New Jalpaiguri–Bongaigaon Express

One of The Oldest Passenger Train of Northeast Frontier Railway 15703 / 04 New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon Express^[1] is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between New Jalpaiguri Junction of Siliguri, West Bengal and Bongaigaon of Assam in India.

New Jalpaiguri - Bongaigaon BG Passenger (Express)

Overview
Service type	Express
Locale	West Bengal, Assam
First service	Running since Pre-independence Times
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Route
Termini	New Jalpaiguri Junction Bongaigaon
Stops	24
Distance travelled	253 km (157 mi)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	15703 / 15704
On-board services
Class(es)	General unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	No
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railways Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	30 km/h (19 mph)

It operates as train number 15703 from New Jalpaiguri Junction to Bongaigaon and as train number 15704 in the reverse direction serving the state of West Bengal and Assam.^[2][3][4][5]

Timings

The train starts from Bongaigaon at 06:25 everyday and reaches New Jalpaiguri at 16:15.The train starts from New Jalpaiguri at 07:30 everyday and reaches Bongaigaon at 15:55. The train covers total distance of 253 Kilometres.

Route

• New Jalpaiguri Junction(starts)
• Jalpaiguri Road
• New Domohani
• New Maynaguri
• Betgara
• Altagram
• Dhupguri
• Kolaigram
• Salbari
• Falakata
• Gumanihat
• Ghoksadanga
• New Cooch Behar
• New Baneswar
• New Alipurduar
• Samuktala Road Junction
• Kamakhyaguri
• Jorai
• Srirampur Assam
• Gossaigaon Hat
• Chautara
• Fakiragram Junction
• Kokrajhar
• Salakati
• Basugaon
• New Bongaigaon Junction
• Bongaigaon (Ends)

Locomotive

For its entire journey from New Jalpaiguri to New Bongaigaon, the train is hauled by WDP-4D/ WDP-4B/ WDP-4 Locomotive of Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with New Jalpaiguri -Malda Town Express.

References

1. "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon BG Passenger (Express) Express". indiarailinfo.com.
2. "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Express". runningstatus in.
3. "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Express". www.trainman.in.
4. "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Train". railenquiry.in.
5. "New Jalpaiguri Bongaigaon Express Train". gettraininfo.com.

See also

New Jalpaiguri -Malda Town Express