Hate Bazare Express (via Mansi)

Hate Bazare Express (via Mansi)
Overview
Service typeExpress
Current operatorEastern Railways
Route
TerminiSealdah
Saharsa Junction
Stops27
Distance travelled596 km (370 mi)
Average journey time15 hours 00 mins
Train number13163 / 13164
On-board services
ClassesAC 1st Class, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper, General
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesNo pantry car attached
Technical
Rolling stockICF coach
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed110 km/h (68 mph) maximum,
36 km/h (22 mph), including halts

Hate Bazare Express (via Mansi) is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways that run between Sealdah and Saharsa Junction in India. The name of the train is derived from the Bengali word Hate Bazare which means The Market place in English and also its a name of the novel wrote by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay (Banaphool). The train was introduced in 1999-2000 year between Sealdah & Barauni after withdrawing the North Bihar Express which used to run from Howrah to Barauni via Bandel Junction, Katwa Junction, Azimganj, New Farakka Junction, Katihar, Mansi Junction, Khagaria Junction & Begusarai in the period of 1970–1999. Hate Bazare Express is the successor of the former North Bihar Express.

Service

The 13163 Sealdah - Saharsa Junction Hate Bazare Express (via Mansi) covers the distance of 589 km (366 mi) in 15 hours 40 minutes (38 km/h) and in 15 hours 00 mins as the 13164 Saharsa Junction - Sealdah Hate Bazare Express (via Mansi) (39 km/h).

Routes

Train set of Hate Bazare Express passes through Bandel Junction, Katwa Junction, Azimganj, New Farakka Junction, Katihar & Mansi Junction on both sides

Traction

The train set is hauled by WAP-4 of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah or WAP-7 of Sealdah throughout the entire journey.

Incident

On 12 July 2011, Hate Bazare Express has averted a train collision with the EMU local of Bandel–Katwa at Balagarh station in Hooghly district of West Bengal, no casualties reported.[1]

References

  1. ^ indiatimes.com, Retrieved 19 June 2019