Saraighat Express

*Saraighat SF Express*
	Howrah bound 12346 Saraighat Superfast Express with HWH WAP-7 in Amrit Bharat Express livery standing beside a SGUJ WDP-4 at New Bongaigaon Junction.
Overview
Service type	Superfast Express
Locale	West Bengal, Bihar & Assam
First service	6 July 1995; 29 years ago
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway
Route
Termini	Howrah (HWH); Guwahati (GHY)
Stops	14
Distance travelled	999 km (621 mi)
Average journey time	18 hours
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12345 / 12346
On-board services
Class(es)	AC First, AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry car,; On-board catering,; E-catering
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coach
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	59 km/h (37 mph) average including halts

The 12345 / 12346 Saraighat SF Express^[1] is a daily Superfast Express train which runs between Howrah Junction, Kolkata (West Bengal) and Guwahati (Assam), via Barddhaman, Rampurhat, New Jalpaiguri Junction in Siliguri, North Bengal. 'Saraighat SF Express is one of the fastest trains that connects Kolkata to the North East, and gets high priority end to end.'

Coach composition

This train has 22 LHB coaches.^[2]

Howrah to Guwahati

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	SLR	GEN	GEN	GEN	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	PC	HA1	A1	M1	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	EOG

Guwahati to Howrah

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	EOG	B5	B4	B3	B2	B1	M1	A1	HA1	PC	S8	S7	S6	S5	S4	S3	S2	S1	GEN	GEN	GEN	SLR

Please note that one of the rakes of this train has the exact opposite coach composotion of what is mentioned.

12345 – leaves Howrah Junction daily at 16:05 IST and reaches Guwahati the next morning 10:05 IST

12346 – leaves Guwahati daily at 12:20 IST and reaches Howrah Junction the next morning 5:30 IST

The train is hauled by a WAP-7 locomotive from Howrah shed.

Station code	Station came	Arrival	Departure
GHY	Guwahati (start)	---	12:20
KYQ	Kamakhya Junction	12:35	12:37
NBQ	New Bongaigaon Junction	15:25	15:27
NOQ	New Alipurduar	17:05	17:07
NCB	New Cooch Behar	17:30	17:32
FLK	Falakata	18:02	18:04
DQG	Dhupguri	18:28	18:30
NJP	New Jalpaiguri	19:50	20:00
KNE	Kishanganj	21:05	21:07
MLDT	Malda Town	23:30	23:40
NFK	New Farakka Junction	00:30	00:32
RPH	Rampurhat Junction	01:48	01:50
SNT	Sainthia junction	02:12	02:14
BHP	Bolpur Shantiniketan	02:32	02:35
BWN	Barddhaman Junction	03:38	03:40
HWH	Howrah (end)	05:30	---

Station code	Station came	Arrival	Departure
HWH	Howrah (start)	---	16:05
BWN	Barddhaman Junction	17:12	17:15
BHP	Bolpur Shantiniketan	17:58	18:03
SNT	Sainthia junction	18:29	18:31
RPH	Rampurhat Junction	18:58	19:00
NFK	New Farakka Junction	20:41	20:43
MLDT	Malda Town	21:30	21:40
KNE	Kishanganj	23:33	23:35
NJP	New Jalpaiguri	01:05	01:15
DQG	Dhupguri	02:20	02:22
FLK	Falakata	02:46	02:48
NCB	New Cooch Behar	03:18	03:20
NOQ	New Alipurduar	03:40	03:42
NBQ	New Bongaigaon Junction	06:05	06:07
KYQ	Kamakhya Junction	09:43	09:45
GHY	Guwahati (end)	10:05	---