Howrah–Porbandar Express
The 12905 / 12906 Howrah - Porbandar (Aradhana) Express is a tri-weekly train of Indian Railways, running between Howrah in West Bengal and Porbandar in Gujarat. The train is named Aradhana Express by Indian Railway. It is a superfast category train. It takes 44 hours to reach Porbandar from Howrah. The train is very much important and popular train in the route and connects eastern India to extreme west part of country. The train is as important as Jnaneshwari Express.
 Howrah Porbandar Superfast Express | |||||
| Overview | |||||
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| Service type | Superfast | ||||
| Locale | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Gujarat | ||||
| First service | 13 December 2000 | ||||
| Current operator(s) | Western Railways | ||||
| Route | |||||
| Start | Howrah (HWH) | ||||
| Stops | 28 | ||||
| End | Porbandar (PBR) | ||||
| Distance travelled | 2,558 km (1,589 mi) | ||||
| Average journey time | 44 hrs 20 mins | ||||
| Service frequency | Tri-Weekly | ||||
| Train number(s) | 12905 / 12906 | ||||
| On-board services | |||||
| Class(es) | AC 2 tier-1, AC 3 tier-3, Sleeper-13, Pantry-1, General-3, SLR-2, Luggage/Milk Van-1 | ||||
| Seating arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes | ||||
| Catering facilities | Available | ||||
| Baggage facilities | No | ||||
| Technical | |||||
| Rolling stock | ICF Coaches | ||||
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Operating speed | avg. Speed 58 km/h | ||||
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Routeing
It passes through West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Gujarat. It is major and important train in this route, due to major industrial, commercial & economical reasons. It halts at 28 stations. The major cities it touches are
- Kharagpur
- Tatanagar
- Rourkela
- Jharsuguda
- Champa
- Bilaspur
- Raipur
- Durg
- Gondia
- Nagpur
- Badnera (Amravati)
- Akola
- Bhusaval
- Surat
- Vadodara
- Ahmedabad
- Rajkot
- Jamnagar
- Porbandar
The train passes through South Eastern Railway, South East Central Railway, Central Railway and Western Railway. With covering 2 numbers of railway zonal headquarter cities Kolkata & Bilaspur, and 10 numbers of railway divisional office cities Howrah, Kharagpur, Chakradharpur, Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur, Bhusawal, Baroda, Ahmedabad & Rajkot. It connects two numbers of state capital cities including Kolkata & Raipur.
Traction
On its journey from Howrah to Porbandar, the train is hauled by a WAP 4E locomotive of Vadodara loco shed from Howrah to Ahmedabad railway station. From Ahmedabad to Porbandar, the train is hauled by WDM 3A locomotive of Vatva loco shed. Nowadays it is also hauls by a WDP 4D locomotive of Sabarmati loco shed.
There is also slip route of the train, which goes to Okha via Dwarka, Mithapur & Khambhalia.
Arrival & Departure
Gallery
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Howrah Porbandar Aradhana Express
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Howrah Porbandar Aradhana Express