Neelachal Express


The Neelachal Express is a tri-weekly train which runs between Puri in Odisha and Anand Vihar Terminal railway station. It is one of the oldest train that connects Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal. The main towns along the route are Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack,Bhadrak,Balasore, Hijili, Tatanagar, Bokaro Steel City, Muri, Gaya, Dehri, Sasaram Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Rae Bareli, Lucknow, Unnao, Kanpur, Etawah, Firozabad, Hathras and Aligarh. It operates three times per week and covers a distance of from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal. Neelachal Express consist of 1 Second AC coach, 4 Third AC coaches, 12 Sleeper Class coaches, 2 General coaches, 1 Pantry Car and 2 EOG.

Coaches

The 12875/ 76 Puri Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 12 Sleeper Class, 2 Second Class seating & 2 EOG coaches. Also, it does have a Pantry car coach.
As with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
According to East Coast Railways Officials, It will Run with LHB Rakes from 18 August 2019 from Puri & From 20 August 2019 from Anand Vihar Terminal.

Service

12875 Puri Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express covers the distance of 1914 kilometers in 24 hours 50 mins & in 24 hours 25 mins as 12876 Anand Vihar Terminal Puri Neelachal Express. Its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.
It takes around 34 hours and 50 minutes to cover at an average speed of with 39 halts.

Schedule

Background

This train is given name on The abode of Hindu deity Jagannath at Puri is known as the Nilachal or Niladri, meaning, The Blue Mountain. The Nilachal is a place of high religious significance in Hinduism and is one of the four Char Dhams. Religious teachers like Shri Ramanuja Acharya, Swami Vishnuswami visited Nilachal in the Twelfth century and established a mathas. Shri Nimbarka Acharya also visited Puri, as also Guru Nanak Dev and many other Acharyas. Shri Chaitanya spent 18 years at Nilachal dhama.

Coach Composition

The train has Mordern LHB Rakes with max speed of 110 kmph.
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As the route is fully electrified, a Mughalsarai or Ghaziabad - based WAP-4 or a Ghaziabad based WAP-7 locomotive powers the train from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal.