Ganga Sutlej Express

Ganga Sutlej Express
Overview
Service type Express
Locale Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana & Punjab
Current operator(s) East Central Railways
Route
Termini Dhanbad Junction (DHN)
Firozpur Cantonment (FZR)
Stops 73
Distance travelled 1,604 km (997 mi)
Average journey time 36 hours 50 minutes
Service frequency Daily
Train number(s) 13307 / 13308
On-board services
Class(es) AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements Yes
Catering facilities On-board catering,
E-catering
Observation facilities Large windows
Technical
Rolling stock LHB coach
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 44 km/h (27 mph) average with halts.

The 13307 /13308 Ganga Sutlej Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between Dhanbad Junction and Firozpur Cantonment in India. It is also known as Kisan Express.

Background

It is named after two Indian Rivers; Ganga (which flows in the holy city of Varanasi, also Chhapra) and Sutlej (a river which flows in the northern states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh).

Service

It operates as train number 13307 from Dhanbad Junction to Firozpur Cantonment and as train number 13308 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana & Punjab. The train covers the distance of 1,604 km (997 mi) in 35–37 hours approximately at a speed of (43 km/h (27 mph)).

Coaches

The service presently has 1 First AC Class, 4 Second AC Class, 6 Third AC Class, 1 Pantry Car, 5 Sleeper Class, 3 General Unreserved coaches & 2 EOGs.

Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
EOG GEN GEN GEN S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 PC B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 A1 A2 A3 A4 H1 EOG

Routing

The 13307/13308 Ganga Sutlej Express runs from Dhanbad Junction via Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh, Gaya Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Varanasi Junction, Jaunpur Junction, Akbarpur Junction, Ayodhya Junction, Lucknow Charbagh, Laksar Junction,Ambala Cantonment Junction, Ludhiana Junction, Phillaur Junction, Nakodar Junction, Malsian Shahkot , Lohian Khas Junction to Firozpur Cantonment.

Traction

As this route is fully electrified, an Gomoh-based WAP-7 pulls the train from Dhanbad Junction to Firozpur Cantt. and vice-versa .