Английская Википедия:Darjeeling Mail

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Шаблон:Original research Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox rail service Шаблон:Darjeeling Mail route The 12343 / 12344 Sealdah-Haldibari-Sealdah Darjeeling Superfast Mail is one of the oldest running legendary trains in India which connects Kolkata With Haldibari via Barddhaman, Malda Town, New Jalpaiguri, and Jalpaiguri. This is a major train for Kolkata–Siliguri route. It is also the first train to run with AC electric loco WAP-7 in Sealdah to New-Jalpaiguri stretch.

History

Run via East Bengal

During the British period all connections to North Bengal were through East Bengal.

From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, to Siliguri was in two laps. The first lap was a Шаблон:Convert long journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River. The passengers would then avail a ferry across the river. The second lap of the journey was a Шаблон:Convert metre-gauge line of the North Bengal Railway that linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri.

Later the Шаблон:Convert long Hardinge Bridge across the Padma came up in 1912. In 1916 the metre-gauge section north of the bridge was converted to broad gauge, and so the entire Calcutta – Siliguri route became broad-gauge. The route thus roughly ran: Sealdah–Ranaghat–Bheramara–Hardinge Bridge–Iswardi–Santahar–Шаблон:Stnlnk–Parbatipur–Nilphamari–Haldibari–Jalpaiguri–Siliguri.

The Darjeeling Mail ran on this route in pre-partition days. Even after the partition of India it ran on this route for some years.

Ferry across Ganges (Post-partition)

With the partition of India in 1947, the major hurdle in connecting Kolkata and Siliguri was that there was no bridge across the Ganges in West Bengal or Bihar. A generally acceptable route to Siliguri was via Sahibganj loop to Шаблон:Stnlnk, then across the Ganges by ferry to Manihari Ghat on the other side, then to Kishanganj via Manihari, Katihar and Barsoi and finally through narrow gauge to Siliguri. In 1949 Kishanganj–Siliguri section too was converted to metre gauge, thus making the entire route a uni-gauge one.

Run via Farakka Barrage

In the early 1965s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a more radical change was made. Indian Railways created a new broad-gauge rail link from Kolkata, and on a greenfield site south of Siliguri Town built an entirely new broad-gauge junction, Шаблон:Stnlnk.

The Шаблон:Convert long Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges. The rail bridge was thrown open to the public in 1971, thereby linking the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop to Шаблон:Stnlnk, Barsoi, Kishanganj, Шаблон:Stnlnk and other railway stations in North Bengal. Since then Darjeeling Mail has been using the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line.

Coach composition

This train has 22 LHB coachШаблон:Indian Railways coach composition legend Sealdah to Haldibari

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Файл:BSicon LDER.svg	SLR	GEN	GEN	GEN	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	A1	A2	H1	EOG

Haldibari to Sealdah

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Файл:BSicon LDER.svg	EOG	H1	A2	A1	B7	B6	B5	B4	B3	B2	B1	S7	S6	S5	S4	S3	S2	S1	GEN	GEN	GEN	SLR

See also

• Sealdah railway station
• Haldibari railway station
• Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

External links

• Railway Website

Шаблон:Historical trains in India |Шаблон:Railways in Eastern India