The 16597/16598 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express is India's 19th non-AC Superfast Amrit Bharat Express train, which runs across the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal by connecting the Silicon city SMVT Bengaluru of Karnataka with railway station of Alipurduar, the Bhutan Gateway city in West Bengal.
This express train is inaugurated on 17 January 2026 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from Malda Town in India.
Overview This train is currently operated by Indian Railways, connecting SMVT Bengaluru and . It is currently operated with train numbers 16597/16598 on a weekly basis.
Schedule + Train schedule: SMVT Bengaluru ↔ Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express Train no. Station code Departure station Departure time Departure day Arrival station Arrival hours 16597 SMVB SMVT Bengaluru 8:50 AM 10:25 AM 49h 35m 16598 APDJ 10:25 PM SMVT Bengaluru 3:00 AM 52h 35m
Route and halts + Route and halts of SMVT Bengaluru–Alipurduar Amrit Bharat Express: 16597 SMVT → APDJ 16598 APDJ → SMVT Pendurti Pendurti
Coach composition Coach Composition Category Coaches Total SLRD (Divyangjan coach) SLRD, SLRD 2 General unreserved (GEN) GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5, GEN6, GEN7 7 Sleeper class (SL) S8, S7, S6, S5, S4, S3, S2, S1 8 Pantry car (PC) PC 1 General unreserved (GEN) GEN8, GEN9, GEN10, GEN11, GEN12 5 SLRD (Divyangjan coach) SLRD 1 Total coaches 22 Primary maintenance – Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Secondary maintenance – Alipurduar Coaching Depot
Rakes It is the 19th Amrit Bharat 2.0 Express train in which the locomotives were designed by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) at Chittaranjan, West Bengal and the coaches were designed and manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Perambur, Chennai under the Make in India initiative.
See also Amrit Bharat Express Vande Bharat Express Tejas Express Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal
Notes Runs a day in a week with both directions.
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