Akal Takht Express


The 12317 / 12318 Akal Takht Express is an Indian Railways Express train connecting eastern Indian city of Kolkata with northern Indian city of Amritsar. It is named after the Akal Takht, a central Sikh shrine in Amritsar.

Background

Originally started from Asansol as 2319/2320 Superfast in 1998, in 2000 it was extended to start from Sealdah as 2317/2318 & in 2009, 2317/2318 & 2319/2320 became same train. In 2015, its terminus got changed to Kolkata Terminus. It is a Superfast-class train travelling in 33 hrs 40 mins at an average speed of as 12317 Akal Takht Express & in 32 hrs 50 mins at an average speed of as 12317 Akal Takht Express. It has sleeper, third AC, second AC, first AC, and unreserved types of coaches along with 2 EOG for power. for power. This train has modern LHB coach, however, pantry car facility is was not available with this train until 2020. Now pantry car, on-board catering and e-catering are available.

12317 Route &; halts

Station CodeStation NameArrivalDeparture
KOAAKolkata Terminus---07:40
ASNAsansol Junction10:3510:45
MDPMadhupur Junction12:0012:02
JSMEJasidh Junction12:2912:31
JAJJhajha13:1113:13
KIULKiul Junction13:5713:59
MKAMokama14:2814:30
PNCPatna Saheb15:1715:22
PNBEPatna Junction15:5516:05
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Junction19:3519:45
BSBVaranasi Junction20:3020:40
SLNSultanpur Junction22:4622:48
LKOLucknow Charbagh NR02:4302:53
BEBareilly Junction06:1306:15
MBMoradabad Junction07:5007:58
NBDNajibabad Junction09:2309:25
SRESaharanpur Junction11:3011:40
UMBAmbala Cantt Junction12:4512:50
SIRSirhind Junction13:3113:33
LDHLudhiana Junction14:2814:38
JUCJalandhar City Junction15:3515:40
BEASBeas Junction16:1216:14
ASRAmritsar Junction17:20---

12318 Route & Halts

Station CodeStation NameArrivalDeparture
ASRAmritsar Junction---05:55
BEASBeas Junction06:3206:34
JUCJalandhar City Junction07:1007:15
LDHLudhiana Junction08:1208:22
SIRSirhind Junction09:2209:24
UMBAmbala Cantt Junction10:0510.10
SRESaharanpur Junction11:3011:40
NBDNajibabad Junction13:0813:10
MBMoradabad Junction14:5515:05
BEBareilly Junction16:3516:40
LKOLucknow Charbagh NR20:3520:50
SLNSultanpur Junction23:0523:10
BSBVaranasi Junction01:4001:50
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Junction02:2002:40
PNBEPatna Junction05:5506:05
PNCPatna Saheb06:1706:22
MKAMokama07:2407:26
KIULKiul Junction08:0508:07
JAJJhajha08:5809:00
JSMEJasidh Junction09:4009:42
MDPMadhupur Junction10:1010:12
ASNAsansol Junction11:3311:43
KOAAKolkata Terminus---14:45

Coach composition

The train has standard LHB rakes with max speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 22 coaches:
  • 1 AC I cum AC II Tier
  • 1 AC II Tier
  • 6 AC III Tier
  • 10 Sleeper coaches
  • 2 General
  • 2 EOG
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Traction

As the route is fully electrified, train is hauled by an Howrah / Sealdah-based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Kolkata to Amritsar, and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 12315/12316 Ananya Express.