Gour Express
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Gour Express is an intrastate mail/express
Mail/Express
Mail/Express trains are Regular Express rail service of India. Express trains make small number of stops, unlike Passenger/Local train. In some cases, trains run express where there is overlapping local train service available, and run local at the tail ends of the line, where there is no...

 type train of Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

 connecting the state capital Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 of Paschim Banga with one of her district called Malda.The train covers a distance of 347 Kilometres at an average speed of 46 kilometres per hour.It is hauled by WDM 2/WDM 3A class locomotives of Indian Railways.AC First class,AC two tier,AC three tier,General class of coaches are available in it,all of them except General requires reservation.Tatkal scheme
Tatkal scheme
Tatkal Scheme is a scheme introduced by Indian Railways in Sleeper Class, AC Chair Cars, 3 Tier AC and 2 Tier AC Classes in almost all Mail/Express trains in India.-Features:...

 is available,but Pantry car is not there.

Important stoppages

  1. Sealdah
    Sealdah
    Sealdah is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata Railway Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations in India and an important suburban rail terminal...

  2. Naihati
    Naihati
    Naihati is a town and an important railway junction station on the Indian Railways network, in the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.-Geography:Naihati is located at...

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  3. Bandel
    Bandel
    Bandel , founded by Portuguese settlers, is a gram panchayat in Chinsurah-Mogra block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police station. A major junction station of Eastern Railway, it is 40 km from Howrah station...

     jn.
  4. Burdwan
  5. Bolpur
    Bolpur
    Bolpur-Santiniketan is a municipality in Birbhum District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is 145 km north of Kolkata and is best known for the proximity to Visva Bharati, the university set up by Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel laureate poet...

  6. Rampurhat
    Rampurhat
    Rampurhat is a city and a municipality in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a small and peaceful town near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border...

  7. Nalhati
    Nalhati
    Nalhati is a town, municipality in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border. This town is named after the Shakti peetha Nalhateshwari temple, which according to the mythologies is the situated where the "nala" i.e. throat of goddess Shakti had...

     Jn.
  8. New Farakka Jn.
  9. Malda Town

Timings

  1. 13153 leaves Sealdah around 22:15 everyday and reaches Malda Town at 6:15 next day(A slip route of it goes upto Balurghat
    Balurghat
    Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili Balurghat is the headquarters of the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in India. Hili (Bangladesh...

    and reaches there at 9:40)
  2. 13154 departs Malda Town around 21:35 everyday and reaches Sealdah at 5:20 next day (A slip route reaches Malda Town from Balurghat at 20:15)
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