Howrah Jodhpur Express

Howrah Jodhpur Express

Overview
Service type	Superfast
First service	1995
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Route
Start	Howrah Junction
Stops	26
End	Jodhpur Junction
Distance travelled	1,813 km (1,127 mi) as 12307 Howrah Jodhpur Express, 1,814 km (1,127 mi) as 12308 Jodhpur Howrah Express
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry Car attached
Observation facilities	Slip Coaches of 22307/08 Howrah Bikaner Express attached
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railway coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum 58.11 km/h (36 mph), including halts
Route map

The 12307/12308 Howrah Jodhpur Express is a Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Howrah Junction and Jodhpur in India. It operates as train number 12307 from Howrah Junction to Jodhpur and as train number 12308 in the reverse direction.

Coaches

The 12307/12308 Howrah Jodhpur Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 13 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved coaches & 1 Pantry Car.

2 AC 3 tier, 4 Sleeper Class & 2 General unreserved coaches form part of the slip Howrah – Bikaner Express are detached/attached from the Howrah Jodhpur Express at Merta Road Junction.

As with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

12307 Howrah Jodhpur Express - Sleeper Class

Service

The 12307 Howrah Jodhpur Express covers the distance of 1813 kilometres in 30 hours 55 mins (58.64 km/hr) & in 31 hours 30 mins as 12308 Jodhpur Howrah Express (57.59 km/hr).

As the average speed of the train is more than 55 km/hr, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.

Traction

A WAP 4 locomotive from the Howrah shed hauls the train from Howrah Junction to Agra Fort after which a Bhagat Ki Kothi based WDP 4 hauls the train for the remainder of the journey until Jodhpur.

Mail Operation

This train has operational RMS section b/w Jodhpur Jaipur,Jaipur Agra Fort,Agra Fort Kanpur,Kanpur MughalSarai,Mughal Sarai Gaya & Gaya Howrah. Between Jodhpur Jaipur mostly intra circle Mail Bags are handled. However Jaipur RMS gives forwarding Mail Bags for NSH Agra,NSH Gwalior,NSH Kanpur,NSH Lucknow,NSH Allahabad,NSH Varanasi,NSH Patna,NSH Gorakhpur,NSH Muzaffarpur,NSH barauni,NSH Gaya,NSH Jabalpur,NSH Dhanbad,NSH Burdwan

Time Table

12307 Howrah Jodhpur Express leaves Howrah every day at 23:30 hrs IST and reaches Jodhpur at 06:25 hrs IST the 3rd day.

12308 Jodhpur Howrah Express leaves Jodhpur every day at 20:30 hrs IST and reaches Howrah at 04:00 hrs IST the 3rd day.

External links

• www.indianrail.gov.in

References