Sealdah–Sabroom Kanchanjungha Express
Sealdah - Sabroom Kanchanjunga Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India via Barddhaman, Rampurhat, Malda Town, New Jalpaiguri, Guwahati. It is currently operated with 13173/13174 train numbers on a four-days-a-week basis. It previously ran between Sealdah and Agartala, and was later extended to run to Sabroom.
It is named after the Kangchenjunga peak of the Himalayan Mountains of Sikkim which is visible from New Jalpaiguri, as previously when this train was introduced in the 1960s it was between and New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri).
Major Halts
The important halts of the train are:'Accident
On 17 June 2024, around 9:00 IST a goods train collided with Kanchanjunga Express from the rear end resulting in the derailment of three coaches. Ten people lost their lives in the incident while more than 60 people got injured. The cause of collision is currently under investigation.Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector
- 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
- 22309/10 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri AC Express
- 12377/78 Padatik Express
- 12343/44 Darjeeling Mail
- 15959/60 Kamrup Express
- 13175/76 Kanchanjungha Express/Sealdah–Silchar Kanchanjunga Express
- 12345/46 Saraighat Express
- 13125/13126 Kolkata–Sairang Express
- 13115/13116 Sealdah - Jalpaiguri Road Humsafar Express
- 15721/22 New Jalpaiguri–Digha Express
- 12517/18 Kolkata–Guwahati Garib Rath Express
- 12525/26 Dibrugarh–Kolkata Superfast Express
- 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
- 13147/48 Uttar Banga Express
- 12503/04 Bangalore Cantonment–Agartala Humsafar Express
- 13181/82 Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express
- 22511/12 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
- 15643/44 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
- 12363/64 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
- 12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
- 12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
- 12513/14 Guwahati–Secunderabad Express