana Express by Indian Railway. It is a superfast category train. It takes 44 hours to reach Porbandar from Howrah. The train is very much important and popular train in the route and connects eastern India to extreme west part of country. The train is as important as Jnaneshwari Express.
Routeing
It passess through West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Gujarat. It is major and important train in this route, due to major industrial, commercial & economical reasons. It halts at 28 stations. The major cities it touches are
- Kharagpur
- Tatanagar
- Rourkela
- Jharsuguda
- Champa
- Bilaspur
- Raipur
- Durg
- Gondia
- Nagpur
- Badnera (Amravati)
- Akola
- Bhusaval
- Surat
- Vadodara
- Ahmedabad
- Rajkot
- Jamnagar
- Porbandar
The train passess through South Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway, Central Railway and Western Railway. With covering 2 numbers of railway zonal headquarter cities Kolkata & Bilaspur, and 10 numbers of railway divisional office cities Howrah, Kharagpur, Chakradharpur, Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal, Baroda, Ahmedabad & Rajkot. It connects three numbers of state capital cities including Kolkata, Raipur & Ahmedabad.
Traction
On its Journey From Howrah to Porbandar, the train is hauled by a WAP-4E loco of Vadodara shed from Howrah to Ahmedabad railway station. From Ahmedabad to Porbandar, the train is hauled by Single WDM 3A of Ratlam loco shed.Nowadays it is also hauled by a single WDP 4D of Vatva loco shed. There is also slip route of the train, which goes to Okha via Dwarka, Mithapur & Khambhalia.
Arrival/Departure
12905 Porbandar - Howrah Express leaves Porbandar (PBR) at 07:00 AM and reach Howrah Jn (HWH) at 03:35 AM on third day.[1]
12906 Howrah- Porbandar express leaves the source station Howrah Jn (HWH) at 10:50 PM and reach to Porbandar (PBR) at 07:00 PM on third day.[2]
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