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 (57.20 km/h) and in 24 hours 25 mins as 12876 Anand Vihar Terminal–Puri Neelachal Express (59.48 km/h).
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 code Station name Arrival Departure PURI Puri Terminus -- 11:00 KUR Khurda Road Jn 11:45 11:50 BBS 12:15 12:20 CTC Cuttack 12:50 12:55 JJKR Jajpur Keonjhar Road 13:44 13:46 BHC Bhadrak 14:43 14:45SOROSoro15:0615:08 BLS Balasore 15:32 15:37JERJaleswar16:1416:16 HIJ Hijili Jn 17:10 17:20 GTS Ghatsila 18:34 18:36 TATA Tatanagar 19:22 19:30 MURI Muri Jn 22:00 22:02 BKSC Bokaro Steel City 23:10 23:20CRPChandrapura23:5523:57 GMO NSC Bose Gomoh Jn 00:20 00:25PNMEParasnath00:3700:39 KQR Koderma Jn 01:24 01:27 GAYA Gaya Jn 03:03 03:08RFJRafiGanj03:3203:34 AUBR 03:55 03:57 DOS Dehri On Sone 04:12 04:14 SSM Sasaram 04:28 04:30 BBU Bhabua Road 04:58 05:00 DDU Pt DD Upadhyaya Jn 06:05 06:15 KEI Kashi 07:01 07:03 BSB Varanasi Jn 07:20 07:30BOYBhadohi08:0808:10PBHPratapgarh Jn09:4609:51AMEAmethi10:2610:28GNGGauriGanj10:4010:42RBLRae Bareli Jn11:2311:28 LKO Lucknow Charbagh 13:25 13:35 ON Unnao Jn 14:43 14:45 CNBKanpur Central 15:15 15:20ETWEtawah16:4816:50FZDFirozabad17:3517:37HRSHathras Jn18:4318:45ALJNAligarh Jn19:0819:10 GZB Ghaziabad 20:38 20:40 ANVT Anand Vihar Terminal 21:15 --
From Anand Vihar Terminal to Puri – 12876. The train starts from Anand Vihar Terminal every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
Station code Station name Arrival Departure ANVT Anand Vihar Terminal -- 07:30ALJNAligarh Jn09:0509:07HRSHathras Jn09:2709:29FZDFirozabad10:4010:42ETWEtawah11:3411:36CNBKanpur Central13:2013:30ONUnnao Jn13:5713:59LKOLucknow Charbagh15:0015:10RBLRae Bareli Jn16:2516:30GNGGauriGanj17:0617:08AMEAmethi17:2117:23PBHPratapgarh Jn18:1518:20BOYBhadohi20:1120:13BSBVaranasi Jn21:4021:50KEIKashi22:0322:05DDUPt DD Upadhyaya Jn22:4022:50BBUBhabua Road23:2623:28SSMSasaram Jn00:0100:02DOSDehri On Sone00:1600:18AUBRAnugraha Narayan Road00:3200:34RFJRafiGanj00:5400:56GAYAGaya Jn01:5001:55KQRKoderma03:0503:07PNMEParasnath04:0404:06GMONSC Bose Gomoh Jn04:2504:30CRPChandrapura04:5805:00BKSCBokaro Steel City05:4505:50MURIMuri Jn06:5306:55 TATA Tatanagar Jn 08:57 09:07 GTS Ghatsila 09:48 09:50 HIJ Hijili Jn 11:25 11:35JERJaleswar12:2612:28 BLS Balasore 13:05 13:15SOROSoro13:4013:42 BHC Bhadrak 14:23 14:25 JJKR Jajpur Keonjhar Road 14:56 14:58 CTC Cuttack Jn 15:55 16:00 BBS 16:35 16:40 KUR Khurda Road Jn 17:05 17:10 PURI Puri Terminus 18:15 --
Background This train is given name on The abode of Hindu deity Jagannath at Puri is known as the Nilachal or Niladri, [Nila (Blue) + Achal (Mountain)] 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 Loco 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 SLRDGENH1B1B2B3B4A1A2B5B6PCS1S2S3S4S5S6S7GENEOG
Route and halts The train runs from Puri via , , , , , , , , Koderma, , , , , , , Unnao Junction, , , to Anand Vihar Terminal.
Traction As the route is fully electrified, Ghaziabad Loco Shed based WAP-7 electric locomotive from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal.
References
External links 12875 Neelachal Express at India Rail Info 12876 Neelachal Express at India Rail Info