Netaji Express

Netaji SF Express

Netaji Express at Kalka railway station.
Overview
Service type	Superfast Express
Status	Active
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab & Haryana
First service	1 July 1855; 169 years ago (1855-07-01)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Ridership	Daily
Route
Termini	Howrah (HWH) Kalka (KLK)
Stops	38
Distance travelled	1,715 km (1,066 mi)
Average journey time	29 hrs 05 mins as 12311, 32 hrs 10 mins as 12312
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12311/12312
On-board services
Class(es)	AC first , AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Auto-rack arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Available
Other facilities	Below the seats
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Fully Electrified
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph) maximum, 59 km/h (37 mph) average including halts.
Route map Legend km 267 Kalka Delhi–Kalka line 252 Chandi Mandir 253 Chandigarh 198 Ambala Cantonment 156 Kurukshetra 123 Karnal 89 Panipat 72 Samalkha 59 Ganaur 43 Sonipat 10 Adarsh Nagar 3 Sabji Mandi 0 Delhi Junction Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line 20 Ghaziabad Kanpur–Delhi section 83 Khurja 126 Aligarh Junction 156 Hathras Junction 204 Tundla Junction 221 Firozabad 241 Shikohabad 296 Etawah Junction 352 Phaphund 435 Kanpur Central Mughalsarai–Kanpur section 513 Fatehpur 630 Allahabad Junction 719 Mirzapur 783 Mughalsarai Junction Grand Chord 837 Bhabua Road Gaya–Mughalsarai section 885 Sasaram 902 Dehri-on-Sone 987 Gaya Junction Asansol–Gaya section 1064 Koderma 1112 Hazaribagh Road 1139 Parasnath 1157 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh 1187 Dhanbad Junction Railways in Jharia Coalfield 1245 Asansol Junction Bardhaman–Asansol section 1287 Durgapur 1351 Barddhaman Junction Howrah–Bardhaman chord 1446 Howrah Junction Source: Google and 12312 Kalka Mail

THE 12311 / 12312 NETAJI SUPERFAST EXPRESS (formerly known as Kalka Mail) is one of the oldest running daily Superfast Express train in India. This train connects Howrah in Kolkata, capital of the State of West Bengal to Kalka in the North-Western state of Haryana. Kalka is the railhead for the Kalka-Shimla Railway which connects to Shimla, the one time summer capital of the British Raj.