Bagh Express

Bagh Express

Overview
Service type	Mail/Express
Status	Operating
Current operator(s)	Indian Railways
Route
Start	Howrah Junction (HWH)
End	Kathgodam (KGM)
Distance travelled	1520 km
Train number(s)	13019 / 13020
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available (Paid)
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Track gauge	Broad Gauge
Operating speed	Average - 42km/hr
Route map

Bagh Express is a mail/express type train of Indian Railways connecting Kolkata(Howrah) with northern Indian town of Kathgodam(Uttarakhand). No pantry car service is available in this train. It is a very popular train among tourists of Eastern India, who are going for the Uttarakhand and Jim Corbett National Park trip. It travels through Indian states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Major railway stations through which it passes are Bandel Junction, Barddhaman Junction, Asansol Junction, Madhupur Junction, Jasidih Junction, Kiul Junction, Barauni Junction, Samastipur Junction, Muzaffarpur Junction, Chhapra, Bhatni, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Bareilly Junction, Rampur, Haldwani. No. 13019 leaves Howrah Terminus daily at 9:45 P.M. and reaches Kathgodam at 9:30 A.M. second day morning; Similarly 13020 express leaves Kathgodam daily at 9:55 P.M. and reaches Howrah at 12:40 P.M. second day afternoon. Advanced reservation is required for all the classes except General class, which can be boarded with a general daily ticket. Tatkal scheme facility is available in this train. It is hauled by WAM-4/WAP-4 locomotive from Howrah Junction to Barauni Junction and from there by WDM 3A diesel loco up to Kathgodam.

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Bagh Express