Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express

The 12504/12503 Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express is the longest-running Humsafar Express and 7th longest train service of Indian Railways, It is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka and Agartala railway station, Agartala, the capital city of Tripura . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on a weekly basis. The train runs through states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura. On its journey the train also touches some parts of Jharkhand in Pakur district but does not have the stoppage there.

Coach composition

The trains is completely 3-tier AC LHB coach designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and have announcement system as well as, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Fitted with bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras.

This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car and two Generator Power Car coaches.

16 AC III Tier
1 Pantry car
2 Generator Power Car

Coach Position
	B16	B15	B14	B13	B12	B11	B10	B9		B8	B7	B6	B5	B4	B3	B2	B1
EN	GC	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	PC	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	3A	GC
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19

Stoppages

Stoppage details
#	Code	Station name	Zone	Div.	Halt	Dist.	Day	State
1	SMVB	Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal	SWR	SBC	0	0	1	Karnataka
2	WFD	Whitefield	SWR	SBC	2	20	1	Karnataka
3	KPD	Katpadi Junction	SR	MAS	5	228	1	Tamil Nadu
4	PER	Perambur (RL) (Chennai)	SR	MAS	5	352	1	Tamil Nadu
5	BZA	Vijayawada Junction (RL)	SCR	BZA	10	782	1	Andhra Pradesh
6	DVD	Duvvada	ECOR	WAT	2	1114	2	Andhra Pradesh
7	VSKP	Visakhapatnam	ECOR	WAT	20	1131	2	Andhra Pradesh
8	VZM	Vizianagaram Junction	ECOR	WAT	2	1192	2	Andhra Pradesh
9	CHE	Srikakulam Road	ECOR	WAT	2	1262	2	Andhra Pradesh
10	PSA	Palasa	ECOR	KUR	2	1334	2	Andhra Pradesh
11	BAM	Brahmapur	ECOR	KUR	2	1408	2	Odisha
12	KUR	Khurda Road Junction	ECOR	KUR	15	1555	2	Odisha
13	BBS	Bhubaneswar (RL)	ECOR	KUR	5	1574	2	Odisha
14	CTC	Cuttack Junction	ECOR	KUR	2	1602	2	Odisha
15	BHC	Bhadrak	ECOR	KUR	2	1717	2	Odisha
16	KGP	Kharagpur Junction	SER	KGP	5	1898	2	West Bengal
17	ADL	Andul	SER	HWH	2	1998	2	West Bengal
18	DKAE	Dankuni (Howrah) (RL)	ER	HWH	2	2014	2	West Bengal
19	RPH	Rampurhat Junction	ER	HWH	2	2219	2	West Bengal
20	MLDT	Malda Town	ER	MLDT	10	2340	3	West Bengal
21	KNE	Kishanganj	NFR	KIR	2	2486	3	Bihar
22	NJP	New Jalpaiguri Junction (Siliguri) (RL)	NFR	KIR	10	2573	3	West Bengal
23	NBQ	New Bongaigaon Junction	NFR	RNY	2	2824	3	Assam
24	KYQ	Kamakhya Junction	NFR	LMG	5	3026	3	Assam
25	GHY	Guwahati	NFR	LMG	15	3034	3	Assam
26	NHLG	New Haflong	NFR	LMG	3	3250	3	Assam
27	BPB	Badarpur Junction	NFR	LMG	25	3321	3	Assam
28	NKMG	Karimganj Junction	NFR	LMG	2	3339	3	Assam
29	DMR	Dharmanagar	NFR	LMG	2	3403	4	Tripura
30	ABSA	Ambassa	NFR	LMG	2	3475	4	Tripura
31	AGTL	Agartala	NFR	LMG	0	3542	4	Tripura

Also there is demand that Eluru and Nellore railway stations to be provided with halt at these stations. As of 2022, the train has technical halt at West Bengal's New Cooch Behar railway station railway station, for changing of Locomotive.

Loco links

This train is hauled by an Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram-based WAP-7 or Electric Loco Shed, Erode-based WAP-7 locomotive from Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal to Visakhapatnam. Then from Visakhapatnam to New Cooch Behar it is hauled by a WAP-7 locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah. And then from New Cooch Behar to Agartala it is hauled by WDP-4D locomotive of Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri.

Schedule

Train number	Station code	Departure station	Departure time	Departure day	Arrival station	Arrival time	Arrival day
12503	SMVB	Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal	10:15 AM	Tuesday	Agartala	02:50 AM	Friday
12504	AGTL	Agartala	05:55 AM	Saturday	Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal	2:15 PM	Monday

Service

It averages 65 km/h as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covers 3529 km in 64 hrs 35 mins and it averages 66 km/h as 12504 Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covers 3529 km in 62 hrs 20mins.

Notes

References

"Agartala Banglore Humsafar Express will now run from World class station Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal". barakbulletin.com.
Humsafar Express extended to Agartala
Extension of Train No. 12504/12503 Kamakhya (Guwahati) – Bengaluru Cantonment Humsafar Express upto Agartala With Effect From 5 January 2018
"Rajen Gohain flags off Agartala – Bangalore Humsafar Express and". Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
Introduction of Kamakhya-Bengaluru Cantonement-Kamakhya Humsafar Express

External links

v t e Humsafar Express
Central Railways	Pune–Ajni Pune–Nagpur
East Central Railways	Patna–SMVT Bengaluru
East Coast Railways	Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru
Eastern Railways	Godda–New Delhi Sealdah–Jammu Tawi
North Central Railways	Prayagraj (Allahabad)–New Delhi Prayagraj (Allahabad)–Anand Vihar Terminal
North Eastern Railways	Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Basti) Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Barhni)
Northeast Frontier Railways	Agartala–SMVT Bengaluru Champaran (Katihar–Old Delhi)
Northern Railways	Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal Ajmer–Rameswaram Madhupur–Anand Vihar Terminal (via Deoghar) Varanasi–Indore (via Lucknow) Varanasi–Indore (via Allahabad)
North Western Railways	Udaipur City–Mysuru Udaipur City–Patliputra Bhagat Ki Kothi–Tiruchirappalli Sri Ganganagar–Tiruchirappalli Udaipur City–Delhi Sarai Rohilla
South Central Railways	Hazur Sahib Nanded–Jammu Tawi Tirupati–Jammu Tawi
South East Central Railways	Durg–Hazrat Nizamuddin
South Eastern Railways	Santragachi–Pune Jabalpur–Santragachi Howrah–Tirupati Howrah–SMVT Bengaluru
Southern Railways	Kochuveli–SMVT Bengaluru
West Central Railways	Santragachi–Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) Pune–Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)
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