North East Express


The 12505 / 12506 North East Express is a daily superfast train of Indian Railways, which runs between Guwahati and Anand Vihar near New Delhi. It connects North Eastern India to New Delhi, hence the name. The train belongs to NF railway zone of Indian Railways. The coaches of this train belongs to Guwahati coaching depot of Lumding Division of NF Railway.
The North East Express succeeded the legendary Assam Mail in 1986. But halt pattern and timings of later introduced Sikkim Mahananda Express corresponds more to the Assam Mail's BG segment.
The train runs along the Guwahati-Barauni line, Barauni-Mokama line and Howrah-Delhi main line.

Service

The train is numbered as 12505/12506. Originally North east express was not a superfast and had service numbers 921 and 922 when introduced in 1986. In 1988, the train was assigned with new set of numbers as 2521 and 2522 which were later replaced with 5621 and 5622. It used to ply between Guwahati and New Delhi. In the Railway Budget 2005-06, it was sped up to the Broad Gauge Super fast category without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. The new number assigned in the Superfast category were 2505 from Guwahati and 2506 from New Delhi. With the new five digit numbering scheme introduced during the tenure of Mamata Banerjee as Railway Minister, the service numbers are now 12505 and 12506. The train now starts from Kamakhya Junction Railway Station at Maligaon and run up to Anand Vihar Terminal instead of Guwahati & New Delhi.

Coaches

The train has AC as well as Non AC accommodation. The composition of the train is as follows - 2A - 1, 3A - 3, SL - 14, PC - 1, GENL - 3 & SLR - 2. The total rake length is 24 coaches. New LHB Rakes are introduced on 03/03/2019.

Stoppage

Delhi to Guwahati

List of Stops on the North East Express from Delhi to Guwahati.
StateTown/CityStationDistance
DelhiDelhiAnand Vihar Terminal0
Uttar PradeshAligarhAligarh Junction126
Uttar PradeshTundlaTundla Junction204
Uttar PradeshEtawahEtawah Junction296
Uttar PradeshKanpurKanpur Central435
Uttar PradeshFatehpurFatehpur513
Uttar PradeshAllahabadAllahabad Junction629
Uttar PradeshMughalsaraiMughalsarai Junction778
BiharBuxarBuxar872
BiharArrahAra Junction941
BiharDanapurDanapur980
BiharPatnaPatliputra Junction986
BiharBarauniBarauni Junction1095
BiharBegusaraiBegusarai1110
BiharKhagariaKhagaria Junction1150
BiharMansiMansi Junction1159
BiharNaugachiaNaugachia1217
BiharKatiharKatihar Junction1274
BiharBarsoiBarsoi Junction1313
BiharKishanganjKishanganj1371
West BengalSiliguriNew Jalpaiguri Junction1458
West BengalJalpaiguriJalpaiguri Road1491
West BengalCooch BeharNew Cooch Behar Junction1584
West BengalAlipurduarNew Alipurduar1603
AssamKokrajharKokrajhar1681
AssamBongaigaonNew Bongaigaon Junction1709
AssamRangiaRangiya Junction1819
AssamMaligaonKamakhya Junction1860
AssamGuwahatiGuwahati1866

Guwahati to Delhi

List of Stops on the North East Express from Guwahati to Delhi.
StateTown/CityStationDistance
AssamGuwahatiGuwahati0
AssamMaligaonKamakhya Junction7
AssamRangiaRangiya Junction48
AssamBongaigaonNew Bongaigaon Junction157
AssamKokrajharKokrajhar185
West BengalAlipurduarNew Alipurduar264
West BengalCooch BeharNew Cooch Behar Junction283
West BengalJalpaiguriJalpaiguri Road375
West BengalSiliguriNew Jalpaiguri Junction409
BiharKishanganjKishanganj496
BiharBarsoiBarsoi Junction553
BiharKatiharKatihar Junction593
BiharNaugachiaNaugachia650
BiharMansiMansi Junction708
BiharKhagariaKhagaria Junction716
BiharBegusaraiBegusarai757
BiharBarauniBarauni Junction772
BiharPatnaPatliputra Junction880
BiharDanapurDanapur886
BiharArrahAra Junction926
BiharBuxarBuxar994
Uttar PradeshMughalsaraiMughalsarai Junction1088
Uttar PradeshAllahabadAllahabad Junction1237
Uttar PradeshFatehpurFatehpur1354
Uttar PradeshKanpurKanpur Central1432
Uttar PradeshEtawahEtawah Junction1571
Uttar PradeshTundlaTundla Junction1663
Uttar PradeshAligarhAligarh Junction1741
Uttar PradeshGhaziabadGhaziabad Junction1854
DelhiDelhiAnand Vihar Terminal1866

Locomotive

It is hauls by a Siliguri based WDP 4 / WDP 4D locomotive from KYQ to KIR. From KIR to ANVT it is hauls by a Ghaziabad based WAP 5 / WAP 7 locomotive and vice versa.