The 13149 / 13150 Kanchan Kanya Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Eastern Railway zone that connects the cities of Kolkata and Alipurduar via Siliguri. It runs between Sealdah and Alipurduar Junction in Indian state of West Bengal. This train runs through the beautiful Dooars region of West Bengal between Siliguri Junction and Alipurduar which includes Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Sevoke Railway Bridge, River Teesta, River Jaldhaka, River Torsha, Dooars-Terai tea gardens, Gorumara National Park, Buxa Tiger Reserve, Jaldapara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary etc.

It operates as train number 13149 from Sealdah to Alipurduar Junction and as train number 13150 in the reverse direction, serving the state of West Bengal.

Coaches

The 13149 / 13150 Kanchan Kanya Express presently has 1 AC 1 tier (HA1), 1 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper class, 3 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) LHB coaches. It does not have a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 13149 Sealdah–Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express covers the distance of 735 kilometres in 15 hours 40 mins (46.91 km/h) and in 15 hours 30 mins as 13150 Alipurduar–Sealdah Kanchan Kanya Express (47.42 km/h).

Schedule

13149/50 runs daily for both the sides.

Routeing

The 13149 / 50 Sealdah–Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express runs from

1. Sealdah (Kolkata)
2. Bidhannagar Road
3. Dakshineswar
4. Kamarkundu
5. Barddhaman Junction
6. Bolpur Shantiniketan
7. Ahmadpur Junction
8. Sainthia Junction
9. Rampurhat Junction
10. Pakur railway station
11. New Farakka Junction
12. Malda Town
13. Harischandrapur
14. Barsoi Junction
15. Dalkhola
16. Kishanganj
17. Aluabari Road Junction
18. Thakurganj
19. Naxalbari
20. Bagdogra
21. Siliguri Junction
22. New Mal Junction
23. Banarhat Railway Station
24. Binnaguri Junction
25. Dalgaon Railway Station
26. Hasimara Railway Station
27. Hamiltonganj Railway Station
28. Alipurduar Junction.

Traction

As the route is now fully electrified, it is hauled by a Sealdah based WAP 7 electric locomotive from end to end

Timings

• 13149 Sealdah–Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express leaves Sealdah on a daily basis at 20:35 hrs IST and reaches Alipurduar Junction at 12:35 hrs IST the next day.
• 13150 Alipurduar–Sealdah Kanchan Kanya Express leaves Alipurduar Junction on a daily basis at 15:15 hrs IST and reaches Sealdah at 08:20 hrs IST the next day.

Loco reversal

This train reverses direction at Siliguri Junction.

Incidents

On 5 June 2021 a minor fire broke out in air conditioned coach of Sealdah-Alipurdiar up Kanchan Kanya Express near Siliguri Junction. It was later examined and extinguished by officials and the train continued its journey towards New Malbazar and Doars. ^[1]

Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

• 22301/02 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
• 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
• 22309/40 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
• 12377/78 Padatik Express
• 12344/45 Darjeeling Mail
• 15959/60 Kamrup Express
• 13175/76 Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
• 12345/46 Saraighat Express
• 15722/23 Paharia Express
• 12518/19 Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express
• 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
• 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
• 13147/58 Uttar Banga Express
• 12503/04 Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express
• 13181/82 Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express
• 22511/12 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
• 12526/27 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
• 15644/45 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
• 12364/65 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
• 12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
• 12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
• 12514/15 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express

References

• "Unique capture: Kanchan Kanya Express carries the link of Gour Express – YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
• "Kanchan Kanya Express | Flickr – Photo Sharing!". flickr.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
• "Kanchan Kanya Exp to run between S'ldah and NJP from tomorrow". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
• "Railway police officer suspended – The Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 15 September 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
• "12-hr strike in Dooars after Tigga's death". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

• "Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
• "IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System". irctc.co.in. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
• "[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 April 2014.