| Gour Express | |
| Type: | Express |
| Locale: | West Bengal, Jharkhand |
| Operator: | Eastern Railways |
| Start: | Sealdah (SDAH) |
| Stops: | 12 up to |
| End: | Malda (MLDT) |
| Distance: | 349.60NaN0 |
| Journeytime: | 7 hours 45 minutes in up direction, 7 hours 50 minutes in down direction. |
| Frequency: | Daily |
| Class: | First AC, Second AC, Third AC, Sleeper, Unreserved |
| Seating: | Available |
| Sleeping: | Available |
| Autorack: | Available |
| Observation: | Large windows |
| Baggage: | Available |
| Stock: | ICF coach |
| Trainnumber: | 13153/13154 (to Malda Town) |
| Speed: | 44km/h average with halts |
Gour Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Kolkata with the district of Malda. The train covers a distance of 349.60NaN0 up to Malda with the numbers 13153/54. Previously there was an additional link service of 1090NaN0 (from Malda to Balurghat) which used to run with the 55421/22 Malda Town–Balurghat passenger.[1]
The Gour Express commenced operations as a triweekly express service between Sealdah and Malda from 20 April 1980. The train proved successful and the then railway minister A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury played a key role in increasing the frequency of the service. On 2 October 1982, he flagged off the first run of the train as a daily service.
Through coaches to Balurghat were added to the train after the completion of the broad-gauge rail link to Balurghat in 2004. Now electrification work is under construction to pull the whole train to balurghat with electric loco..[1]
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The train consists of 22 passenger coaches. The train runs with the following coach composition -
Of these, one Luggage-cum-Guard, one unreserved sleeper, three reserved non-A/C sleeper, one A/C 3-tier and one A/C 2-tier coach were used for the through service between Sealdah and Balurghat (now closed).[1]
As the route from Sealdah to Malda is fully electrified, it is hauled by a Howrah/Sealdah-based WAP-4/WAP-7 throughout its entire journey.