New Delhi Kathgodam Shatabdi Express
The 12040 / 12039 New Delhi Kathgodam Shatabdi Express is an Indian train of the Shatabdi Express category belonging to Northern Railway zone that runs between New Delhi and Kathgodam, the nearest rail-head to many tourist destinations in Uttarakhand like Nainital, Ranikhet etc.
New Delhi Kathgodam Shatabdi Express It currently operates as train number 12040 from New Delhi to Kathgodam and as train number 12039 in the reverse direction serving the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand. The Kathgodam bound train covers the distance of 282 kilometres in 05 hours 30 mins (49 km/hr) while in the return direction it takes in 05 hours 15 mins (51 km/hr). The service was initially slower but speeded up by 5 minutes and 20 minutes respectively in the time-table revision of 2014. The train is the slowest member of the Shatabdi category of trains owing to the steep gradients in the Lalkuan-Kathgodam section, and single line operation post Rampur Junction.
| Train Number | Station Code | Departure Station | Departure Time | Arrival Station | Arrival Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12040 | NDLS | NDLS | 06:20 AM | Kathgodam | 11:40 AM |
| 12039 | KGM | Kathgodam | 15:35 PM | NDLS | 20:50 PM |
Coaches
The train presently has one Executive Chair, ten AC Chair Cars & two End on Generator coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach but being a Shatabdi category train, catering is arranged on board the train cost of which is included in the ticket fare. The train started off with eight AC chair car coaches, but owing to the demand, the composition was amended in July 2015.
The coach composition is as follows:
12039: LOCO-EOG-C10-C9-C8-C7-C6-C5-C4-C3-C2-C1-E1-EOG
12040: LOCO-EOG-E1-C1-C2-C3-C4-C5-C6-C7-C8-C9-C10-EOG
Service
The Kathgodam bound train covers the distance of 282 kilometres in 05 hours 30 mins (49 km/hr) while in the return direction it takes in 05 hours 15 mins (51 km/hr). The service was initially slower but speeded up by 5 minutes and 20 minutes respectively in the time-table revision of 2014. The train is the slowest member of the Shatabdi category of trains owing to the steep gradients in the Lalkuan-Kathgodam section, and single line operation post Rampur Junction.
Journey
The train starts from New Delhi at 06:05 hrs and reaches Kathgodam of at 11:40 hrs, the same day. In return the train starts back at 15:35 from Kathgodam to reach back New Delhiat 21:05 the same day. The 12040 / 39 New Delhi Kathgodam Shatabdi Express runs from New Delhi via Ghaziabad Junction, Moradabad, Rudrapur City to Kathgodam. Being a Shatabdi class train, it returns to its originating station New Delhi at the end of the day.
Information Credit : Wikipedia