Kulik Intercity Express

Indian Train

Kulik Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	22 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-22)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Howrah Junction (HWH) Radhikapur (RDP)
Stops	12
Distance travelled	487 km (303 mi)
Average journey time	9 Hours 35 Minutes
Service frequency	Daily ^[a]
Train number(s)	13053/13054
On-board services
Class(es)	Vistadome, AC Chair Car, General Unreserved , 2nd Sitting
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	Yes
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	yes
Operating speed	51 km/h (32 mph), including halts

The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur via Rampurhat Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis.^[1]^[2]

Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to Siuri.^[3] After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express.^[4] And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj.^[5]

Speed

This train has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 487 km in 10 Hours 40 Minutes. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 110 km/h

Route and halts

Between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur this train stops at -

Coach composition

The train runs with Modern LHB Rake with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 13 coaches:

1 AC Chair Car
5 Unreserved Chair Car
4 Reserved Chair Car
2 Deen dayalu coaches
2 Generators cum Luggage/parcel van

Schedule

The schedule of this 13053/13054 Howrah–Radhikapur Kulik Express is given below:-


HWH - RDP - HWH Kulik Express
13053		Stations	13054
Arrival	Departure	Stations	Arrival	Departure
-NIL-	08:55	Howrah Junction	15:50	-NIL-
10:51	10:53	Barddhaman Junction	13:30	13:32
11:38	11:40	Bolpur Shantiniketan	12:31	12:33
11:50	11:51	Prantik	12:24	12:25
12:26	12:28	Sainthia	11:58	12:00
13:01	13:03	Rampurhat Junction	11:33	11:35
13:43	13:45	Pakur	10:45	10:47
14:56	14:58	New Farakka Junction	10:02	10:04
15:50	16:20	Malda Town	09:05	09:30
16:48	16:50	Samsi	07:45	07:47
17:38	17:40	Barsoi Junction	06:43	06:45
17:58	18:03	Raiganj	06:20	06:25
18:32	18:34	Kaliyaganj	05:58	06:00
19:15	-NIL-	Radhikapur	-NIL-	05:45

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah .

Notes

^ Runs seven days in a week for every direction.

External links

13053/Kulik Intercity Express
13054/Kulik Intercity Express

References

^ List of Cancelled Trains Today (25 February 2016)
^ SERVICE TO PASSENGERS AND CLEANLINESS BEING GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION: RAJIV VISHNOI
^ jagran.com, Retrieved 04 July 2020
^ jagran.com, Retrieved 04 July 2020
^ Renamed as Kulik Express, Retrieved 04 July 2020

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat