New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express


The Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express is a superfast express fully airconditioned train connecting Kolkata and Siliguri, West Bengal's two most important cities. It is the fastest train in the Howrah - New Jalpaiguri section covering a distance of 566 km in a span of 8 hours. The train runs at an average speed of 80 km per hour.
The train is hauled by a matching WDP4 of New Jalpaiguri Diesel locomotive shed. It always gets LHB Coaches. The train comprises 8 AC Chair Cars, 1 Executive Class coach & 2 End-On-Generation Cars.Recently The train is modified to Swarna standards with advanced features.

Inaugural

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the then railway minister Mukul Roy flagged it off from Cooch Behar on 12 July 2012 though this train was passed in Railway Budget 2012 - 13 by the then Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.

Amenities

This train has state-of-the art LHB coaches, providing unmatched comfort even on speeds such as 140 km/h, large windows provide extraordinary views of landscape, reclining seats, on-board meals are available and are included in the ticket fare, passengers have option of choosing either Veg or Non Veg.

Route & Halts

The train starts at 5:30 am from Platform 1 of and reaches Platform 11 of at 1:35 pm.
It departs from Platform 11 of at 2:15 pm and reaches Platform 1 of at 10:30 pm. The intermediate stations and the stoppage time are as follows-
This train is Hauled by a Howrah WAP 7 which is capable of taking the train to 150 km/h according to section permissions,as the route between HWH and NJP is fully electrified.