Neelachal Express


The 12875 / 12876 Neelachal Express is a express train which runs between in Odisha and Anand Vihar Terminal railway station. It is one of the oldest trains that connect Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal. The main towns along the route are Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Hijili, Tatanagar, Bokaro Steel City, Muri, Gomoh, Gaya, Mughalsarai, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Rae Bareli, Lucknow, Unnao and Kanpur. It operates three times per week and covers a distance of from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal.

Coach composition

The 12875/ 12876 Puri–Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 2 AC 2 tier, 6 AC 3 tier, 7 Sleeper Class, 2 Second Class seating, 1 Divyangjan Coach and 1 EOG coach. Also, it does have a pantry car.
As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

12875 Puri–Anand Vihar Terminal Neelachal Express covers the distance of 1914 kilometers in 24 hours 50 mins and in 24 hours 25 mins as 12876 Anand Vihar Terminal–Puri Neelachal Express.
It takes around 34 hours and 50 minutes to cover at an average speed of with 39 halts.
Neelachal Express was moved from New Delhi to Anand Vihar Terminal in May 2018.

Timetable

From Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal - 12875. The train starts from Puri every Sunday, Tuesday & Friday.
Station codeStation nameArrivalDeparture
PURIPuri Terminus--11:00
KURKhurda Road Jn11:4511:50
BBS12:1512:20
CTCCuttack12:5012:55
JJKRJajpur Keonjhar Road13:4413:46
BHCBhadrak14:4314:45
SOROSoro15:0615:08
BLSBalasore15:3215:37
JERJaleswar16:1416:16
HIJHijili Jn17:1017:20
GTSGhatsila18:3418:36
TATATatanagar19:2219:30
MURIMuri Jn22:0022:02
BKSCBokaro Steel City23:1023:20
CRPChandrapura23:5523:57
GMONSC Bose Gomoh Jn00:2000:25
PNMEParasnath00:3700:39
KQRKoderma Jn01:2401:27
GAYAGaya Jn03:0303:08
RFJRafiGanj03:3203:34
AUBR03:5503:57
DOSDehri On Sone04:1204:14
SSMSasaram04:2804:30
BBUBhabua Road04:5805:00
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn06:0506:15
KEIKashi07:0107:03
BSBVaranasi Jn07:2007:30
BOYBhadohi08:0808:10
PBHPratapgarh Jn09:4609:51
AMEAmethi10:2610:28
GNGGauriGanj10:4010:42
RBLRae Bareli Jn11:2311:28
LKOLucknow Charbagh13:2513:35
ONUnnao Jn14:4314:45
CNBKanpur Central15:1515:20
ETWEtawah16:4816:50
FZDFirozabad17:3517:37
HRSHathras Jn18:4318:45
ALJNAligarh Jn19:0819:10
GZBGhaziabad20:3820:40
ANVTAnand Vihar Terminal21:15--

From Anand Vihar Terminal to Puri – 12876. The train starts from Anand Vihar Terminal every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
Station codeStation nameArrivalDeparture
ANVTAnand Vihar Terminal--07:30
ALJNAligarh Jn09:0509:07
HRSHathras Jn09:2709:29
FZDFirozabad10:4010:42
ETWEtawah11:3411:36
CNBKanpur Central13:2013:30
ONUnnao Jn13:5713:59
LKOLucknow Charbagh15:0015:10
RBLRae Bareli Jn16:2516:30
GNGGauriGanj17:0617:08
AMEAmethi17:2117:23
PBHPratapgarh Jn18:1518:20
BOYBhadohi20:1120:13
BSBVaranasi Jn21:4021:50
KEIKashi22:0322:05
DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn22:4022:50
BBUBhabua Road23:2623:28
SSMSasaram Jn00:0100:02
DOSDehri On Sone00:1600:18
AUBRAnugraha Narayan Road00:3200:34
RFJRafiGanj00:5400:56
GAYAGaya Jn01:5001:55
KQRKoderma03:0503:07
PNMEParasnath04:0404:06
GMONSC Bose Gomoh Jn04:2504:30
CRPChandrapura04:5805:00
BKSCBokaro Steel City05:4505:50
MURIMuri Jn06:5306:55
TATATatanagar Jn08:5709:07
GTSGhatsila09:4809:50
HIJHijili Jn11:2511:35
JERJaleswar12:2612:28
BLSBalasore13:0513:15
SOROSoro13:4013:42
BHCBhadrak14:2314:25
JJKRJajpur Keonjhar Road14:5614:58
CTCCuttack Jn15:5516:00
BBS16:3516:40
KURKhurda Road Jn17:0517:10
PURIPuri Terminus18:15--

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 modern LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h.
  • 1 AC First Class
  • 2 AC II Tier
  • 6 AC III Tier
  • 1 Pantry Car
  • 7 Sleeper Coaches
  • 2 General
  • 1 Divyanjan cum Guard Coach
  • 1 EOG
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Route and halts

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Traction

As the route is fully electrified, Ghaziabad Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal.