Kulik Intercity Express

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Kulik Express
Overview
Service typeExpress
First service22 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-22)
Current operator(s)Eastern Railway zone
Route
TerminiHowrah Junction (HWH)
Radhikapur (RDP)
Stops12
Distance travelled487 km (303 mi)
Average journey time9 Hours 35 Minutes
Service frequencyDaily [a]
Train number(s)13053/13054
On-board services
Class(es)Vistadome, AC Chair Car, General Unreserved , 2nd Sitting
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsNo
Catering facilitiesYes
Entertainment facilitiesNo
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks
Technical
Rolling stockLHB coach
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrificationyes
Operating speed51 km/h (32 mph), including halts

The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis.[1][2]

Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to Siuri.[3] After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express.[4] And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj.[5]

Speed[edit]

This train has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 487 km in 10 Hours 40 Minutes. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 110 km/h

Route and halts[edit]

Between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur this train stops at -

Coach composition[edit]

The train runs with Modern LHB Rake with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 13 coaches:

  • 1 AC Chair Car
  • 5 Unreserved Chair Car
  • 4 Reserved Chair Car
  • 2 Deen dayalu coaches
  • 2 Generators cum Luggage/parcel van

Schedule[edit]

The schedule of this 13053/13054 Howrah–Radhikapur Kulik Express is given below:-

HWH - RDP - HWH Kulik Express
13053 Stations 13054
Arrival Departure Arrival Departure
-NIL- 08:55 Howrah Junction 15:50 -NIL-
10:51 10:53 Barddhaman Junction 13:30 13:32
11:38 11:40 Bolpur Shantiniketan 12:31 12:33
11:50 11:51 Prantik 12:24 12:25
12:26 12:28 Sainthia 11:58 12:00
13:01 13:03 Rampurhat Junction 11:33 11:35
13:43 13:45 Pakur 10:45 10:47
14:56 14:58 New Farakka Junction 10:02 10:04
15:50 16:20 Malda Town 09:05 09:30
16:48 16:50 Samsi 07:45 07:47
17:38 17:40 Barsoi Junction 06:43 06:45
17:58 18:03 Raiganj 06:20 06:25
18:32 18:34 Kaliyaganj 05:58 06:00
19:15 -NIL- Radhikapur -NIL- 05:45

Traction[edit]

Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah .

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

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