| Kulik Express | |
| Type: | Express |
| Operator: | Eastern Railway zone |
| Start: | (HWH) |
| Stops: | 12 |
| End: | (RDP) |
| Distance: | 487km (303miles) |
| Journeytime: | 9 Hours 35 Minutes |
| Frequency: | Daily |
| Class: | Vistadome, AC Chair Car, General Unreserved, 2nd Sitting |
| Seating: | Yes |
| Sleeping: | No |
| Catering: | Yes |
| Entertainment: | No |
| Baggage: | Overhead racks |
| Stock: | LHB coach |
| Electrification: | yes |
| Trainnumber: | 13053/13054 |
| Speed: | 51km/h, including halts |
The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and via Rampurhat Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis.[1] [2]
Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to .[3] After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express.[4] And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj.[5]
This train has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 487 km in 10 Hours 40 Minutes. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 110 km/h
Between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur this train stops at -
The train runs with Modern LHB Rake with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 13 coaches:
The schedule of this 13053/13054 Howrah–Radhikapur Kulik Express is given below:-
| HWH - RDP - HWH Kulik Express | + | 13053 | Stations | 13054 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | |||||||
| -NIL- | 08:55 | Howrah Junction | 15:50 | -NIL- | ||||||
| 10:51 | 10:53 | Barddhaman Junction | 13:30 | 13:32 | ||||||
| 11:38 | 11:40 | Bolpur Shantiniketan | 12:31 | 12:33 | ||||||
| 11:50 | 11:51 | Prantik | 12:24 | 12:25 | ||||||
| 12:26 | 12:28 | Sainthia | 11:58 | 12:00 | ||||||
| 13:01 | 13:03 | Rampurhat Junction | 11:33 | 11:35 | ||||||
| 13:43 | 13:45 | Pakur | 10:45 | 10:47 | ||||||
| 14:56 | 14:58 | New Farakka Junction | 10:02 | 10:04 | ||||||
| 15:50 | 16:20 | Malda Town | 09:05 | 09:30 | ||||||
| 16:48 | 16:50 | Samsi | 07:45 | 07:47 | ||||||
| 17:38 | 17:40 | Barsoi Junction | 06:43 | 06:45 | ||||||
| 17:58 | 18:03 | Raiganj | 06:20 | 06:25 | ||||||
| 18:32 | 18:34 | Kaliyaganj railway station | Kaliyaganj | 05:58 | 06:00 | |||||
| 19:15 | -NIL- | Radhikapur | -NIL- | 05:45 | ||||||
Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah .