Kapotaksha Express
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| Service type | Intercity |
| First service | 1 May 1986 |
| Current operator(s) | West Zone |
| Route | |
| Termini | Khulna Rajshahi |
| Stops | 15 |
| Distance travelled | 263.2 km (163.5 mi) |
| Average journey time | 5 hrs & 25 min |
| Service frequency | 6 days a week (closed on Friday) |
| Train number(s) | 715/716 |
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| Class(es) | AC chair cars, non-AC chair cars |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Catering facilities | Yes |
| Entertainment facilities | Yes |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
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Kapotaksha Express (Bengali: কপোতাক্ষ এক্সপ্রেস) (Tr 715/716) is a Bangladeshi Intercity train service runs between the two western cities of Bangladesh Khulna and Rajshahi.
History
The first inaugural run of Kapotaksha Express was on 1 May 1986. In 1988 the service was temporarily stopped. In late 1989 the service started again from Khulna to Rajshahi. Initially this train halted only in Jessore, Chuadanga and Ishwardi. Now it has 15 stoppages in between the routes.
This train was named after the Kapotaksha River.
Schedule
This train departs Khulna at 6:15 am and reaches Rajshahi at 12:20 pm. The returning journey starts at 2:10 pm by departing Rajshahi. This train reaches
Facilities
The rake of Kapotaksha Express consists of 11 LHB COACHES. It has one AC chair car and eight8 non-AC chair cars with two power cars.[3] It usually gets Class 6500 locomotives.
Stoppages
- Nowapara
- Jessore Junction
- Mobarakganj
- Kotchandpur
- Safdarpur
- Darshana Halt
- Chuadanga
- Alamdanga
- Poradaha Junction
- Mirpur
- Bheramara
- Paksey
- Ishwardi Junction
- Azim Nagar
- Adbulpur Junction
See also
References
- ^ Bangladesh Railway. "Khulna Schedule".
- ^ "বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে".
- ^ লাল সবুজে কপোতাক্ষ বর্ণিল সাজে রাজশাহী স্টেশন. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali).
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