Tatanagar–Asansol Express

Rail service in India

Tatanagar–Asansol Express
Overview
Service type	Express
First service	1 October 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-01)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railway zone
Route
Termini	Asansol Junction (ASN) Tatanagar Junction (TATA)
Stops	7
Distance travelled	165 km (103 mi)
Average journey time	3h 30m
Service frequency	Tri-weekly ^[a]
Train number(s)	13511/13512
On-board services
Class(es)	Chair Car, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	E-catering
Observation facilities	ICF coach
Entertainment facilities	No
Baggage facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	2
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	47 km/h (29 mph), including halts

The Tatanagar–Asansol Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Asansol Junction and Tatanagar Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 13511/13512 train numbers on tri-weekly basis.^[1]^[2]

Service

The 13511/Tatanagar–Asansol Express has an average speed of 47 km/h and covers 165 km in 3h 30m. The 13512/Asansol–Tatanagar Express has an average speed of 50 km/h and covers 165 km in 3h 20m.

Route and halts

The important halts of the train are:

Tatanagar Junction
Kandra Junction
Chandil Junction
Barabhum
Purulia Junction
Anara
Joychandi Pahar( Adra Junction alternative)
Burnpur
Asansol Junction

Coach composition

The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 10 coaches :

1 Second Sitting
7 General
2 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by an Asansol Loco Shed based WAG-5 or WAM-4 electric locomotive from Jamshedpur to Asansol and vice versa.

Notes

^ Runs three days in a week for every direction.

References

^ REGULATION OF SER TRAIN SERVICES DUE TO TRAFFIC-CUM-POWER BLOCK IN CHAKRADHARPUR DIVISION
^ Several trains in Chakradharpur division rescheduled, diverted and cancelled

External links

13511/Tatanagar–Asansol Express
13512/Asansol–Tatanagar Express

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat